Characters of the Court: A Poem with Notes |
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alike appli arts Authors bard bears bend better blest Book breast cause character complain COURT crimes dare Descends disgrace e'er fame faults fear flatterer follow former fortune gain grace ground Hail heaven heir hold honour hoped House humble impossible injured instance intention keep knave known land Laureat leave live Lord manner master maxim means mentioned merit mighty mind Money morocco MUNDAY AND SLATTER muse's nation's nature neglected noble Lord's numbers Peer perhaps poem poor Pope prepared Princes prize promise rank reader receive reign Remains reported rise ruined satire's scorn seeks shame soul stain street succeeds sure taste throne titled transaction tread trembling true truly truth turf vainly varied various vice Vide villain virtue wealth whole wife wish wretch youth
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第 19 頁 - His gardens next your admiration call; On every side you look, behold the wall! No pleasing intricacies intervene, No artful wildness to perplex the scene ; Grove nods at grove, each alley has a brother, And half the platform just reflects the other.
第 11 頁 - Who counsels best? who whispers, "Be but great, With praise or infamy leave that to fate; Get place and wealth, if possible, with grace; If not, by any means get wealth and place~
第 19 頁 - Sydney Smith is to the tribes of Noodledom, with his irony, his jeering, and his felicitous illustrations. It is his pre-eminently to abash those who are case-hardened against grave argument, and to wring the withers of the very numerous and respectable class, who " Safe from the bar, the pulpit, and the throne, Are touched and shamed by ridicule alone.