 Blot out, correct, insert, refine, Enlarge, diminish, interline ; Be mindful, when invention fails, To scratch your head, and bite your nails.  The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, D.D. ...: With Notes, Historical and ... - 237. oldalszerző: Jonathan Swift - 1808Teljes nézet - Információ erről a könyvről
 | 1787 - 446 oldal
...mindful, when invention fails, . s To scratch your head and bite your nails. 90 Your poem fmish\l, next your care Is needful to transcribe it fair: In modern wit all printed trash is Set off with num'rous breaks—and dashes-^ To statesmen would you give a wipe, 95 You print it in Italic type :... | |
 | 1817 - 560 oldal
...Blot out, correct, insert, refine, Enlarge, diminish, interline; and who are altogether unmindful that Your poem finish'd, next your care Is needful to transcribe it fair. These persons seem to forget that their vanity and the ridiculous fondness of their family, is to be... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1803 - 386 oldal
...prologue sent from hand unknown. Then, rising with Aurora's light, 1 he Muse invok'd, sit down to write; Blot out, correct, insert, refine, • Enlarge, diminish,...and bite your nails. Your poem finish'd, next your careIs needful to transcribe it fair. In modern wit all printed trash is Set off with numerous breaks... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 924 oldal
...Aretzus uses to procure sleep, particularly the scratching of the temples and tile ears. Arluthnot. Be mindful, when invention fails, To scratch your head, and bite your nails. S-wift. 6. To write or draw awkwardly. If any of their labourers can scratch out a pamphlet, they desire... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - 512 oldal
...prologue sent from hand unknown; Then rising with Aurora's light, The Muse invok'd, sit down to write; Blot out, correct, insert, refine, Enlarge, diminish,...and dashes.— To statesmen would you give a wipe, Tou print it in Italic type : When letters are in vulgar shapes, *Tis ten to one the wit escapes ;... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 562 oldal
...prologue sent from hand unknown. Then, rising with Aurora's light, The Muse invok'd, sit down to write ; Blot out, correct, insert, refine, Enlarge, diminish,...scratch your head, and bite your nails. Your poem finish 'd, next your care Is needful to transcribe it fair. In modern wit all printed trash is Set... | |
 | James Plumptre - 1811 - 486 oldal
...which I am acquainted : And here a simile comes pat in: Though Chickens take a month to fatten, &c. In modern wit all printed trash is Set off with numerous breaks— and dashes — Convey by penny-post to Lintot, dm let no friend alive look into 't. For you can ne'er be too far... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1812 - 832 oldal
...prologue sent from hand unknown. Then, rising with Aurora's light, The Muse invok'd, sit down to write; Blot out, correct, insert, refine, Enlarge, diminish,...scratch your head, and bite your nails. Your poem finish \1, next your care Is needful to transcribe it fair. In modern wit all printed trash is Set... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1812 - 420 oldal
...prologue sent from hand unknown. Then, rising with Aurora's light, The Muse invok'd, sit down to write; Blot out, correct, insert, refine, Enlarge, diminish,...invention fails, To scratch your head, and bite your naite. Your poem finish' d, next your care Is needful to transcribe it fair. In modern wit all printed... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1814 - 534 oldal
...prologue sent from hand unknown. Then, rising with Aurora's light, The Muse invok'd, sit down to write ; Blot out, correct, insert, refine, Enlarge, diminish,...when invention fails* To scratch your head, and bite yonr nails. Your poem finish'd, next your care Is needful to transcribe it fair. In modern wit all... | |
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