 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 452 pages
...vitam agere decrevi." Whereupon, says my author, he quitted the converse of men, threw himself into The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there. NOTES. the thickest of a forest, and wore out the wretched remainder of his life in all the agonies... | |
 | 1822 - 472 pages
...God knows, are neither rich nor rare; But we wonder how the devil they got there. says " John Bull." The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how .the devil they got theresays Pope. Where was the man's ear, when he could write such a line, in the idea that it was an... | |
 | sir Daniel Keyte Sandford - 1822 - 90 pages
...is elected, but the how or the why will be beyond the reach of our sagacity ;— We know the things are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there ! The remainder of these four things consists of three discoveries, of the highest importance to science... | |
 | G. Proctor, George Procter - 1823 - 426 pages
...among my lucubrations, and thus give him that immortality which the commentators on Shakspeare enjoy. " The things we know are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there." THE DAY OF BADAJOS. ' " Now speak, old soldier, The height of honour ?" " Rather to suffer than to... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 pages
...name. Pretty ! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or straws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms ! Tin. w run. If the soul had free election To dispose of...Which controls our wills in love ! If not love, a str ; But each man's secret standard in his mind, That casting-weight pride adds to emptiness, This, who... | |
 | Jacques Delille - 1824 - 474 pages
...Shakespeare's name. 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...how the devil they got there. Were others angry : I excused them too; Well might they rage, I gave them but their due. A man's true merit 'tis not hard... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - 1824 - 406 pages
...Shakspeare's name. 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...how the devil they got there. Were others angry : I excused them too ; Well might they rage, I gave them but their due. A man's true merit 'tis not hard... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1824 - 494 pages
...word-catchers. That the GENIUS, or rather fhe professors of PHILOLOGY are deservedly characterized by the name The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there. NOTES. name of ribalds, is a strange assertion for a commentator who has devoted so considerable a... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Roscoe - 1824 - 498 pages
...word-catchers. That the GENIUS, or rather the professors of PHILOLOGY are deservedly characterized by the name The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there. NOTES. name of ribalds, is a strange assertion for a commentator who has devoted so considerable a... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Roscoe - 1824 - 498 pages
...to further, The murderous critic has avenged thy murder." Bowla. This Were others angry: I excused them too ; Well might they rage, I gave them but their due. NOTES. This epigram is rendered quite unintelligible in Mr. Bowles's edition, by a misprint in the... | |
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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. 
