English Poetry of the Eighteenth CenturyCecil Albert Moore |
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Page 134
... fool might once himself alone expose , Now one in verse makes many more in prose . ' Tis with our judgments as our ... fools have still an itching to deride , And fain would be upon the laughing side . If Mævius scribble in Apollo's ...
... fool might once himself alone expose , Now one in verse makes many more in prose . ' Tis with our judgments as our ... fools have still an itching to deride , And fain would be upon the laughing side . If Mævius scribble in Apollo's ...
Page 266
... fools offends at any time , 405 But most of all , the zeal of fools in rhyme . Besides , a fate attends on all I write , That when I aim at praise , they say I bite . A vile encomium doubly ridicules : 410 1 There's nothing blackens ...
... fools offends at any time , 405 But most of all , the zeal of fools in rhyme . Besides , a fate attends on all I write , That when I aim at praise , they say I bite . A vile encomium doubly ridicules : 410 1 There's nothing blackens ...
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... fools ; As well may sons of physic hope to find One med'cine , as one hour , for all mankind . If Rupert after ten is out of bed , The fool next morning can't hold up his head . What reason this which me to bed must call , Whose head ...
... fools ; As well may sons of physic hope to find One med'cine , as one hour , for all mankind . If Rupert after ten is out of bed , The fool next morning can't hold up his head . What reason this which me to bed must call , Whose head ...
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MATTHEW PRIOR | 1 |
If wine and music | 7 |
The Female Phaeton | 15 |
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