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" And born to write, converse, and live with ease: Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne... "
The Works of Alexander Pope: Satires, &c - Page 17
by Alexander Pope - 1751
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The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets;: Cowley. Denham. Milton. Butler ...

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1781 - 494 pages
...Poets are fultans, if they had their will ; " For. every author would his brother kill." And Pope, " Should fuch a man, too fond to rule alone, " Bear like the Turk no brother near the " throne." f But this is not the beft of his little pieces : it is excelled by his poem to Fanfhaw, and his elegy...
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An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2

Joseph Warton - 1782 - 514 pages
...: Bleft with each talent and each art to pleafe, And born to write, converfe, and live with eafe : Should fuch a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like...yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caus'd hrmfelf to rife j Damn with faint praife, affent with civil leery And, without fneering, teach the...
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The Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin ..., Volume 8

Jonathan Swift, John Hawkesworth - 1784 - 422 pages
...Blefs'd with each talent and each art to pleafe, 45 And born to write, converfe, and live with eafe : Should fuch a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like...near the throne ; View him with fcornful, yet with fearful eyes, And hate for arts that caus'd himfelf to rife ; 50 Damn with faint praife, aflent with...
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The lives of the most eminent English poets

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 494 pages
...Poets are fultans, if they had their will ; " For every author would his brother kill." And Pope, " Should fuch a man, too fond to rule alone, " Bear like the Turk no brother near the throne." 7 tT •^ J . But this is not the beft of his little pieces : it is excelled by his poem to Fanfhaw,...
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Extracts, Elegant, Instructive, and Entertaining, in Poetry, Volume 1

Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1791 - 966 pages
...iOiOc<I will) liciiBle.'t Bleft xvith each talent and each art to plcafe, And born to write, convcrfe, 1 Of Sybarite of old, all nature, and all art. "...reigns, indulgent " caie, [down. " CcoJ-naturM loung fcomful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caus'd himfelf to rile ; Damn with faint praifc,...
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Elegant Extracts; Or, Useful and Entertaining Pieces of Poetry ..., Volume 1

Vicesimus Knox - Conduct of life - 1791 - 510 pages
...and fair fame ˇnfpires ; Blcft with each talent and each art to plcafc, And born to v.rite, convufe, and live with cafe: Should fuch a man, too fond to...alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne, Vitw him with fcoinful, vet with jealous eyes, And hate for puts that cnus'd himfelf to rue ; Damn...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson.LL.D..: The lives of the English poets

Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 478 pages
...Poets are fultans, if they had their will; " For every author would his brother kill.'* And Pope, " Should fuch a man, too fond to rule alone, " Bear like the Turk no brother near the throne." But this is not the beft of his little pieces: it is excelled by his poem to Fanfhaw, and his elegy...
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Roach's Beauties of the Modern Poets of Great Britain: Carefully Selected ...

James Roach - English poetry - 1794 - 260 pages
...infpircs ; Bled with each talent and each art topleafe, And born to write, converfe, and live with eafa : Should fuch' a man; too fond to rule alone, Bear, like; the Tuck,, no brother near the throne,; View, him with fcornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts...
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The Works of the British Poets, Volume 8

Robert Anderson - English poetry - 1795 - 906 pages
...talent and each art to plt-afc. And born te write, converfe, and live with eafc : Should fuch a mail, too fond to rule alone. Bear, like the Turk, no brother...near the throne, View him with fcornful, yet with jealou« eye«, And hate for arts that caus'd himfelf to rile ; joo Damn with faint praife, affent...
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The Lives of the English Poets: and a Criticism of Their Work

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1795 - 610 pages
...Poets are fultans, if they had their will ; " For every author would his brother kill." And Pope, " Should fuch a man, too fond to rule " alone, " Bear like the Turk no brother near the " throne." But this is not the beft of his little pieces : it is excelled by his poem to Fanfhaw, and his elegy...
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