| Alexander Pope - 1812 - 348 pages
...in an honest mean, In moderation placing all my glory, While Tories call me Whig, and Whigs a Tory. Satire's my weapon, but I'm too discreet To run a muck, and tilt at all I meet ; 70 I only wear it in a land of Hectors, Thieves, supercargoes, sharpers, and directors. Save but... | |
| 1812 - 458 pages
...Frontlcss, and satire-proof lie scow'rs the streets, ' And runs an Indian muck at all he meets,' DBYDEW. ' Satire's my weapon, but I'm too discreet < To run a muck, and tilt at all I meet,' POPE'S HoR." I should have imagined that the epithet Indian, which Dryden, whom he <juotes, gives to... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1822 - 452 pages
...Monarque tient sur pied toutes les Armies qu'il pourroit avoir, si ses Peuples etoient en danger NOTES. s Satire's my weapon, but I'm too discreet To run a muck, and tilt at all I meet ; 70 'I only wear it in a land of Hectors, Thieves, Supercargoes, Sharpers, and Directors. "Save but... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1822 - 452 pages
...Chaque Monarque tient sur pied toutes les Annies qu'il pourroit avoir, si ses Peuples etoient en danger "Satire's my weapon, but I'm too discreet To run a muck, and tilt at all I meet ; 70 * I only wear it in a land of Hectors, Thieves, Supercargoes, Sharpers, and Directors. "Save but... | |
| Isaac Disraeli - 1823 - 314 pages
...run a muck." Thus Dryden writes — " Frontless, and satire-proof, lie scours the streets, And runs an Indian muck at all he meets." Thus also Pope —...old phrase for attacking madly and indiscriminately : and has since been ascertained to be a Malay word. To discharge their gambling debts, the Siamese... | |
| Isaac Disraeli - 1824 - 538 pages
...*\ " Frontless, and satire-proof, he scours the streets, And runs an Indian muck at all he meets." t Thus also Pope — " Satire's my weapon, but I'm too...old phrase for attacking madly and indiscriminately ; and has since been ascertained to be a Malay word. To discharge their gambling debts, the Siamese... | |
| Alexander Pope, William Roscoe - 1824 - 498 pages
...in an honest mean, In moderation placing all my glory, While Tories call me Whig, and Whigs a Tory. 'Satire's my weapon, but I'm too discreet To run a muck, and tilt at all I meet : 70 'I only wear it in a land of Hectors, Thieves, supercargoes, sharpers, and directors. °Save but... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1824 - 494 pages
...in an honest mean, In moderation placing all my glory, While Tories call me Whig, and Whigs a Tory. "Satire's my weapon, but I'm too discreet To run a muck, and tilt at all I meet : 70 'I only wear it in a land of Hectors, Thieves, supercargoes, sharpers, and directors. "Save but... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1825 - 536 pages
...moderation placing all my glory, While Tories call me Whig, and Whige a Tory. Satire's my weapon, bat I'm too discreet To run a -muck, and tilt at all I meet ; I only wear it in a land of Hectors, Thieves. supercargoes, sharpers, and directors. Save bat our... | |
| Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 878 pages
...If war you chose, and blood must needs be spilt here, Let me alone to match your tiller. Granvilk. Satire's my weapon, but I'm too discreet To run a muck, and tilt at all I meet. Pepe. The fleet swift tiiting o'er the surges flew, Til) Grecian cliffs appeared. Id. Odyssey. Tl M... | |
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