 | 1790 - 564 sivua
...thoughts, he calls in thofe of another perfon, во matter whom — the firft io'i: author that itaods next to his hand : he takes up a book ; 'tis a volume...our poets put together are not worth a halter -, he Auinbles by mere chance upon The Cbcieric Man ; 'twas one to a thoufand he flioulj flrike upon that... | |
 | Richard Cumberland - 1790 - 330 sivua
...thoughts, he calls in thofe of another perfon, no matter whom—tiie fir it iille author that ftands next to his hand ; he takes up a book ; 'tis a volume...our poets put together are not worth a halter ; he ftumbles by mere chance upon The Choleric Man ; 'twas one to a thoufand hefhould ftrike upon that blafted... | |
 | 1792 - 822 sivua
...(tanda next to his hand : he takes up a book ; 'tis * volume of comedies; he optns it at random ; *iij all alike to him where he begins ; all our poets put together are not worth a halter ; he Humbles by Here chance upon Tie Choleric Мая ; 'twas one to a thoufand he fliould ftrike upon that... | |
 | British essayists - 1803 - 278 sivua
...tormenting thoughts, he calls in those of anotfcsr person, no matter whom—-the first idle au.» thor thai stands next to his hand : he takes up a book; 'tis...execrable nonsense ! What a canting, preaching puppy of an author!-*-A way goes the poet with liis play, and half a dozen better poets than himself bound up in... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1807 - 534 sivua
...Where is his next resource ? the parson has fled the pit; the back-gammon table is closed; no cheerful neighbour knocks at his unsocial gate ; silence and...execrable nonsense ! What a canting, preaching puppy of an author ! Away goes the poet with his play, and half a dozen better poets than himself bound up in the... | |
 | 1819 - 332 sivua
...and, to divert his own tormenting thoughts, he calls in those of another person, no matter whom— the first idle author that stands next to his hand : he...one to a thousand he should strike upon that blasted play — What an infernal title ! What execrable nonsense ! What a canting, preaching puppy of an author... | |
 | Richard Cumberland - 1822 - 374 sivua
...and, to divert his own tormenting thoughts, he calls in those of another person, no matter whom, the first idle author that stands next to his hand : he...one to a thousand he should strike upon that blasted play — What an infernal title ! What execrable nonsense ! What a canting, preaching puppy of an author!... | |
 | James Ferguson - 1823 - 374 sivua
...and, to divert his own tormenting thoughts, he calls in those of another person, no matter whom, the first idle author that stands next to his hand : he...execrable nonsense! What a canting, preaching puppy of an author! Away goes the poet with his play, and half a dozen better poets than himself bound up in the... | |
 | British essayists - 1823 - 754 sivua
...to divert his own tormenting thoughts, he calls in those of another person, no matter whom — the first idle author that stands next to his hand : he...to a thousand he 'should strike upon that blasted play — What an infernal title ! What execrable nonsense ! What a canting, preaching puppy of an author... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - 316 sivua
...stands next to his hand : he takes up a book; 'tis a volume of comedies; he opens it at random; 'ti» all alike to him where he begins; all our poets put...one to a thousand he should strike upon that blasted play— What an infernal title ! What execrable nonsense ! What a canting, preaching puppy of an author!... | |
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... tis a volume of comedies ; he opens it at random ; 'tis all alike to him where he begins ; all our poets put together are not worth a halter; he stumbles by mere chance upon 