 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 496 pages
...neither rich nor rare, 1 10; But wonder how the devil they got there. Were others angry : I excus'd tnem too; , Well might they rage, I gave them but their due. A man's true merit 'tis not hard to find; * ij But each man's fecret fbndard in his mind, 305 "5 I cough like Horace, and, though lean, am fhort.... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 498 pages
...syllables. Yet e'en this creature may some notice claim, Wrapt round and sanctified with Shakspeare's name. Pretty ! in amber to observe the forms OF hairs, or straws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms ! The thing, we know, is neither rich nor rare; And wonder how the devil it got there. Are others angry ?... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 496 pages
...syllables. Yet e'en this creature may some notice claim, Wrapt round and sanctified with Shakspeare's name. Pretty ! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or straws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms ! The thing, we know, is neither rich nor rare ; And wonder how the devil it got there. Are others angry... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1804 - 190 pages
...Shakespeare's name. Pretty in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or straws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms ! 170 The things, we know are neither rich nor rare, But...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... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 492 pages
...Shakeipeare's name. Pretty! in amber to pbferve the forms Of hairs, or draws, 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 : 1 excus'd tliem too ; Well might they rage, | gave them but their due. A man's true merit 'tis not... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Lisle Bowles - 1806 - 504 pages
...Charles! thy death defend? A furious Foe unconfcioas proves a Friend, 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 ; i75 But each man's fecret ftandard in his mind, That Cafting-weight pride adds to emptinefs, This,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1806 - 508 pages
...Charles ! thy death defend? A furious Foe unconfciqjjs proves a Friend, On 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 flandard in his mind, That Cafting-weight pride adds to emptinefs, This,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1806 - 550 pages
...which he is reported to have bioke out — " Quodnam ego tantum fcclus concepi, O Chriite ! qucm ego The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there. Were NOTES. tgo tuorum unquain Ixfi, ut ita inexpiabili in me odio debaccheri:. ? .Audi ea qure tibi mentis... | |
 | John Bell - 1807 - 562 pages
...clainti Prcserv'd in Milton's, or in Shakespeare's name. Pretty ! in amber to observe the forms 169 The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But...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... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1807 - 288 pages
...Shakspcare's name. Pretty! in amher to observe the forms Of hairs, or straws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms! 170 The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But...how the devil they got there. Were others angry; I e*cus'd them too; Well might they rage, I gave them but their due. A man's true merit 'tis not hard... | |
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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. 
