 Yet e'en these heroes, mischievously gay, Lords of the street, and terrors of the way; Flush'd as they are with folly, youth, and wine, Their prudent insults to the poor confine ; Afar they mark the flambeau's bright approach, And shun the shining train...  Bell's Classical Arrangement of Fugitive Poetry - Pagina 29door John Bell - 1789Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Robert Dodsley - 1765 - 392 pagina’s
...And fign your will before you fup from home. k Some fiery fop, with new commiffion vain, Who fleeps on brambles till he kills his man ^ Some frolic drunkard, reeling from a feaft, Provokes a broil, and {tabs you for a jeft. Quanti nunc tenebras unum conducis in annum. Hortulus... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1767 - 288 pagina’s
...roam, And fign your will before you fup from home. Some fiery fop, with new commiffion vain, Who fleeps on; brambles .till he kills his man ; Some frolic drunkard, reeling from a feaft, Provokes a broil, and ftabs you for a jeft. Yet e'en thefe heroes, mifchievoufly gay, Lords... | |
 | Randal (squire.) - 1777 - 168 pagina’s
...roam, And fign your will before you fup from home. .Some fiery fop with newcommiffion vain, Who fleeps on brambles till he kills his man ; Some frolic drunkard, reeling from a feaft, Provoke* a broil, and ftabs you for a jeft : Cruel with guilt, and daring with defpair, The... | |
 | Decimus Junius Juvenalis - 1784 - 446 pagina’s
...roam, And fign your will before you fup from home. Some fiery fop, with new commiffion vain, Who fleeps on brambles till he kills his man; Some frolic drunkard, reeling from a feaft, Provokes a broil, and ilabs you for a jeft. Yet ev'n thefe heroes, mifchievoufly gay, Lords... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 640 pagina’s
...drunken fray, in which Savage stabbed a Mr. Sinclair, for which he was convicted of murder : — " Some frolic drunkard, reeling from a feast, Provokes a broil, and stabs you in a jest." ' But here Johnson is following Juvenal. Mr. Croker forgets that, if Savage was convicted... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 648 pagina’s
...drunken fray, in which Savage stabbed a Mr. Sinclair, for which he was convicted of murder : — " Some frolic drunkard, reeling from a feast, Provokes a broil, and stabs you in a jest." ' But here Johnson is following Juvenal. Mr. Croker forgets that, if Savage was convicted... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 238 pagina’s
...Prepare for death if here at night you roam, And sign your will before you sup from home. Some fiery fop, with new commission vain, Who sleeps on brambles till he kills his man ; F Some frolic drunkard, reeling from a feast, Provokes a broil, and stabs you for a jest. Yet e'en... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 328 pagina’s
...for death if here at night yon roam, And sign your will before you sup from home. 33 Some fiery fop, with new commission vain, Who sleeps on brambles till he kills his man ; Some frolick drunkard, reeling from a feast, Provokes a broil, and stabs you for a jest. 34 Yet even these... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 372 pagina’s
...for death if here at night you roam, And sign your will before you sup from home. 13 Some fiery fop, with new commission vain, Who sleeps on brambles till...feast, Provokes a broil, and stabs you for a jest. 34 Yet e'en these heroes, mischievously gay, Lords of the street, and terrors of the way ; Flush'd... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - 526 pagina’s
...roam. And sign your will before you sup from home. ' Some fiery fop, with new commission vain, MVho sleeps on brambles till he kills his man ; Some frolic...Provokes a broil, and stabs you for a jest. ' Yet e'en these heroes, mischievously gay, Ixfrds of the street, and terrors of the way; Hush'd as they... | |
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