Anthologia: A Collection of Epigrams, Ludicrous Epitaphs, Sonnets, Tales, Miscellaneous Anecdotes, &c. &c., Interspersed with OriginalsC. Spilsbury and sold by S. Highley, 1807 - 184 pagina's |
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... he was assailed by that disease so common to small poets - the furor scribendi ; Which makes them , though it were , in spite Of nature and their stars , to write . PREFACE . The Editor acknowledges , with pleasure , some.
... he was assailed by that disease so common to small poets - the furor scribendi ; Which makes them , though it were , in spite Of nature and their stars , to write . PREFACE . The Editor acknowledges , with pleasure , some.
Pagina 23
... Poet , kept a public - house on the Surrey side of Blackfriars- bridge ; and not choosing to exhibit on his sign any of the anomalies of nature , Red Lions , Blue Boars , & c . he adorned the board with his own head , underneath which ...
... Poet , kept a public - house on the Surrey side of Blackfriars- bridge ; and not choosing to exhibit on his sign any of the anomalies of nature , Red Lions , Blue Boars , & c . he adorned the board with his own head , underneath which ...
Pagina 35
... Poet in his Shirt at the Window . [ PETER PINDAR . ] SINGERS of Israel ! Oh ye singers sweet , Who , with your gentle mouths from ear to ear Pour forth rich symphonies from street to street , And to the sleepless wretch the night endear ...
... Poet in his Shirt at the Window . [ PETER PINDAR . ] SINGERS of Israel ! Oh ye singers sweet , Who , with your gentle mouths from ear to ear Pour forth rich symphonies from street to street , And to the sleepless wretch the night endear ...
Pagina 60
... poet is a fool ; But you yourself will serve to show it , That ev'ry fool is not a poet . ON WOMAN . [ FARQUHAR . ] NATURE'S chief gifts unequally are carv'd ; They surfeit some , whilst many more are starv'd : Her bread , her wine ...
... poet is a fool ; But you yourself will serve to show it , That ev'ry fool is not a poet . ON WOMAN . [ FARQUHAR . ] NATURE'S chief gifts unequally are carv'd ; They surfeit some , whilst many more are starv'd : Her bread , her wine ...
Pagina 69
... poets Argus prize , Who boasted of a hundred eyes , Sure greater praise to her is due Who looks a hundred ways with two . DE MARGUERITE ET CATIN . Marguerite a la dent fort noire , Catin l'a blanche comme ivoire ; D'où vient telle ...
... poets Argus prize , Who boasted of a hundred eyes , Sure greater praise to her is due Who looks a hundred ways with two . DE MARGUERITE ET CATIN . Marguerite a la dent fort noire , Catin l'a blanche comme ivoire ; D'où vient telle ...
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adieu ANECDOTE beauty blushing bosom brow cat-o'-nine-tails charms cheeks CHURCH-YARD cries dead Dean DEAN SWIFT dear Death Dick drank drink e'er EPIGRAM EPITAPH Erskine ev'ry eyes fair father flow'r FRENCH FRIEND OF HUMANITY give Good-natur'd graces hast heart Heav'n honest honour horses horses teeth ISABELLA jacet John JOHN GILL John Trollop Johnson King Knife-grinder LADY lies the body liv'd live Lord LORD ROCHESTER LORD THURLOW LORD WHARTON lov'd maid Marforio MARRIAGE MARTIAL morn ne'er never night niversity of Gottingen o'er once Ostler paint Parson Phoebus PINDAR poet poor POPE pow'r pray pray'r quoth Reader replied reply'd ROCHESTER SIR JOHN BRIDGEMAN smiles song soon sorrow soul Squire stone SUETONIUS sure sweet SWIFT tell thee There's thing Thomas thou TOM BROWN true Twas Versez wife wine woman youth
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Pagina 180 - But has heard of the Well of St. Keyne. An oak and an elm tree stand beside, And behind does an ash tree grow, And a willow from the bank above Droops to the water below. A traveller came to the Well of St. Keyne...
Pagina 101 - Story! God bless you! I have none to tell, sir, Only last night a-drinking at the Chequers, This poor old hat and breeches, as you see, were Torn in a scuffle. "Constables came up for to take me into Custody; they took me before the justice; Justice Oldmixon put me in the parish-Stocks for a vagrant.
Pagina 92 - Explain'd the matter, and would win the cause. Dame Justice weighing long the doubtful right, Takes, opens, swallows it, before their sight. The cause of strife removed so rarely well, There take (says Justice), take ye each a shell.
Pagina 101 - All in a lawsuit? (Have you not read the Rights of Man, by Tom Paine?) Drops of compassion tremble on my eyelids, Ready to fall, as soon as you have told your Pitiful story.
Pagina 155 - Flavia the least and slightest toy Can with resistless art employ. This Fan in meaner hands would prove An engine of small force in love ; But she, with such an air and mien, Not to be told or safely seen, Directs its wanton motions so, That it wounds more than Cupid's bow ; Gives coolness to the matchless dame, To every other breast a flame.
Pagina 181 - Keyne,' quoth the Cornish-man, 'many a time Drank of this crystal Well, And before the Angel summoned her, She laid on the water a spell. 'If the husband of this gifted Well Shall drink before his wife, A happy man thenceforth is he, For he shall be master for life.
Pagina 46 - Immortal Newton never spoke More truth, than here you'll find, Nor Pope himself e'er penn'da joke More cruel on mankind. '' The picture placed the busts between Gives satire its full strength ; Wisdom and Wit are little seen. But Folly at full length.
Pagina 151 - Tis not her air, for sure in that There's nothing more than common ; And all her sense is only chat, Like any other woman. Her voice, her touch, might give th' alarm, 'Twas both perhaps — or neither : In short, 'twas that provoking charm Of Celia all together.
Pagina 44 - This faded form ! this pallid hue ! ; This blood my veins is clotting in, My years are many — They were few When first I enter'd at the U — — NIVERSITY of Gottingen — — NIVERSITY of Gottingen.
Pagina 181 - I'll venture my life She has drunk of the Well of St. Keyne ." "I have left a good woman who never was here...