...or perish in the generous cause. Hear this and tremble ! you who 'scape the laws. Yes, while I live, no rich or noble knave Shall walk the world, in credit, to his grave. To Virtue only, and her friends, a friend, The world beside may murmur, or commend. Know, all the distant...

...or perish in the gen'rous cause; Hear this and tremble, ye who 'scape the laws; Yes, while I live, no rich or noble knave, Shall walk the world in credit to his grave; To virtue only, and her friends, a friend, The world beside may murmur, or commend. DRAMATIS PERSONS...

...incumbent upon him to lash vice and to foster virtue. This is the aim of his satire. " Yes, while I live, no rich or noble knave Shall walk the world, in credit, to his grave. To virtue only and her friends a friend, The world beside may murmur, or commend." The same doctrine...

...perish in the gen'rous cause: Hear this, and tremble ! you, who 'scape the Laws : Yes, while I live, no rich or noble knave Shall walk the World, in credit, to his grave. ia> To VIRTUE ONLY AND HER FRIENDS, A FRIEND, The World beside may murmur, or commend. Know, all the...

...bodies put to the test of physick, as 8 Boswell quotes from memory Sat., I. 119-120: Yes, while I live, no rich or noble knave Shall walk the world, in credit, to his grave. Pope is "in his best frame" in the Universal Prayer, 37-38. The allusion is made again in Hyp. 29....

...put to the test of physick, as 9 Boswell quotes from memory Sat., I. 119—120: Yet, while I live, no rich or noble knave Shall walk the world, in credit, to hit grave. Pope is "in his besT: frame" in the Universal Prayer, 37-38. The allusion is made again...

...a call to denounce vice, corruption, hypocrisy and incompetence in high places : Yes, while I live, no rich or noble knave Shall walk the world, in credit, to his grave. Few prominent men or women of the day escaped his lash. His pen was dipped in vitriol. This from his...

...proud Gamester in his gilded Car, Bare the mean Heart that lurks beneath a Star. . . Yes, while I live, no rich or noble knave Shall walk the World, in credit, to his grave.2 Pope, like Swift, is thinking more especially of those whom the law has failed to restrain,...

...a Call to denounce vice, corruption, hypocrisy and incompetence in high places : Yes, while I live, no rich or noble knave Shall walk the world, in credit, to his grave. Few prominent men or women of the day escaped his lash. His pen was dipped in vitriol. This from his...

...perish in the gen'rous Cause. Hear this, and tremble! You, who 'scape the Laws. Yes, while I live, no rich or noble knave Shall walk the World, in credit, to his grave. To VIRTUE ONLY and HER FRIENDS, A FRIEND, The World beside may murmur, or commend. (Imitations of Horace:...