Miscellanies in Prose and VerseR. Griffiths, 1760 - 405 Seiten |
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Seite 372 - Howbeit I believed not their words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it : and, behold, the one half of the greatness of thy wisdom was not told me : for thou exceedest the fame that I heard.
Seite 89 - ... beau, Had many times tried o'er her heart to prevail. And would rest on his pitchfork to tell her his tale With his winning behaviour he melted her heart; For quite artless herself, she suspected no art.
Seite 80 - What tho' some envious folks have said, That Stella now must hide her head, That all her stock of beauty's gone, And ev'n the very sign took down: Yet grieve not at the fatal blow; For if you break a while, we know, 'Tis bankrupt like, more rich to grow. A fairer sign you'll soon hang up, And with fresh credit open shop...
Seite 2 - To mend a candle when the snuff's too short? Or save rappee for chamber-maids at Court? Glorious ambition! noble thirst of fame! — No, but you'd have me write — to get a name. Alas! I'd live unknown, unenvy'd too; 'Tis more than Pope, with all his wit can do. 'Tis more than You, with wit and beauty join'd, A pleasing form, and a discerning mind.
Seite 340 - I think, the general complaint of all letter-writers ; and your1! in hafle, conclude* wit, bufinefs, every thing. For my own part, my whole life is little more than a perpetual hurry of doing nothing ; and, I think,' I never had more bufinefs of that fort upon my hands than now. But as I can generally find time to do any thing I have a mind to do, fo can always contrive to be at leifure to pay my refpefts to Mifs L.
Seite 6 - If such an one there be, well-bred, polite, To him I'll dedicate, for him I'll write. Peace to the rest — I can be no man's slave ; I ask for nothing, tho
Seite 341 - But let me tell Mr. Pope, that Letters, like Beauties, may be over-dreft. There is a becoming Neg,ligence in both ; and if Mr. Pope could only contrive to write without a Genius, I don't know any one fo likely to hit off my Manner as himfelf. But he infifts upon it, that a Genius is as...
Seite 1 - How much of paper's spoil'd! what floods of ink! And yet how few, how very few can think! The knack of writing is an easy trade; But to think well requires — at least a Head.
Seite 3 - The pension'd beggar, or the titled poor. These are the thriving breed, the tiny great ! Slaves ! wretched slaves ! the journeymen of state ! Philosophers ! who calmly bear disgrace, Patriots who sell their country for a place ! Shall I for these...
Seite 6 - With merit humble, and with greatness free, Has bow'd to Freeman, and has din'd with Me; Who bred in foreign courts, and early known, Has yet to learn the cunning of his own; To titles born, yet heir to no estate, And, harder still, too honest to be great; If such an one there be, well-bred, polite?