 | English poetry - 1840 - 372 pages
...to write ? Has life no joys for me ? or (to be grave) Have I no friend to serve, no soul to save ? " I found him close with Swift— Indeed ? no doubt...mistakes The first lampoon Sir Will or Bubo makes. Poor guiltless I ! and can I choose but .smile, When every coxcomb knows me by my style ? But he who... | |
 | Fitz-Greene Halleck - English poetry - 1840 - 372 pages
...to write ? Has life no joys for me ? or (to be grave) Have I no friend to serve, no soul to save ? " I found him close with Swift— Indeed * no doubt (Cries prating Balbus) something will come out." "Pis all in vain, deny it as I will : " No, such a genius never can lie still :" And then for mine... | |
 | Horace Walpole (4th earl of Orford.) - 1840 - 536 pages
...better •hen I do so. If I do not write much, it is because I cannot." Works, roLiv. p. ill.— E. ' " I found him close with Swift."—" Indeed?"—" No...Cries prating Balbus, " something will come out." Pope. ! Keate'a " Ferney ; an Epistle to M. Voltaire."— E. ' His burlesque Ode on St. Cecilia's Day... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1840 - 542 pages
...better when I do so. If I do not write much, it is because I cannot." Works, voL iv. p. 111.—E. 1 " I found him close with Swift."—" Indeed?"—" No...Cries prating Balbus, " something will come out." Pope. 3 Keate's " Ferney ; an Epistle to M. Voltaire."—E. 4 His burlesque Ode on St. Cecilia's Day... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1840 - 542 pages
...Apollo on his forked hill, Sat full-blown Bufo puff'd by many a quill." — E. 3 Bubb Dodington — " And then for mine obligingly mistakes The first lampoon Sir Will, or Bubo makes." — E. TO JOHN CHUTE, ESQ. Strawberry Hill, June 29, 1758. THE Tower-guns have sworn through thick... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1841 - 840 pages
...write Î Has life no joys for me ? or (to be grave) Have I no friend to serve, no soul lo save ? " be held the highest pitch Of human glory ; and for glory done Of triumph, lo como out." "l'i , all in vain, deny it as I will, " No, such a genius never can lie still ;" And then... | |
 | Horace Walpole - Authors, English - 1842 - 546 pages
...Apollo on his forked hill, Sat full-blown Bufo puff'd by many a quill." — E. e Bubb Dodington — "And then for mine obligingly mistakes The first lampoon Sir Will, or Bubo makes."— E. TO JOHN CHUTE, ESQ. Strawberry Hill, June 29, 1758. THE Tower-guns have sworn through thick and... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1843 - 830 pages
...serve, no soul to save ? "I found him close with Swift — Indeed? no doubt (Cries prating Balbun) Poor, guiltless I ! and can I choose but smile. When every coxcomb knows me hy my style ? Curst be... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1843 - 826 pages
...found him close with Swift— Indeed 1 no doubt (Cries prating Balbus) something will come out." "IV. tire ; save those that love To lake their pastime...dimply pool. The cattle from th' unlasted fields retu Poor, guiltless I ! and can I choose but smile, When every coxcomb knows me by my style t Curst be... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1846 - 320 pages
...Swift' — ' Indeed ! no douht Cries prating Balhus, * something will come out.' 'Tis all in vain, deay it as I will ; 'No, such a genius never can lie still :' And then for mine ohligingly mistakes The first lampoon sir Will or Buho makes. Poor, guiltless I ! and can I choose... | |
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Tis all in vain, deny it as I will: 'No, such a genius never can lie still'; And then for mine obligingly mistakes The first lampoon Sir Will or Bubo makes. 
