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" Satire's my weapon, but 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. "
The Corporation Annual, Or Recollections (not Random) of the First Reformed ...
by Joseph Crawhall (of Newcastle upon Tyne), Robert Plummer - 1836 - 66 pages
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The Works of Alexander Pope: Satires, &c

Alexander Pope - 1751 - 278 pages
...of HeSors, etc."] Superior to, tutus ab infeftis latronibus, which only carries on the metaphor in ' I only wear it in a land of Hectors, Thieves, Supercargoes, Sharpers, and Directors. v Save but our Army! and let Jove incruft Swords, pikes, and guns, with everlafting ruft ! w Peace...
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: Satires, &c

Alexander Pope - 1752 - 434 pages
...Whigs a Tory. f Satire's my weapon, but I'm too difcreet 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. v Save but our Army ! and let Jove incruft Swords, pikes, and guns, with everlafting ruft! NOTES. Cervius...
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Works: In English Verse, Volume 3

Horace - 1767 - 264 pages
...While Tories call me Whig, and Whigs a Tory* Satire's my Weapon, but I'm too difcreet To run a muck, and tilt at all .I meet ; I only wear it in a Land of Hedlors, Thieves, Supercargoes, Sharpers and Directors. Save but our Army, and let Jove incruft Swords,...
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Moral essays, satires, &c

Alexander Pope - 1777 - 262 pages
...While Tories call me Whig, and Whigs a Tory. • Satire's my weapon, but am too difereet To run a muck, and tilt at all I meet; I only wear it in a land of Hectors, Thieves, Supereargoes, Sharpers and Directors. fd\e but our Army ! and let Jove ineru(l Swords, pikes, and guns,...
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Elegant Extracts; Or, Useful and Entertaining Pieces of Poetry ..., Volume 1

Vicesimus Knox - Conduct of life - 1791 - 510 pages
...all my glory. While Tories call me Whig, and \Vh"i£sa Tort. Satire's my weapon, but I'm too dilcreet To run a-muck, and tilt at all I meet ; I only wear it in a land of heftors, Thieves, fupercargocs, fharpcrs, and dircSon. Save but our army ! and !ei Jove incruft Swords,...
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Extracts, Elegant, Instructive, and Entertaining, in Poetry, Volume 1

Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1791 - 966 pages
...all my glory, While Tories call me Whig, and Whigs a Tory. Satire's my' weapon, but I'm too diicreet To run a-muck, and tilt at all I meet; I only wear it iu a land of hectors, Thieves, fupercargoes, (harpers, and directors. Save but our army I and let Jove...
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Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Pieces of Poetry, Selected for ...

Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1796 - 574 pages
...all my glory, While Tories call me Whig, and Whigs a Tory, Satire 's my weapon, but I 'm too difcreet To run a-muck, and tilt at all I meet; I only wear it in a land of hcftors, Thieves, fupercargoes, (harpers, and directors. Save but our army ! and let Jove incruft Swords,...
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Bell's Edition: The Poets of Great Britain Complete from Chaucer to ...

English poetry - 1796 - 500 pages
...an honest mean, In moderation placing all my glory, While Tories call me Whig, and Whigs a Tory. 1 Satire's my weapon, but I'm too discreet To run a-muck, and tilt at all I meet; 70 3 I only wear it in a land of Hectors, Thieves, supercargoes, sharpers, and directors. Ille velut...
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Bell's Edition, Volumes 77-78

John Bell - English poetry - 1796 - 480 pages
...Whigs a Tory. •L Satire's my weapon, but I'm too discreet To run a-muck, and tilt at all I meet; 70 3 I only wear it in a land of Hectors, Thieves, supercargoes, sharpers, and directors. Ille velut fidis arcana sodalibus olim Credebat libris ; neque, si male gesserat, nsquain, Decurrens...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: With His Last Corrections ..., Volume 5

Alexander Pope - 1804 - 190 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...
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