It often happens that those are the best people whose characters have been most injured by slanderers: as we usually find that to be the sweetest fruit which the birds have been picking at.


The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: Imitations of Horace (ed. 1797)


It often happens that those are the best people whose characters have been most injured by slanderers: as we usually find that to be the sweetest...

It often happens that those are the best people whose characters have been most injured by slanderers: as we usually find that to be the sweetest...

It often happens that those are the best people whose characters have been most injured by slanderers: as we usually find that to be the sweetest...

It often happens that those are the best people whose characters have been most injured by slanderers: as we usually find that to be the sweetest...