 | 1902 - 348 oldal
...my presumption ?) I — No wit, no genius, yet for once will try. Various the papers various wants produce, The wants of fashion, elegance, and use....paper, which apart you store, And lock from vulgar hand in the 'scrutoire. Mechanics, servants, farmers, and so forth, Are copy-paper, of inferior worth... | |
 | Albert Bushnell Hart - 1902 - 340 oldal
...my presumption ?) I — No wit, no genius, yet for once will try. Various the papers various wants produce, The wants of fashion, elegance, and use....paper, which apart you store, And lock from vulgar hand in the 'scrutoire. Mechanics, servants, farmers, and so forth, Are copy-paper, of inferior worth... | |
 | Brander Matthews - 1904 - 338 oldal
...my presumption ?) I — No wit, no genius, yet for once will try. Various the papers various wants produce, The wants of fashion, elegance, and use....lace — Nice as a band-box were his dwelling-place : He 's the gilt paper, which apart you store, And lock from vulgar hands in the 'scrutoire. Mechanics,... | |
 | 1904 - 876 oldal
...pardon my presumption?) — I, No wit, no genius, yet for once will try. Various the paper various wants produce, — The wants of fashion, elegance, and use....right I scan, Each sort of paper represents some man. I'ray note the fop, half powder and half lace; Nice, as a bandbox were his dwelling-place; He 's the... | |
 | Brander Matthews - 1904 - 344 oldal
...Pray note the fop — half powder and half lace — Nice as a band-box were his dwelling-place : He 's the gilt paper, which apart you store, And lock from vulgar hands in the 'scrutoire. Mechanics, servants, farmers, and so forth, Are copy-paper, of inferior worth ; Less... | |
 | P. Garrett - 1906 - 880 oldal
...my presumption), I — No wit, no genius — yet for once will try. Various the papers various wants produce, The wants of fashion, elegance, and use....lace, — Nice as a bandbox were his dwelling-place ; He 's the gilt paper, which apart you store, And lock from vulgar hands in th' escritoire. Mechanics,... | |
 | Marshall Pinckney Wilder - 1908 - 260 oldal
...presumption), I — No wit, no genius — yet for once will try. • Various the papers various wants produce, The wants of fashion, elegance and use. Men...scan, Each sort of paper represents some man. Pray not the fop, — half powder and half lace, — Nice as a bandbox were his dwelling-place; He's the... | |
 | Marshall Pinckney Wilder - 1911 - 260 oldal
...my presumption), I — No wit, no genius — yet for once will try. Various the papers various wants produce, The wants of fashion, elegance and use. Men...scan, Each sort of paper represents some man. Pray not the fop, — halt powder and half lace, — Nice as a bandbox were his dwelling-place; He's the... | |
 | 1918 - 346 oldal
...my presumption ?) I — No wit, no genius, yet for once will try. Various the papers various wants produce, The wants of fashion, elegance, and use....some man. Pray note the fop — half powder and half laceNice as a band-box were his dwelling-place : He's the gilt paper, which apart you store, And lock... | |
 | Leon Loyal Winslow - 1922 - 362 oldal
...happy, pertinent, and true; Methinks a genius might the plan pursue, Various the papers various wants produce — The wants of fashion, elegance, and use;...which apart you store, And lock from vulgar hands in the escritoire.* The wretch whom Avarice bids to pinch and spare, Starve, cheat, and pilfer, to enrich... | |
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Sense her dictates wrote, Fair Virtue put a seal, or Vice a blot. The thought was happy, pertinent, and true ; Methinks a genius might the plan pursue. I — can you pardon my presumption ? — I, No wit, no genius, yet for once will try. Various the... 
