1714

Explore 3 quotes from the year 1714

The hungry judges soon the sentence sign,
And wretches hang that jurymen may dine.

Alexander Pope

The Rape of the Lock

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Topic

Legal system

Author

Alexander Pope

Source

The Rape of the Lock

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1714 1710s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Pope, Alexander. The Rape of the Lock. London: Bernard Lintott, 1714, canto 3, l. 21.

Current Citation

Pope, Alexander. "The Rape of the Lock." Alexander Pope: The Major Works, edited by Pat Rogers. Oxford University Press, 2009, canto 3, I. 21.

Praising all alike, is praising none.

John Gay

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Topic

Praising others

Author

John Gay

Source

A Letter to a Lady

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1714 1710s 18th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Gay, John. A Poem: in a Letter to a Lady: Occasion'd by the Arrival of Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales. Dublin: Daniel Tompson, 1714, I. 120.

Current Citation

Gay, John. A Letter to a Lady. The British Library, 2011, I. 120.

My days have been so wondrous free,
The little birds that fly
With careless ease from tree to tree,
Were but bless'd as I.

Thomas Parnell

My Days Have Been So Wondrous Free

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Topic

Being carefree

Author

Thomas Parnell

Source

My Days Have Been So Wondrous Free

Medium

Song

Language

English

Time

1714 1710s 18th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Parnell, Thomas. "Song." Poetical Miscellanies, Consisting of Original Poems and Translations. London: Jacob Tonson, 1714.