 Take care the bad poets do not outwit you, as they have served the good ones in every age, whom they have provoked to transmit their names to posterity. Msevius is as well known as Virgil, and Gildon will be as well known as you, if his name gets into...  The Works of Alexander Pope - Page 58by Alexander Pope - 1822Full view - About this book
 | Alexander Pope - 1751 - 298 pages
...chara&er in him * ; however I will read him again, becaufeit is poffible I may have fince undergone fome alterations. — Take care the bad Poets do not out-wit you, as they have ferved the good ones in every age, whom they have provok'd to tranfmit their names to pofterity. Moevius... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1751 - 362 pages
...character in him j however I will read him again, becaufe it is poffible I may have fince undergone foiiie alterations. — Take care the bad poets do not out-wit you, as they have ferved the good ones in every age, whom they have provoked to tranfmit their names to pofterity. Moevius... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English literature - 1751 - 298 pages
...character in him * ; however I .will read him again, becaufe it is pofiible I may have fince undergone fome alterations. — Take care the bad Poets do not out-wit you, as they have ferved the good ones in every age, whom they have provok'd to tranfmit their names to pofterity. Moevius... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1757 - 486 pages
...: however, I will read him again, becaufe it is poflible I may have fmce undergone fome alteration. Take care the bad poets do not outwit you, as they have ferved the good ones in every age, whom they have provoked to tranfmit their names to pofterity. Mcevius... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1760 - 406 pages
...fince undergone fome alterations — » This, methinks, is no great compliment to his own heart. Take Take care the bad Poets do not out-wit you, as they have ferved the good ones In every age, whom they have provok'd to tranfmit their names to pofterity. Mcevius... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1774 - 388 pages
...however, I will read him again, becaufe it is poffible 1 may have fince undergone fome alteration. Take care the bad poets do not outwit you, as they have ferved the good ones in every age, whom they have 'provoked to tranfmit their names to pofterity. Moevius... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1778 - 464 pages
...character in him ; however 1 will read him again, becaufe it is poflible I may have fince undergone fome alterations. — Take care the bad Poets do not ^outwit you, as they have ferved the good ones in every age, whom they have provoked to tranfmit their names to pofterity. Mosvius... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, John Hawkesworth - 1784 - 472 pages
...However, I will read him again, becaufe it is poffible I may have fince undergone fome alteration. Take care the bad poets do not out-wit you, as they have ferved the good ones in every age, whom they have provoked to tranfmit their names to' pofterity. Maevius... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 424 pages
...to Kochefoucault, Rochefoucault, who is my favourite, because I found my whole character in him* ; however I will read him again, because it is possible I may have since undergone some alterations—Take care the bad poets do not outwit you, as they have served the good ones in every... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1806 - 540 pages
...character in him d ; however I will read him again, becaufe it is pomble I may have fince undergone fome alterations. — Take care the bad Poets do not out-wit you, as they have ferved the good ones in every age, whom they have provoked to tranfinit their names to pofterity. Msevius... | |
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