Bell's Edition, Volumes 77-78J. Bell, 1796 |
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... soul to cross , Who pens a stanza , when he should engross ? Is there who , lock'd from ink and paper , scrawls With desp'rate charcoal round his darken'd walls ? All fly to Twit'nam , and in humble strain Apply to me , to keep them mad ...
... soul to cross , Who pens a stanza , when he should engross ? Is there who , lock'd from ink and paper , scrawls With desp'rate charcoal round his darken'd walls ? All fly to Twit'nam , and in humble strain Apply to me , to keep them mad ...
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... soul to save ? 274 " I found him close with Swift --- Indeed ? no doubt " ( Cries prating Balbus ) something will come out . " ' Tis all in vain , deny it as I will ; " No , such a genius never can lie still ; " And then for mine ...
... soul to save ? 274 " I found him close with Swift --- Indeed ? no doubt " ( Cries prating Balbus ) something will come out . " ' Tis all in vain , deny it as I will ; " No , such a genius never can lie still ; " And then for mine ...
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... soul , and Muse . Yet why ? that father held it for a rule , It was a sin to call our neighbour Fool ; That harmless mother thought no wife a whore ; Hear this , and spare his family , James Moore ! 385 Unspotted names , and memorable ...
... soul , and Muse . Yet why ? that father held it for a rule , It was a sin to call our neighbour Fool ; That harmless mother thought no wife a whore ; Hear this , and spare his family , James Moore ! 385 Unspotted names , and memorable ...
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... soul I cannot sleep a wink . I nod in company , I wake at night , Fools rush into my head , and so I write . F. You could not do a worse thing for your life . 1-5 Why , if the nights seem tedious --- take a wife ; 2Or rather , truly ...
... soul I cannot sleep a wink . I nod in company , I wake at night , Fools rush into my head , and so I write . F. You could not do a worse thing for your life . 1-5 Why , if the nights seem tedious --- take a wife ; 2Or rather , truly ...
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... soul stood forth , nor kept a thought within ; In me what spots ( for spots I have ) appear , Will prove , at least , the medium must be clear . 55 In this impartial glass , my Muse intends Fair to expose myself , my foes , my friends ...
... soul stood forth , nor kept a thought within ; In me what spots ( for spots I have ) appear , Will prove , at least , the medium must be clear . 55 In this impartial glass , my Muse intends Fair to expose myself , my foes , my friends ...
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Page 142 - True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learn'd to dance.
Page 40 - Peace to all such! but were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires ; Blest with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease: Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne...
Page 45 - Now high, now low, now master up, now miss, And he himself one vile antithesis. Amphibious thing! that acting either part, The trifling head, or the corrupted heart; Fop at the toilet, flatterer at the board, Now trips a lady, and now struts a lord.
Page 235 - Of manners gentle, of affections mild ; In wit, a man ; simplicity, a child ; With native humour temp'ring virtuous rage, Form'd to delight at once and lash the age ; Above temptation, in a low estate ; And uncorrupted...
Page 40 - Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault and hesitate dislike...
Page 205 - Yes, I am proud ; I must be proud to see Men, not afraid of God, afraid of me ; Safe from the bar, the pulpit, and the throne, Yet touch'd and sham'd by ridicule alone.
Page 64 - ... for half a year or more, the common newspapers, in most of which they had some property, as being hired writers, were filled with the most abusive falsehoods and scurrilities they could possibly devise...
Page 34 - They rave, recite, and madden round the land. What walls can guard me, or what shades can hide? They pierce my thickets, through my grot they glide, By land, by water, they renew the charge, They stop the chariot, and they board the barge.
Page 44 - As shallow streams run dimpling all the way. Whether in florid impotence he speaks, And, as the prompter breathes, the puppet squeaks; Or at the ear of Eve, familiar toad, Half froth, half venom, spits himself abroad, In puns, or politics, or tales, or lies, Or spite, or smut, or rhymes, or blasphemies.
Page 36 - All my demurs but double his attacks; At last he whispers, "Do; and we go snacks." Glad of a quarrel, straight I clap the door, Sir, let me see your works and you no more. Tis sung, when Midas...