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" Yes, every poet is a fool; By demonstration Ned can show it; Happy could Ned's inverted rule Prove every fool to be a poet. "
Eighteenth Century Vignettes: Third Series - Page 262
by Austin Dobson - 1896 - 364 pages
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The World's Great Masterpieces: History, Biography, Science ..., Volume 17

1901 - 658 pages
...obligation ; But John unhappily thought fit To publish it to all the nation — Sure, John and I are quit. Yes, every poet is a fool ; By demonstration Ned can show It : Happy, could Ned's inverted rule Prove every fool to be a poet. Nobles and heralds, by your leave, Here lies...
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Poems on Several Occasions

Matthew Prior - 1905 - 404 pages
...unhappily, thought fit To publish it to all the Nation : Sure JOHN and I are more than Quit. ANOTHER. YES, every Poet is a Fool : By Demonstration NED can...NED'S inverted Rule Prove every Fool to be a Poet. ANOTHER. ^HY Naggs (the leanest Things alive) So very hard Thou lov'st to drive ; I heard thy anxious...
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Samlaren, Volumes 26-30

1909 - 1112 pages
...från beskyllning för bristande själfkritik, synes mig vara liämtad från ett epigram af Prior: Yes, every poet is a fool ; By demonstration Ned can show it; x Happy, could Ned's inverted rule Prove every foul to be a poet. Förutom de fyra litteratursatirerna...
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Der Einfluss der englischen, französischen, italienischen und lateinischen ...

Engelbert Frey - 1915 - 206 pages
...bestreiten. Gegen die Beschuldigung ,, Every Poet is a fool" wehrt sich Prior in seinem geschickten Epigramm Yes, every Poet is a Fool: By Demonstration Ned can...Ned's inverted Rule Prove every Fool to be a Poet (WI p. 136). Einen ahnlichen Gedanken finden wir in dem Popeschen Epigramm ,,A general Rule" : Sir,...
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Epigrams

Robert Maynard Leonard - 1915 - 150 pages
...these two poetic heat admits : A witty man, or one that 's out of 's wits. T. RANDOLPH. Poet and Fool YES, every poet is a fool, By demonstration Ned can show it. Happy, could Ned's inverted rule Prove every fool to be a poet. M. PRIOR. A Caution to Poets WHAT poets feel...
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The Shorter Poems of the Eighteenth Century

Iolo Aneurin Williams - 1923 - 524 pages
...unhappily, thought fit To publish it to all the nation : Sure John and I are more than quit. Epigram Yes, every poet is a fool : By demonstration Ned can show it : Happy, could Ned's inverted rule Prove every fool to be a poet. Cupid Mistaken As after noon, one summer's...
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Epigrams, Wit & Wisdom in Brief

Walter Jerrold - 1926 - 264 pages
...with the blockhead who ventures to write, His dulness an antidote proves to his spite. RULE INVERSE. Yes, every poet is a fool, By demonstration Ned can show it : Happy could Ned's inverted rule Prove every fool to be a poet. ON GARRICK AND BARRY IN THE CHARACTER OF KING...
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The English Humourists of the Eighteenth Century and Charity and Humour

William Makepeace Thackeray - 2007 - 298 pages
...wine had warmed the politician, Cured yesterday of my disease, I died last night of my physician." "Yes, every poet is a fool; By demonstration Ned can show it; Happy could Ned's inverted rule Prove every fool to be a poet." "On his death-bed poor Lubin lies, His spouse...
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Poems on Several Occasions

Matthew Prior - 1709 - 404 pages
...unhappily, thought fit To publish it to all the Nation : Sure JOHN and I are more than Quit. ANOTHER. YES, every Poet is a Fool : By Demonstration NED can...NED'S inverted Rule Prove every Fool to be a Poet. ANOTHER. Naggs (the leanest Things alive) So very hard Thou lov'st to drive ; I heard thy anxious Coach-man...
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