SHUT, shut the door, good John ! fatigued, I said, Tie up the knocker, say I'm sick, I'm dead. The Dog-star rages ! nay 'tis past a doubt, All Bedlam, or Parnassus, is let out : Fire in each eye, and papers in each hand, 5 They rave, recite, and madden... General principles of grammar - Page 19by General principles - 1847 - 80 pagesFull view - About this book
| Alexander Pope - 1854 - 340 pages
...P. O HUT, shut the door, good John! 1 fatigued I said; 'J Tre up the knocker, say I 'in sick, I 'in dead. The Dog-star rages! nay 'tis past a doubt, All...let out: Fire in each eye, and papers in each .hand, 5 They rave, recite, and madden round the land. - What walls can guard me, or what shades can hide... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1854 - 338 pages
...likeness. P. CHUT, shut the door, good John!1 fatigued I said; "^ Tie up the knocker, say I 'm sick, I 'm dead. The Dog-star rages ! nay 'tis past a doubt,...let out : Fire in each eye, and papers in each hand, 5 They rave, recite, and madden round the land. What walls can guard me, or what shades can hide? They... | |
| Education - 1855 - 396 pages
...in the time of Dr. Johnson, who thought, from the multiplicity of scribblers who annoyed him, that " All Bedlam or Parnassus is let out, Fire in each eye, and papers in each band, They rave, recite and madden round the land." Things in this respect have not greatly improved... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1856 - 512 pages
...mine, since a nameless character can never be found out but by its truth and likeness. — POPE. P. SHUT, shut the door, good John ! fatigued, I said...doubt, All Bedlam or Parnassus is let out* Fire in each ^ye, and papers in each hand, They rave, recite, and madden round the land. What walls can guard me,... | |
| Horace Binney Wallace - Art - 1857 - 468 pages
...same sense of this word. For example : " Despair Tended the tick, busiest from couch to couch." So Pope : " Shut, shut the door, good John ! fatigued, I said ; Tie up the knocker; say I'm tick — I'm dead." Indeed, it will be difficult, if not impossible, to find in the whole range of... | |
| Epes Sargent - American literature - 1857 - 488 pages
...or Parnassus has sent forth the troop of poetasters and scribblers •who lie in wait for him. 1. " SHUT, shut the door, good John ! " fatigued, I said ; " Tie up the knocker ; say I 'm sick — I 'm dead ! " — The dog-star rages ! nay, 't is past a doubt All Bedlam or Parnassus"... | |
| Alfred Austin - Marriage - 1858 - 348 pages
...demands on my good -nature and supposed influence, have nearly driven me to quote Mr. Pope's words — ' Shut — shut the door, good John ! — fatigued,...Tie up the knocker — say I'm sick — I'm dead.' Am I correct ? — you will know." " Perfectly, my Lord." "And very apropos," put in Frank, "if you... | |
| Alfred Austin - Marriage - 1858 - 330 pages
...demands on my good -nature and supposed influence, have nearly driven me to quote Mr. Pope's words — ' Shut — shut the door, good John ! — fatigued,...Tie up the knocker — say I'm sick — I'm dead.' Am I correct? — you will know." " Perfectly, my Lord." "And very apropos," put in Frank, "if you... | |
| Leigh Hunt - 1859 - 550 pages
...fashionable study with the belles of London. TROUBLES FROM BAD AUTHORS. (From the Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot.) Shut, shut the door, good John ! fatigued I said :...say I'm sick, I'm dead. The dog-star rages ! nay, 't is past a doubt, All Bedlam, or Parnassus, is let out: Fire in each eye, and papers in each hand,... | |
| Beautiful poetry - 1859 - 420 pages
...with grassy tomb, content him. PESTERED BY BAD POETS. A passage in POPE'S Epistle to Dr. ARBUTHNOT. SHUT, shut the door, good John ! fatigued I said, Tie up the knocker, say I'm sick, I 'm dead. The dog-star rages! nay, 'tis past a doubt, All Bedlam, or Parnassus, is let out: Fire in... | |
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