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" ... poetry, he has outdone all men that way; for he has made a gridiron and a. frying-pan in verse, that, besides the likeness in shape, the very tone and sound of the words did perfectly represent the noise that is made by these utensils, such as the... "
Restituta: Or, Titles, Extracts, and Characters of Old Books in English ... - Page 43
by Sir Egerton Brydges - 1815
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The Genuine Remains in Verse and Prose of Mr. Samuel Butler ..., Volume 2

Samuel Butler - 1759 - 554 pages
...reprefent the Noife, that is made by thofe Utenfils, fuch as the old Poet called fart ago lo~ quendi. When he was a Captain, he made all the Furniture of his Horfe, from the Bit to the Crupper, in beaten Poetry, every Verfe being fitted to the Proportion of...
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Poetry and Poets: A Collection of the Choicest Anecdotes Relative ..., Volume 1

Richard Ryan - Poetry - 1826 - 320 pages
...perfectly represent the noise that is made by these utensils, such as the old poet called Sartago loquendi. When he was a captain, he made all the furniture of...as, the bridle of moderation, the saddle of content, the crupper of constancy ; so that the same thing was both 'epigram and emblem, even as a mule is both...
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The United States Magazine and Democratic Review, Volume 20

United States - 1847 - 608 pages
...very tone and sound of the words did perfectly represent the noise that is made by these utensils. When he was a captain he made all the furniture of his horse, from the bit to the crupper, the beaten poetry, every verse being fitted to the proportion of the thing, with a moral allusion of...
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The United States Democratic Review, Volume 20

United States - 1847 - 606 pages
...very tone hud sound of the words did perfectly represent the noise that is made by these utensils. When he was a captain he made all the furniture of his horse, from the bit to the crupper, the beaten poetry, every verse being fitted to the proportion of the thing, with a moral allusion of...
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Salad for the solitary, by an epicure [signing himself F.S.].

F. S., Frederick Saunders - 1853 - 306 pages
...shape, the very tone and sound of the words did perfectly represent the noise made by these utensils ! When he was a captain he made all the furniture of his horse, from the bit to the crupper, of beaten poetry, every verse being fitted to the proportion of the thing, with a moral allusion to...
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Salad for the Solitary

Frederick Saunders - American essays - 1853 - 358 pages
...shape, the very tone and sound of the words did perfectly represent the noise made by these utensils I When he was a captain he made all the furniture of his horse, from the bit to the crupper, the beaten poetry, every verse being fitted to the proportion of the thing, with a moral allusion to...
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Salad for the Solitary

Frederick Saunders - American essays - 1853 - 364 pages
...utensils ! When he was a captain he made all the furniture of his horse, from the bit to the crupper, the beaten poetry, every verse being fitted to the proportion of the thing, with a moral allusion to the sense of the thing : as the bridle of moderation, the saddle of content, and the crupper of...
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Salad for the Solitary

Frederick Saunders - American essays - 1853 - 314 pages
...utensils ! When he was a captain he made all the furniture of his horse, from the bit to the crupper, of beaten poetry, every verse being fitted to the proportion of the thing, with a moral allusion to the sense of the thing : as the bridle of moderation, the saddle of content, and the crupper of...
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Gleanings from the Harvest Fields of Literature: A Melange of Excerpta ...

Charles Carroll Bombaugh - Literature - 1860 - 538 pages
...shape, the Tery tone and sound of the words did perfeetly represent the noise made by these utensils ! When he was a captain, he made all the furniture of his horse, from the bit to the crupper, the beaten poctry, every verse being fitted to the proportion of the thing, with a moral allusion to...
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Collectanea Anglo-poetica: Or, A Bibliographical and Descriptive ..., Volume 55

Thomas Corser - English poetry - 1861 - 300 pages
...utensils, such as the old poet called Sartago loqvendi. When he was a captain, he made all the furni' ture of his horse, from the bit to the crupper, in the...sense to the thing : as the bridle of moderation, the eaddle of content, and the crupper of constancy : so that the same thing was to the epigram and emblem,...
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