 | 1796 - 500 pages
...sense ? Like gentle Fanuy's was my flow'ry theme, A painted mistress, or a purling stream. 150 Yet thqn did Gildon draw his venal quill ; I wish'd the man...fret ; I never answer'd : I was not in debt. If want provoi'd, or madness made them print, 155 I wag'd no war with Bedlam or the Mint. Did some more sober... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1806 - 440 pages
...judgment of the reader, since they are supported only by one single, suspected testimony." P. 28.* 12. Yet then did Gildon draw his venal quill ; I wish'd...debt: If want provok'd, or madness made them print, I wag'd no war with Bedlam or the Mint.\ The J unexpected turn in the second line of each of these... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1806 - 440 pages
...only by one single, suspected testimony." P. 28,* 4 12. Yet then did Gildon draw his venal quill; 1 wish'd the man a dinner, and sat still : Yet then...debt: If want provok'd, or madness made them print, I wag'd no war with Bedlam or the Mint.-\ The J unexpected turn in the second line of each of these... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1807 - 474 pages
...sense I Like gentle Fanny's was my flowery theme, • A painted mistress, or a purling stream.' Tet then did Gildon draw his venal quill ; I wish'd the...debt. If want provok'd, or madness made them print, I wag'd no war with Bedlam or the Mint. Did some more sober critic come abroad ; If wrong I smil'd,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1807 - 288 pages
...place of sense? Like gentle Fanny's was my flowery theme, A painted mistress, or a purling stream. 150 Yet then did Gildon draw his venal quill; I wish'd...Yet then did Dennis rave in furious fret; I never answered ; I was not in debt. If want provok'd, or madness made them print, 15S I wag'd no war with... | |
 | John Bell - 1807 - 562 pages
...place of sense ? Like gentle Fanny's was my flow'ry theme, A painted mistress, or a purling stream. 150 Yet then did Gildon draw his venal quill ; I wish'd...sat still. Yet then did Dennis rave in furious fret ; 1 never answer'd : I was not in deht. If want provok'd, or madness made them print, I wag'd no war... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1808 - 702 pages
...ace of sense ? Like gentle Fauny's was my flowery theme, " A painted mistress, or a purling stream.' Yet then did Gildon draw his venal quill ; I wish'd the man a diuner, and sat still : Yet then did Deunis rave in furious fret; I never answer'd, I was not in drbt.... | |
 | Alexander Pope, Thomas Park - 1808 - 388 pages
...mistress, or a purling stream.' Yet then did Oildon draw his venal quill ; I wish'd the man a diuner, and sat still : Yet then did Dennis rave in furious fret; I never auswer'd ; I was not in debt. If want provok'd, or madness made them print, I wag"d no war with Bedlam... | |
 | 1809 - 402 pages
...place of sense ? Like gentle Fanny's was my flow'ry theme, A painted mistress, or a purling stream. Yet then did Gildon draw his venal quill; I wish'd the man a dinner, and sat xtill. Yet then did Dennis rave in firrioui fret; I never answcr'd, 1 was not in debt. If want provok'd,... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - 526 pages
...the Bnrnets, Oldmixons, and Cooks. Yet then did Dennis rave in furious fret ; I never answer'd ; 1 was not in debt. If want provok'd, or madness made them print, I wag'd no war with Bedlam or the Mint. Did some more sober critic come abroad ; If wrong I smil'd,... | |
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Soft were my numbers ; who could take offence While pure description held the place of sense ? Like gentle Fanny's was my flow'ry theme, A painted mistress, or a purling stream. 
