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Sivu ix
... seem to have escaped his notice , especially if dreffed up in verse , of which the following may serve for a fpecimen : Mirth makes them not mad , Nor fobriety fad , For of that they are feldom in danger : At Paris , at Rome , At the ...
... seem to have escaped his notice , especially if dreffed up in verse , of which the following may serve for a fpecimen : Mirth makes them not mad , Nor fobriety fad , For of that they are feldom in danger : At Paris , at Rome , At the ...
Sivu x
... seem as if that alone made them " fuccessful . What fignified all the Buccaneers ' prosperity " without virtue ? to what authority did all their wars and " conquefts bring them but to make one another rich and vi- " cious ? " + In this ...
... seem as if that alone made them " fuccessful . What fignified all the Buccaneers ' prosperity " without virtue ? to what authority did all their wars and " conquefts bring them but to make one another rich and vi- " cious ? " + In this ...
Sivu xii
... seem to have no foundation in history : un- " lefs he can confront them with positive and authentick te- " ftimonies he lets the author alone , and fuffers the boldness " of the affertion to be its own fecurity . " In the Reflections ...
... seem to have no foundation in history : un- " lefs he can confront them with positive and authentick te- " ftimonies he lets the author alone , and fuffers the boldness " of the affertion to be its own fecurity . " In the Reflections ...
Sivu xxix
... fo is he proud to own that they fometimes condefcend to afford him . For many faults that at first seem small yet create unpardonable errours . The number of the verfe turns XXX THE PUBLISHER TO THE READER . upon the harshness Cij.
... fo is he proud to own that they fometimes condefcend to afford him . For many faults that at first seem small yet create unpardonable errours . The number of the verfe turns XXX THE PUBLISHER TO THE READER . upon the harshness Cij.
Sivu 36
... seem to have had more occafion for skewers than goofequills . He is very te- dious in defcribing a fmith's forge and an anvil ; whereas he might have been more polite in fetting out the toothpick cafe or painted fnuff box of Achil- les ...
... seem to have had more occafion for skewers than goofequills . He is very te- dious in defcribing a fmith's forge and an anvil ; whereas he might have been more polite in fetting out the toothpick cafe or painted fnuff box of Achil- les ...
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Apicius Art of Cookery beauty becauſe beft beſt breaſt Britiſh cauſe charms Cook cry'd defign defire diſh eaſe ev'n ev'ry eyes faid fam'd fame fate fatire fauce fays feem feen fenfe fent fervants fhall fhew filk fince fing firſt flain fleep fome fong foon foul freſh Frumenty ftill ftreams fubject fuch fure give grace happineſs Heav'n himſelf houſe juft juſt King laft laſt leaſt lefs Lord Love maſter moft moſt Mufe muft Muſe muſt ne'er never numbers nymphs o'er occafion Orpheus Ovid paffion paſt perfons pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure poem poets pow'r praiſe prefent profe raiſe reft rife ſay ſeem ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſhould ſmall ſome ſpread ſpring ſtand ſtate ſtay ſtill ſuch tell thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand thro tranflated unleſs uſe verfe verſe Whilft Whofe whoſe wife
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Sivu 143 - Thoufands of happy hours you pafs'd with me ; " No mention made of old Penelope. " On adamant our wrongs we all engrave, " But write our benefits upon the wave. " Why then be gone, the feas uncertain truft ; " As I found you, fo may you find them juft. " Dying Calypfo muft be left behind, " And all your vows be wafted with the wind !" Fond are the hopes he fhould be conftant now, Who to his tendereft part had broke his vow.
Sivu 136 - To make your wife and mine a muff.) Thus he frames wings, and nothing lacks To fix the whole, but melted wax : That was the work of the young boy, Pleas'd at the fancy of the toy; Not guessing, ere he was much older, He should have one upon each shoulder.
Sivu 81 - L were a Picture drawn With Cynthia's Face, but with a Neck like Brawn; With Wings of Turkey, and with Feet of Calf, Tho' drawn by Kneller, it would make you laugh!
Sivu 44 - Cincinnatus, who went from the plough to the command of the Roman army ; and, having brought home victory, retired to his cottage ; for, when the Samnite...
Sivu 8 - Which faid, he foon outftript the wind, Whilft puffing Boreas lagg'd behind ; And to Urganda's cave he came, A lady of prodigious fame, Whofe hollow eyes and hopper breech...
Sivu 112 - THE BEGGAR WOMAN. A GENTLEMAN in hunting rode aftray, •**• More out of choice, than that he loft his way, He let his company the Hare purfue, For he himfelf had other game in view. A Beggar by her trade ; yet not fo mean, But that her cheeks were frefh, and linen clean. J' Miftrefs," quoth he, " and what if we two fhou'd * Retire a little way into the wood...
Sivu 43 - I hope it will not be taken ill by the wits, that 1 call my cooks by the title of ingenious; for I cannot imagine why cooks may not be as well read as any other persons.
Sivu 84 - The fate of things lies always in the dark : What cavalier would know St. James's Park '? For locket stands «;i icrc gardens once did spring ; And wild-ducks quack where grasshoppers did sing ; A princely palace on that space does rise, Where Sedley's noble muse found mulberries'.
Sivu 159 - And have you by a rival croft, Only in hopes you may n't be loft. Sometimes they fay that you are faulty, And that they know where...
Sivu 54 - The Art of Cookery, in imitation of Horace's Art of Poetry, with some Letters to Dr. Lister...