 Sons, sires, and grandsires, all will wear the bays ; Our wives read Milton, and our daughters plays ; To theatres and to rehearsals throng, And all our grace at table is a song. I, who so oft renounce the Muses, lie : Not **'s self e'er tells more fibs...  The Saunterer: A Periodical Paper ... - Page 217by Hewson Clarke - 1805 - 300 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Alexander Pope - 1738 - 184 pages
...one 56 Poetic Itch Has fei2'd the Court and City, poor and rich : 170 Sons, Sires, and Grandiires, all will wear the bays, Our Wives read Milton, and our Daughters Plays, To Op'ra's, Theatres, Rehearfals throng, And all our Grace at table is a Song. I, who fo oft renounce... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1751 - 286 pages
...are chang'd, and one h Poetic Itch Has feiz'd the Court and City, poor and rich : 170 Sons, Sires, and Grandfires, all will wear the bays, Our Wives read Milton, and our Daughters Plays, To Theatre^ and to Rehearfals throng, And all our Grace at table is a Song. 1, who fo oft renounce the... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1752 - 434 pages
...one h Poetic Itch Has feiz'd the Court and City, poor and rich : 1 70 Sons, Sires, and Grandlires, all will wear the bays' Our Wives read Milton, and our Daughters Plays, NOTES. " freely to — and I will always do fo, having no reafon to lay " myfelf under any reftraint.... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1754 - 278 pages
...are chang'd, and one * Poetic Itch Has feiz'd the Court and City, poor and rich : 1 70 Sons., Sires, and Grandfires, all will wear the bays, Our Wives read Milton, and our Daughters Flays, To theatres, and to Rehearfals throng, And all our Grace at table is a Song. I, who fo oft renounce... | |
 | John Huddlestone Wynne - 1807 - 744 pages
...trend his wife to church, his son to school. • Now times are chung'J — Sons, sires, and grandiires, all will wear the bays ; Our wives read Milton, and our daughters flsys.1 LONDON FASHIONABLE FULL DRESSES. (With an Engrttviit;;, elegantly coloured.) J . A DRESS of... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1777 - 262 pages
...times are chang'd, and one Poetic Itch Has feiz'd the Court and City, poor and rich t Sons, Sires, and Grandfires, all will wear the bays, Our Wives read Milton, and our Daughter* Plays,, To Theatres, and to Rehearfals throng. And all our Grace at table is a Song. I, who... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1791 - 966 pages
...hold; And place, on good fecurity, his gold. Now times are chang'd, and one )x>ctic itch Has fciz'd eeing to the eye ; A lover's eyes will gaze an eagle blin'd; A lover's ears will h bayjf Our wives read Milton, and our daughters playsj To theatres and to rehcarfais throng ; And all... | |
 | 1796 - 500 pages
...minui damnosa libido, MuUvit mentem populus levis, 5 et calet uno L, iij Sons, sires, and grandsires, all will wear the bays, Our wives read Milton, and our daughters plays ; To theatres and to rehearsals throng, And all our grace at table is a song. I, who so oft renounce the Muses, ' lie, 175... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1804 - 190 pages
...and one poetic itch Has seiz'd the Court and City, poor and rich : 170 Sons, sires, and grandsires, all will wear the bays ; Our wives read Milton, and our daughters Ipays ; To theatres and to rehearsals throng, And all our grace at table is a song. I, who so oft'... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1805 - 1054 pages
...luxury could never hold; And place, on good (ecurity, his gold. Now times are chang'd, and one poetic itch Has feiz'd the court and city, poor and rich : Sons, fires, and grandfires, all will we »r the bays, Our wives read Milton, and our daughters plays; T To - And 274 ELEGANT EXTRACTS, To... | |
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