 | 1809 - 402 pages
...syllables, I < 11 such small critics some regard may claim, Preserv'd in Milton's or in Sbakspe.tr's name. Pretty ' in amber to observe the forms Of hairs or...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... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - 526 pages
...syllables, Ev'n such small critics aome regard may claim, Preserv'd in Milton's or in Shakspeare's name. Pretty ! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or...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... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 pages
...some regard may claim, Preserv'd in Milton's or in Nhaktpfarc's name. Pretty '. in amber to oLsuvc 09 excus'd th«in too ; Well might they Mge, I gave them but their due. A man^s tn.e merit 'tis not hard... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 546 pages
...syllables, Ev'n such small critics some regard may claim, Preserv'd in Milton's or in Shakespeare's name. Pretty ! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or...worms! The things we know are neither rich nor rare, 171 But wonder how the devil they got there. Were others angry : I excus'd them too ; Well might they... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1812 - 348 pages
...may claim, Preserv'd in Mil,on's or in Shale/pear's name. Pretty! in amber to observe the forms 169 Of hairs, or straws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms !...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... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1814 - 516 pages
...syllables. Yet e'en this creature may some notice claim, Wrapt round and sanctified with Shakespeare'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 ?... | |
 | William Beloe - 1817 - 400 pages
...reading. There are, however, some imitations by Pope, which appear worth preserving. PROLOGUE TO SAT. Pretty in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or...neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they came there. MARTIAL. VI. 15. Dura Phaetqntea. formica vagatur in umhrfi Implicuit tenuem succina gutta... | |
 | William Beloe - 1817 - 400 pages
...There are, however, some imitations by Pope, which appear worth preserviag. PROLOGUE TO SAT. Pretty hi amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or straws, or...neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they came the/e. MARTIAL. VI. 15. T'Hun Phaetontea formica vagatur in umbr£ Implicuit tenuem succina gutta... | |
 | John Aikin - 1820 - 832 pages
...claim, Preserr'd in Milton's or in Shakspeare's name. Pretty ! in amber to observe the forms Of bain, or straws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms ! The things...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... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 402 pages
...syllables, Ev'n such small critics some regard may claim, Preserv'd in Milton's or in Shakspeare's name. Pretty ! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or...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... | |
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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. 
