The Epigrammatists: A Selection from the Epigrammatic Literature of Ancient, Mediaeval and Modern Times, with Notes, Observations...and an Introduction |
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... distich by Lord Lyttelton as an " Inscrip- tion for a bust of Lady Suffolk in a wood at Stowe " : Her wit and beauty for a court were made : But truth and goodness fit her for a shade . And how elegant this address of Horace Walpole ...
... distich by Lord Lyttelton as an " Inscrip- tion for a bust of Lady Suffolk in a wood at Stowe " : Her wit and beauty for a court were made : But truth and goodness fit her for a shade . And how elegant this address of Horace Walpole ...
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... distich : Celsus takes off by dint of skill Each bodily disaster : But takes off spoons without a pill ; Your plate without a plaster . No man of taste would imitate such poor wit with any intention of letting his fame rest upon it . A ...
... distich : Celsus takes off by dint of skill Each bodily disaster : But takes off spoons without a pill ; Your plate without a plaster . No man of taste would imitate such poor wit with any intention of letting his fame rest upon it . A ...
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... distich of this character is Lord Erskine's compliment to Lady Payne : " Tis true I am ill ; but I need not complain ; For he never knew pleasure , who never knew Payne . It is among the professed wits that punning epigrams are chiefly ...
... distich of this character is Lord Erskine's compliment to Lady Payne : " Tis true I am ill ; but I need not complain ; For he never knew pleasure , who never knew Payne . It is among the professed wits that punning epigrams are chiefly ...
Page xxxix
... distich or a witty quatrain . It reflects , too , the national mind . The characteristics of the time ; the temperament , manners , and habits of the people are portrayed . " The great writer of each particular period , " says the ...
... distich or a witty quatrain . It reflects , too , the national mind . The characteristics of the time ; the temperament , manners , and habits of the people are portrayed . " The great writer of each particular period , " says the ...
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... distich of much beauty ( Jacobs I. 106 , xix . ) , thus translated by C .: Time changes all things ; and beneath his sway Names , beauty , wealth , e'en Nature's powers decay . 9 ANACREON . Flourished B.C. 559. He was born at 8 GREEK ...
... distich of much beauty ( Jacobs I. 106 , xix . ) , thus translated by C .: Time changes all things ; and beneath his sway Names , beauty , wealth , e'en Nature's powers decay . 9 ANACREON . Flourished B.C. 559. He was born at 8 GREEK ...
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