 He, who still wanting, tho' he lives on theft, Steals much, spends little, yet has nothing left: And He, who now to sense, now nonsense leaning, Means not, but blunders round about a meaning...  The Merry Monarch: Or, England Under Charles II. Its Art, Literature, and ... - Seite 280von William Henry Davenport Adams - 1885Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Leigh Hunt - 1846 - 416 Seiten
...pastorals renown, Who turns a Persian tale for half-a-crown ; " He, who still wanting, though he lives on theft, Steals much, spends little, yet has nothing...but blunders round about a meaning ; And he whose fustian 's so sublimely bad, It is not poetry, but prose run mad; All these my modest satire bade translate,... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1846 - 386 Seiten
...pastorals renown, Who turns a Persian tale for half-a-crown ;l3 He, who still wanting, thougn he lives on theft, Steals much, spends little, yet has nothing...now nonsense leaning, Means not, but blunders round abou. J, meaning ; And he whose fustian 's so sublimely bad, It is not poetry, but prose run mad ;... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1846 - 410 Seiten
...pastorals renown, Who turns a Persian tale for half-a-crown ; " He, who still wanting, though he lives on theft, Steals much, spends little, yet has nothing...sense, now nonsense leaning, Means not, but blunders rotmd about a meaning And he whose fustian 's so sublimely bad, It is not poetry, but prose run mad;... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1846 - 320 Seiten
...appear, And strains from hard-hound hrains eight lines ayeal He who, still wanting, though he lives on theft, Steals much, spends little, yet has nothing...who, now to sense, now nonsense leaning, Means not, hut hlunders round ahout a meaning ; And he, whose fustian's so suhlimely had, It Is not poetry, hut... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1847 - 524 Seiten
...appear, And strains, from hard-bound brains, eight lines a-year ; He, who still wanting, though he lives on theft, Steals much, spends little, yet has nothing...: And he, who now to sense, now nonsense leaning, 185 Means not, but blunders round about a meaning : And he, whose fustian's so sublimely bad, It is... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Charles Macready - 1849 - 646 Seiten
...appear, And strains, from hard-bound brains, eight lines a year ; He, who still wanting, though he lives on theft, Steals much, spends little, yet has nothing...but blunders round about a meaning : And he, whose fustian 's so sublimely bad, It is not poetry, but prose run mad : All these, my modest satire bade... | |
 | 1879 - 674 Seiten
...Teat." Pope never wrote a lino so halting as the second of the following distich, quoted on p. 12u':— "And he who now to sense, now nonsense leaning, Means not, but blunders round a meaning." Nor did Dr. Johnson write : — " Great George's acts let tuneful Gibber sing, For Nature... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1850 - 510 Seiten
...from hard-bound brains eight lines a year. He who, still wanting, though he lives on theft, Stcalf much, spends little, yet has nothing left : And he,...meaning ; And he, whose fustian's so sublimely bad, [t is not poetry, but prose run mad : All these my modest satire bade translate, And own'd that nine... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1851 - 384 Seiten
...a year; He who still wanting, though he lives on theft, Steals much, spends little, yet has noth1ng left ; And he who now to sense, now nonsense, leaning,...fustian's so sublimely bad, It is not poetry, but prose run mad : All these my modest satire bade translate, And own'd that nine such poets made a Tate.... | |
 | 1852 - 874 Seiten
...appear, And strains from hard-bound brains, eight linesa year, ie, who, still wanting, though he lives , what retinue canst thou gain, Or at thy heels the...multitude, Longer than thou const feed them on th vIeans not, but blunders round about a meaning : And he, whose fustian 's so sublimely bad, i is not... | |
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