The idler. PoemsPafraets Book Company, 1908 |
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Page 111
... Slaves that with serious impudence beguile , And lie without a blush , without a smile ; Exalt each trifle , ev'ry vice adore , Your taste in snuff , your judgment in a whore : Can Balbo's eloquence applaud , and swear , He gropes his ...
... Slaves that with serious impudence beguile , And lie without a blush , without a smile ; Exalt each trifle , ev'ry vice adore , Your taste in snuff , your judgment in a whore : Can Balbo's eloquence applaud , and swear , He gropes his ...
Page 113
... slaves to gold , Where looks are merchandise , and smiles are sold ; Where won by bribes , by flatteries implor'd , The groom retails the favours of his lord . But hark ! th ' affrighted crowd's tumultuous cries Roll through the streets ...
... slaves to gold , Where looks are merchandise , and smiles are sold ; Where won by bribes , by flatteries implor'd , The groom retails the favours of his lord . But hark ! th ' affrighted crowd's tumultuous cries Roll through the streets ...
Page 125
... slaves debate . But did not chance , at length , her errour mend ? Did no subverted empire mark his end ? Did rival monarchs give the fatal wound ? Or hostile millions press him to the ground ? His fall was destin'd to a barren strand ...
... slaves debate . But did not chance , at length , her errour mend ? Did no subverted empire mark his end ? Did rival monarchs give the fatal wound ? Or hostile millions press him to the ground ? His fall was destin'd to a barren strand ...
Page 127
... slave resigns . Approach , ye minstrels , try the soothing strain , " Diffuse the tuneful lenitives of pain : No sounds , alas ! would touch th ' impervious ear , Though dancing mountains witness'd Orpheus near ; Nor lute nor lyre his ...
... slave resigns . Approach , ye minstrels , try the soothing strain , " Diffuse the tuneful lenitives of pain : No sounds , alas ! would touch th ' impervious ear , Though dancing mountains witness'd Orpheus near ; Nor lute nor lyre his ...
Page 129
... slave ? Against your fame with fondness hate combines , The rival batters , and the lover mines . With distant voice neglected virtue calls , Less heard and less , the faint remonstrance falls ; Tir'd with contempt , she quits the slipp ...
... slave ? Against your fame with fondness hate combines , The rival batters , and the lover mines . With distant voice neglected virtue calls , Less heard and less , the faint remonstrance falls ; Tir'd with contempt , she quits the slipp ...
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ABDALLA adesse ASPASIA bassa beauty Behold boast bosom breast CALI CARAZA charms crimes crowds death delight DEMETRIUS doom dread ev'ry eyes fair fame fatal fate fear foes folly gen'ral gen'rous Greece Greek guilt Hæc happy HASAN hear heart heav'n honour hope hour Idler IRENE Irene's Johnson joys justice kings labour LEONTIUS live MAHOMET maid mankind ment mihi millia mind MURZA musick MUSTAPHA nature never night nunc o'er once palace passion pater peace pleasure pow'r praise pride publick quæ quam Quid quod rage rapture reason SAMUEL JOHNSON SATIRE OF JUVENAL SATURDAY SCENE scorn semper shades shine sibi sighs Sir Joshua Reynolds slaves smile soul square miles Stella STRETHAM sultan sword tell terrours thee thine Thomas Warton thou thought tibi tion toil tongue truth Turkish tyrant virtue vitæ voice wealth wish woes