Miscellany poems concluded. Miscellaneous poems published from more correct copies. Hero and Leander in burlesque. The posthumous worksNonesuch Press, 1924 |
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4. oldal
... set up Old Fumblers for brisk Whore - masters wou'd pass , Boast their Abilities , to their Disgrace ; for Praise , Young Lufty Whore - mafters , for Fumblers too , And Impotent , with Men will often go , But with their Women to have ...
... set up Old Fumblers for brisk Whore - masters wou'd pass , Boast their Abilities , to their Disgrace ; for Praise , Young Lufty Whore - mafters , for Fumblers too , And Impotent , with Men will often go , But with their Women to have ...
45. oldal
... Set and Sung . Chloris . WH I. HAT haft thou done ? O how I hate thee now , Who cou'dft fo Cruel out of Kindness grow ; Thief of my Honour , thou haft both undone , I've loft my Credit , thou hast lost thy Love ; Thy Pleasure now is thy ...
... Set and Sung . Chloris . WH I. HAT haft thou done ? O how I hate thee now , Who cou'dft fo Cruel out of Kindness grow ; Thief of my Honour , thou haft both undone , I've loft my Credit , thou hast lost thy Love ; Thy Pleasure now is thy ...
106. oldal
... set some Hands to Work : but Lucre and Praise have been gener- ally the first Principles . I have always found the most Zealous Patriots bufie in accumulating a Fortune to enrich their Pofterity ; and Authors , that have pretended to be ...
... set some Hands to Work : but Lucre and Praise have been gener- ally the first Principles . I have always found the most Zealous Patriots bufie in accumulating a Fortune to enrich their Pofterity ; and Authors , that have pretended to be ...
113. oldal
... set off with Eloquence of Phrase , as a fine Diamond is improv'd by an arti- ficial Setting . XLI . THEY who deferve least Praise themselves , always allow it least to others ; for the Poor in Merit , like all other Poor , envy those of ...
... set off with Eloquence of Phrase , as a fine Diamond is improv'd by an arti- ficial Setting . XLI . THEY who deferve least Praise themselves , always allow it least to others ; for the Poor in Merit , like all other Poor , envy those of ...
144. oldal
... Set of Gentlemen , who , like the Toad in the Fable , only emulate Grandeur by their Swelling , are con- fiderable but in their own Vanity , and brag of their high Defcent to their Infamy . If they would value themselves on the Richness ...
... Set of Gentlemen , who , like the Toad in the Fable , only emulate Grandeur by their Swelling , are con- fiderable but in their own Vanity , and brag of their high Defcent to their Infamy . If they would value themselves on the Richness ...
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againſt Beauty becauſe beft beſt boaſt Cauſe cou'd Courſe Defire deſtroy Difgrace Diſappointment e'er Eaſe elſe ev'n ev'ry faid Faith falſe Fame Fate fave Fear feem felf felves fhew fhou'd fince firſt Foes fome Fools foon forc'd fpight Friends Friendſhip ftill fuch fure gain give greateſt grow Happineſs Heav'n Hero Hero and Leander himſelf Honour Induſtry juft juſt Kindneſs laſt Leander leaſt lefs leſs lofe loſe Love Love's Lovers Man's Mind Miſtreſs Modefty moft moſt Muft muſt Nature Art ne'er Numbers omits this couplet Paffion Pain paſs pleaſe Pleaſure Poor Pow'r Praiſe Pride prove publick raiſe Reaſon Satyr ſay ſee ſeem ſelf Senfe Senſe ſhall Shame ſhe ſhould ſhow ſpeak ſtill thee themſelves theſe things thoſe thou thought true Uſe Virtue Want Weakneſs Whilft whofe Whoſe Wife WILLIAM WYCHERLEY Wiſdom World worſe worſt wou'd
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270. oldal - Wheresoe'er I turn my view, All is strange, yet nothing new; Endless labour all along, Endless labour to be wrong; Phrase that Time has flung away; Uncouth words in disarray, Tricked in antique ruff and bonnet, Ode, and elegy, and sonnet.
264. oldal - Just like the manhood of nine tailors. So a wild Tartar, when he spies A man that's handsome, valiant, wise, If he can kill him, thinks t...
263. oldal - Than burnish'd armour of her knight -, A bold virago, stout and tall, As Joan of France, or English...
263. oldal - Cittern. Or Cithern, an instrument of the guitar kind, but strung with wire, and played with a plectrum or quill. It was commonly kept in barbers' shops for the use of customers, and often had a grotesquely carved head. The Tyrolese form of the instrument, which is known of recent years, in England is generally called the Zither.
274. oldal - Tunbridge is the same distance from London, that Fontainebleau is from Paris, and is, at the season, the general rendezvous of all the gay and handsome of both sexes. The company, though...
268. oldal - A sort of jacket called zjustacorps came into fashion in Paris about 1650. M. Quicherat informs us that a pretty Parisienne, the wife of a maltre de comptes named Belot, was the first who appeared in it. In a ballad called The New-made Gentlewoman, written in the reign of Charles II, occurs the line "My justice and black patches I wear".
265. oldal - Sheart, sir, but there is, and much offence. A pox, is this your inns o' court breeding, not to know your friends and your relations, your elders, and your betters?
267. oldal - Now all my fresh colour deserted my face, And let a pale greenness succeed in the place, I pine and grow faint, and refuse all my meat, And nothing but Chalk, Lime, or Oatmeal, can eat : But in my despair I'le die if I can, And languish no longer for want of a man.
273. oldal - Almah. That love which you can hope, and I can pay, May be received and given in open day : My praise and my esteem you had before ; And you have bound yourself to ask no more.
271. oldal - Not Whigs, nor Tories they; nor this, nor that; Not birds, nor beasts; but just a kind of bat: A twilight animal, true to neither cause, With Tory wiiigs, but Whiggish teeth and claws.