The First Satire of the Second Book of Horace Imitated (1733) [ Concepts ]
… The fewer still you name, you wound the more; [45] Bond is but one, but Harpax is a score. P. Each mortal has his pleasure: none deny Scarsdale his bottle, Darty his Ham-pye; Ridotta sips and dances, till she see The doubling Lustres … of the stubborn plain, Almost as quickly, as he conquer'd Spain. Envy must own, I live among the Great, [135] No Pimp of pleasure, and no Spy of state, With eyes that pry not, tongue that ne'er repeats, Fond to spread friendships, but to …
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