 My head and heart thus flowing thro' my quill, Verse-man or prose-man, term me which you will, Papist or Protestant, or both between, Like good Erasmus in an honest mean, In moderation placing all my glory, While Tories call me Whig, and Whigs a Tory.  The works of Alexander Pope. With his last corrections, additions, and ... - Page 41by Alexander Pope - 1754Full view - About this book
 | 1880 - 966 lehte
...the old doggerel lines : — " Papist or Protestant, or both between, Like good Erasmus in an honest mean ; In moderation placing all my glory. While Tories call me Whig, and Whigs a Tory." In descanting on patronage, our author brings an equally ungracious charge against Dissenting Churches.... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1881 - 200 lehte
...prose-man, term me which you will, Papist or Protestant, or both between, Like good Erasmus 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... | |
 | Old favourites, Matilda Sharpe - 1881 - 438 lehte
...laugh, if such a man there be ? Who would not weep, if Atticus were he ? From the IMITATIONS OF HORACE. In moderation placing all my glory, While Tories call me Whig, and Whigs a Tory. Whoe'er offends at some unlucky time, Slides into verse, and hitches in a rhyme. There St. John mingles... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1881 - 570 lehte
...term me which you will, Papist or Protestant, or both between,' es Like good Erasmus, in an honest mean, In moderation placing all my glory, While Tories call me Whig, and Whigs a Tory.3 Satire's my weapon, but I'm too discreet To run a-muck, and tilt at all I meet ; * TO I only... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1881 - 738 lehte
...But mod'rate your expenses now, at first, As you may keep the same proportion still. - Ben Jonson. In moderation placing all my glory, While tories call me whig, and whigs a tory. MODESTY— see Beauty. Pofe, lmit- of Horace, I. 2. 67. It is the witness still of excellency, To put... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1883 - 782 lehte
...finds but short repose, A breath revives him, or a breath o'erthrows. 1932 Pope : Satire v. Line 300. In moderation placing all my glory, While Tories call me Whig, and Whigs a Tory. 1933 Pope : Satire i. Line 67 Of some for glory such the boundless rage, That they're the blackest... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1889 - 590 lehte
...where lie speaks of himself as " Papist or Protestant, or both between, Like good Erasmus in an honest mean ; In moderation placing all my glory, While Tories call me Whig, and Whigs a Tory." He sums up what lie considers to be his whole character in the conclusion of the letter to Atterbury... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1891 - 340 lehte
...prose-man, term me which you Papist or Protestant, or both between, 65 Like good Erasmus, in an honest mean, In moderation placing all my glory, While Tories call me Whig, and Whigs a Toryj Satire's my weapon, but I'm too discreet To run a-muck, and tilt at all I meet ; 70 I only wear... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1893 - 586 lehte
...term me which you will, Papist or Protestant, or both between 1, 65 Like good Erasmus 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; fo I only wear it in... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1893 - 566 lehte
...Prose-man, term me which you will, Papist or Protestant, or both between1, 65 Like good Erasmus 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... | |
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