Stultifera Navis; ...: The Modern Ship of FoolsW. Miller, 1807 - 295 oldal |
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20. oldal
... be included these pests of society , whom I would render indictable by men of common sense , subjecting them to the public lash of the ri- dicule they so richly deserve . At night the man of ton , prepar'd for rout 20 THE SHIP OF FOOLS .
... be included these pests of society , whom I would render indictable by men of common sense , subjecting them to the public lash of the ri- dicule they so richly deserve . At night the man of ton , prepar'd for rout 20 THE SHIP OF FOOLS .
45. oldal
... society . These petty parish kings have a peculiar itch for plunder , which they gratify in the following manner : sup- pose , for instance , that a stonemason be the warden , you will never fail to see a scaffolding around the steeple ...
... society . These petty parish kings have a peculiar itch for plunder , which they gratify in the following manner : sup- pose , for instance , that a stonemason be the warden , you will never fail to see a scaffolding around the steeple ...
53. oldal
... society ; and even boors at a country wake or fare , must have their E O table , where , instead of thousands , pennies are staked and played for with equal avidity ; which brings to recollection ! the old French proverb : " Le jeu est ...
... society ; and even boors at a country wake or fare , must have their E O table , where , instead of thousands , pennies are staked and played for with equal avidity ; which brings to recollection ! the old French proverb : " Le jeu est ...
75. oldal
... society . In a copy of that Tour , which once fell into the hands of the annotator , some sarcastic reader had annexed , in the margin , the following couplet , by no means inapplicable to the parties : How ev'ry clown must gape and ...
... society . In a copy of that Tour , which once fell into the hands of the annotator , some sarcastic reader had annexed , in the margin , the following couplet , by no means inapplicable to the parties : How ev'ry clown must gape and ...
76. oldal
... societies ; for it is not merely suf- ficient to know , that the falsehood can be productive of no harm to others , ( even should such be the case ) , for he who does not scruple to debase himself , will not long refrain from injuring ...
... societies ; for it is not merely suf- ficient to know , that the falsehood can be productive of no harm to others , ( even should such be the case ) , for he who does not scruple to debase himself , will not long refrain from injuring ...
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aëre Alexander Barclay Alice Pearce bard bells boast brain Canst thou cause certainly CHORUS TO FOOLS common sense conceived Crowds flock dame death decency disgrace display doth ev'ry exclaim eyes fam'd fame famous fashion feel folly FOOLISH fortune frequently give Goddess of Fools gold harlot's hath head hear Heaven honour Horace human idiot instance irreligion John Perrot justly King L'ENVOY labour ladle lady laugh lines live Lord mind nature naught ne'er never noble o'er pain passion pleasure POET POET'S CHORUS Praise of Folly present prove quod rage Rara Avis reader reason respect score scorn SECTION Shakspeare shame Ship of Fools smile SOLOMON speaking species stanza Stultifera Navis thee thine thing thro thyself tion tongue trim the boat truth vice Voltaire votaries wear wearers wisdom wise words youth
Népszerű szakaszok
12. oldal - The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.
133. oldal - Ay, but to die, and go we know not where ; To lie in cold obstruction, and to rot ; This sensible warm motion to become A kneaded clod...
196. oldal - All murder'd: for within the hollow crown That rounds the mortal temples of a king Keeps Death his court, and there the antic sits, Scoffing his state and grinning at his pomp...
245. oldal - Though I look old, yet I am strong and lusty: For in my youth I never did apply Hot and rebellious liquors in my blood; Nor did not with unbashful forehead woo The means of weakness and debility; Therefore my age is as a lusty winter, Frosty, but kindly: let me go with you; I'll do the service of a younger man In all your business and necessities.
164. oldal - ... we make guilty of our disasters, the sun, the moon, and the stars : as if we were villains by necessity; fools, by heavenly compulsion; knaves, thieves, and treachers, by spherical predominance; drunkards, liars, and adulterers, by an enforced obedience of planetary influence; and all that we are evil in, by a divine thrusting on : An admirable evasion of whore-master man, to lay his goatish disposition to the charge of a star!
164. oldal - This is the excellent foppery of the world, that, when we are sick in fortune, — often the surfeit of our own behaviour, — we make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon, and the stars...
xx. oldal - Quid verum atque decens euro et rogo, et omnis in hoc sum ; Condo et compono quae mox depromere possim.
207. oldal - My liege, I did deny no prisoners. But, I remember, when the fight was done, When I was dry with rage, and extreme toil, Breathless and faint, leaning upon my sword, Came there a certain lord, neat, trimly dress'd, Fresh as a bridegroom ; and his chin, new reap'd, Show'd like a stubble-land at harvest-home ; He was perfumed like a milliner ; And 'twixt his finger and his thumb he held A pouncet-box...
196. oldal - For God's sake, let us sit upon the ground And tell sad stories of the death of kings : How some have been depos'd; some slain in war...
171. oldal - tis a common proof, That lowliness is young ambition's ladder, Whereto the climber-upward turns his face; But when he once attains the upmost round, He then unto the ladder turns his back, Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend.