...had consolidated his financial independence. There is sincere passion in the Epilogue to the Satires: Yes, I am proud; I must be proud to see Men not afraid...Throne, Yet touch'd and sham'd by Ridicule alone. O sacred weapon! left for Truth's defence, Sole Dread of Folly, Vice, and Insolence! To all but Heav'n-directed...

...mankind. F. You're strangely proud. P. So proud, I am no slave: So impudent, I own myself no knave: So odd, my country's ruin makes me grave. Yes, I am...me: Safe from the bar, the pulpit, and the throne, 210 Yet touched and shamed by ridicule alone. O sacred weapon! left for truth's defence, Sole dread...

...Ask you what provocatlon I have had? The strong antipathy of good to bad. 8925 Imitations of Horace girl perba 8926 Light quirks of music, broken and uneven, Make the soul dance upon a jig of heaven. 8927 A man...

...of the local priest? This is the kind of frailty that draws the withering scorn of Alexander Pope: Yes, I am proud; I must be proud to see Men not afraid of God, afraid ofme.')l It is therefore safer not to rely entirely on one's ability to fear the discommendation of...

...imagine Juvenal, impossible to imagine Horace, saying what Pope says near the end of his epilogue:"! must be proud to see / Men not afraid of God, afraid of me" (701). In making such comments Pope was merely inheriting Dryden's verdict on Horace ("a Temporizing...

...he is accused of pride, he can reply: So proud, I am no Slave: So impudent, I own myself no Knave: So odd, my Country's Ruin makes me grave. Yes, I am...proud to see Men not afraid of God, afraid of me. (11. 205-9) Pope feels he cannot become a friend of those in power, for to do so would necessitate...

...which OE prud, E proud, whence pride. Caustic Alexander Pope exulted in his power: Yes, I am proud, and must be proud, to see Men not afraid of God afraid of me. Lord Herney put him in his place: The mighty honour of that boast is such That hornets and mad dogs...

...satirist may admit his arrogance, thus seeking to compensate for negative pride by positive frankness: "Yes, I am proud; I must be proud to see / Men not afraid of God, afraid of me" (Pope, "Epilogue to the Satires: Dialogue n," lines 208-09). Alternatively, the satirist may create...

...Officers of tiie Army. The book's epigraph could have been applied equally well to the Continentals: "Safe from the Bar, the Pulpit, and the Throne, / Yet touch'd and move'd by ridicule alone." The actions of Continental army officers indicate that they were as moved...

...something in satire which excites only the lowest and worst of our propensities. That avowal in Pope — I must be proud to see Men not afraid of God, afraid of me!1 — has ever filled me with terror and pity. MEDON. From its truth, perhaps? ALDA. From its arrogance...