 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 392 pages
...know are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there. Were others angry : I excus'd them too ; Well might they rage, I gave them but their due. A man's true merit 'tis not hard to find ; 175 But each man's fecret ftandard in his mind, That Cafting-weight pride adds to emptinefs, This,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1787 - 396 pages
...Sbaktfpear's name. Pretty ! in amber to obferve the forms Of hairs, oritraws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms! 170 The things we know are neither rich nor rare, But...wonder how the devil they got there. Were others angry: ] excus'd them too ; Well might they rage, I gave them but their due. A man's true merit 'tis not hard... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 398 pages
...name. Pretty ! in amber to obfcrve the forms Of hairs, or flraws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms! ITO The things we know are neither rich nor rare, But...how the devil they got there. Were others angry : I cxcus'd them too ; Well might they rage, I gave them but their due. A man's true merit 'tis not hard... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1791 - 510 pages
...know arc neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there. Were others angry, 1 excus'd them too ; Well might they rage, I gave them but their...true merit 'tis not hard to find ; But each man's fecrct ihndard in his mind, That calling-weight pride adds to emptinefs, This, who can gratify ? for... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1791 - 966 pages
...But wonder how the devil they got there. Were others angry :' 1 excui'd them too ; Well might thev hofe dreams fecret ftandard in his mind, Tint calling-weight pride adds to emptinefs, This who can gratify •... | |
 | James Roach - 1794 - 260 pages
...Preferv'd in Milton'* or in Shakef pear's name. Pretty ! in Amber to obferve the forms Of hairs, or Draws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms ! The things we know are...nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there. Wife others angry : I ex'cus'd ihem too ; Well might they rage, I gave them but their due. A man's... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1796 - 574 pages
...in Mi lion' & or in Sbatcfieare's name. Pictty ! in Amber to obfervc the forms Of hairs, or llraws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms ! The things we know are...how the devil they got there. Were others angry : I excus'd them too ; \Vell might they tage, I gave them but their due. A man's true merit 'tis not hard... | |
 | John Bell - 1796 - 480 pages
...know, are neither rich nor lare. But wonder how the devil they got there. Were others angry, I excus'd them' too; Well might they rage, I gave them but their due. A man's true merit 'tis not hard to find; 175 That casting-weight pride adds to emptiness. This who can gratify ? for who can guess ? The bard... | |
 | 1797 - 614 pages
...a version, just sinking into the gulph of perpetual oblivion. t * See Longmus de Sub. sect, nit.' ' Pretty ! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or...nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there. * As I have occasionally quoted, for the entertainment of the render and to relieve the dryncss of... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1797 - 472 pages
...you have found the caufe of your difcafe, than to find you differ from me in my opinion about Horace. The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there. Were v or E s. Horace. Diflention in matters of opinion (let the fubjeft be what it will) is natural, I... | |
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Pretty! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or straws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms! The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there. 
