Select epigrams, 1. kötetS. Low, 1797 |
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7. oldal
... told , or fafely feen , Directs its wanton motions fo , That it wounds more than Cupid's bow ; Gives Coolness to the matchlefs dame , Το every other breast a Flame ! EPIGRAM , WRITTEN IN A LADY'S TABLE - BOOK . [ 7 ]
... told , or fafely feen , Directs its wanton motions fo , That it wounds more than Cupid's bow ; Gives Coolness to the matchlefs dame , Το every other breast a Flame ! EPIGRAM , WRITTEN IN A LADY'S TABLE - BOOK . [ 7 ]
23. oldal
... make , That from all company the flieth : Such virtuous courses doth she take , That the all evil tongues defieth ; And , for her deareft fpoufe's fake , She with his brethren only lieth . TRUTH TOLD AT LAST . BY THE SAME . SAYS [ 23 ]
... make , That from all company the flieth : Such virtuous courses doth she take , That the all evil tongues defieth ; And , for her deareft fpoufe's fake , She with his brethren only lieth . TRUTH TOLD AT LAST . BY THE SAME . SAYS [ 23 ]
24. oldal
Select epigrams. TRUTH TOLD AT LAST . BY THE SAME . SAYS Pontius in rage , contradicting his wife , " You never yet told me one truth in your life . ” Vex'd Pontia no way could this thefis allow- " You're a Cuckold , " fays fhe ; " do I ...
Select epigrams. TRUTH TOLD AT LAST . BY THE SAME . SAYS Pontius in rage , contradicting his wife , " You never yet told me one truth in your life . ” Vex'd Pontia no way could this thefis allow- " You're a Cuckold , " fays fhe ; " do I ...
37. oldal
... told ( but ' tis not true I hope ) That Craggs will be afham'd of Pope . CRAGGS . Alas ! if I am fuch a creature , Το grow the worfe for growing greater , Why , faith , in fpite of all my brags , ' Tis Pope must be asham'd of Craggs . E ...
... told ( but ' tis not true I hope ) That Craggs will be afham'd of Pope . CRAGGS . Alas ! if I am fuch a creature , Το grow the worfe for growing greater , Why , faith , in fpite of all my brags , ' Tis Pope must be asham'd of Craggs . E ...
97. oldal
... lace , and cloaths , The price once paid , away the purchase goes : But the a better bargain proves , I'm told ; Still fold returns , and ftill is to be fold . VOL . I. K EPIGRAM . BY THE REV . JOSIAH RELPH * . [ 97 ]
... lace , and cloaths , The price once paid , away the purchase goes : But the a better bargain proves , I'm told ; Still fold returns , and ftill is to be fold . VOL . I. K EPIGRAM . BY THE REV . JOSIAH RELPH * . [ 97 ]
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71. oldal - Live while you live, the Epicure would say, And seize the pleasures of the present day. Live while you live, the sacred Preacher cries, And give to God each moment as it flies.
30. oldal - EPIGRAM. You beat your pate, and fancy wit will come : Knock as you please, there's nobody at home.
4. oldal - Three poets in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy, and England did adorn; The first in loftiness of thought surpassed, The next in majesty; in both the last. The force of Nature could no further go, To make a third she joined the former two.
5. oldal - Flavia the least and slightest toy Can with resistless art employ. This Fan in meaner hands would prove An engine of small force in love ; But she, with such an air and mien, Not to be told or safely seen, Directs its wanton motions so, That it wounds more than Cupid's bow ; Gives coolness to the matchless dame, To every other breast a flame.
19. oldal - Nobles and heralds, by your leave, Here lies what once was Matthew Prior, The son of Adam and of Eve ; Can Bourbon or Nassau claim higher ? " But, in this case, the old prejudice got the better of the old joke.
115. oldal - ILov'd thee beautiful and kind, And plighted an eternal vow ; So alter'd are thy face and mind, 'Twere perjury to love thee now.
88. oldal - In bed we laugh, in bed we cry, And born in bed, in bed we die; The near approach a bed may show Of human bliss to human woe.
22. oldal - Radcliff ; was so ill, That other doctors gave me over : He felt my pulse, prescribed his pill, And I was likely to recover. " But when the wit began to wheeze, And wine had warmed the politician, Cured yesterday of my disease, I died last night of my physician.
126. oldal - And rather than do such a naughty affair, She became a fine laurel to deck the God's hair. The nymph was, no doubt, of a cold constitution; For sure to turn tree was an odd resolution!
10. oldal - Affure yourfelf, was loudly rated : And madam, getting up again, With her own hand the moufe-trap baited. On little things, as fages write, Depends our human joy or forrow : If we don't catch a moufe to-night, Alas ! no eye-brows for to-morrow.