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... turn'd quite gray , By thee contemn'd , are shorn away , In flaxen tresses , ' ray'd ; * ** Every reader must allow the justice of these remarks of the poet , for even the most casual observer cannot saun- ter down Bond Street in the ...
... turn'd quite gray , By thee contemn'd , are shorn away , In flaxen tresses , ' ray'd ; * ** Every reader must allow the justice of these remarks of the poet , for even the most casual observer cannot saun- ter down Bond Street in the ...
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... turn black to white , Hoodwink the jury by sophistic flight , Hear innocence condemn'd : what need'st thou care . Sable's thy robe : well fitted to impart The sabler dye that stains thy callous heart , Glutted with gold , by fell ...
... turn black to white , Hoodwink the jury by sophistic flight , Hear innocence condemn'd : what need'st thou care . Sable's thy robe : well fitted to impart The sabler dye that stains thy callous heart , Glutted with gold , by fell ...
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... turn to jest the pastor's care , Because some points he can't explain . † Much has been , and is said , of the Age of Reason - the Temple of Reason , and the Goddess of Reason , yet it is not a little to be wondered at , that those very ...
... turn to jest the pastor's care , Because some points he can't explain . † Much has been , and is said , of the Age of Reason - the Temple of Reason , and the Goddess of Reason , yet it is not a little to be wondered at , that those very ...
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... turn , Profusion on the board I there discern , SOLOMON . Repasts of this nature have long been proverbial ; nor does the appearance of the leading men east of Temple Bar , bely the general opinion of their capability and prow- ess at ...
... turn , Profusion on the board I there discern , SOLOMON . Repasts of this nature have long been proverbial ; nor does the appearance of the leading men east of Temple Bar , bely the general opinion of their capability and prow- ess at ...
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... Turn reputation out of doors ; And for dame Fortune , dote upon her So much as to impound their honour , Selling for wealth what should be giv❜n , To pave their pathway straight to heav'n . Proud big wigs , our religion's props ...
... Turn reputation out of doors ; And for dame Fortune , dote upon her So much as to impound their honour , Selling for wealth what should be giv❜n , To pave their pathway straight to heav'n . Proud big wigs , our religion's props ...
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aëre Alexander Barclay Alice Pearce bard bells boast brain Canst thou cause certainly CHORUS TO FOOLS common sense conceived Crowds flock dame death decency disgrace display doth ev'ry exclaim eyes fam'd fame famous fashion feel folly FOOLISH fortune frequently give Goddess of Fools gold harlot's hath head hear Heaven honour Horace human idiot instance irreligion John Perrot justly King L'ENVOY labour ladle lady laugh lines live Lord mind nature naught ne'er never noble o'er pain passion pleasure POET POET'S CHORUS Praise of Folly present prove quod rage Rara Avis reader reason respect score scorn SECTION Shakspeare shame Ship of Fools smile SOLOMON speaking species stanza Stultifera Navis thee thine thing thro thyself tion tongue trim the boat truth vice Voltaire votaries wear wearers wisdom wise words youth
Popular passages
Page 12 - The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.
Page 133 - Ay, but to die, and go we know not where ; To lie in cold obstruction, and to rot ; This sensible warm motion to become A kneaded clod...
Page 196 - All murder'd: for within the hollow crown That rounds the mortal temples of a king Keeps Death his court, and there the antic sits, Scoffing his state and grinning at his pomp...
Page 245 - Though I look old, yet I am strong and lusty: For in my youth I never did apply Hot and rebellious liquors in my blood; Nor did not with unbashful forehead woo The means of weakness and debility; Therefore my age is as a lusty winter, Frosty, but kindly: let me go with you; I'll do the service of a younger man In all your business and necessities.
Page 164 - ... we make guilty of our disasters, the sun, the moon, and the stars : as if we were villains by necessity; fools, by heavenly compulsion; knaves, thieves, and treachers, by spherical predominance; drunkards, liars, and adulterers, by an enforced obedience of planetary influence; and all that we are evil in, by a divine thrusting on : An admirable evasion of whore-master man, to lay his goatish disposition to the charge of a star!
Page 164 - This is the excellent foppery of the world, that, when we are sick in fortune, — often the surfeit of our own behaviour, — we make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon, and the stars...
Page xx - Quid verum atque decens euro et rogo, et omnis in hoc sum ; Condo et compono quae mox depromere possim.
Page 207 - My liege, I did deny no prisoners. But, I remember, when the fight was done, When I was dry with rage, and extreme toil, Breathless and faint, leaning upon my sword, Came there a certain lord, neat, trimly dress'd, Fresh as a bridegroom ; and his chin, new reap'd, Show'd like a stubble-land at harvest-home ; He was perfumed like a milliner ; And 'twixt his finger and his thumb he held A pouncet-box...
Page 196 - For God's sake, let us sit upon the ground And tell sad stories of the death of kings : How some have been depos'd; some slain in war...
Page 171 - tis a common proof, That lowliness is young ambition's ladder, Whereto the climber-upward turns his face; But when he once attains the upmost round, He then unto the ladder turns his back, Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend.