 | 698 pages
...fafhion, elegance and ufe; Men are as various (and if right I (can ?) Each fort of paper reprefents fome man. Pray note the FOP half powder and half lace, Nice as a bandbox were his dwelling place ; He's the GII.T PAPER which a part you fiore, And l<,ck fr>m vulgar hands in the druto... | |
 | Mathew Carey - 1789 - 632 pages
...elegance, and ufe. Men are as various : and, if right I fcan, Each fore of pape r re .refents fome nan. Pray note the fop — half powder and half lace — Nice, as a band box were his dwelling place : He's the gift paper, which apart you (lore, And lock from vulgar... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1793 - 282 pages
...and ufe. Men are as various : and, if right I fcan, Each fort of paper reprefents fome man. H 3 Pray Pray note the fop — half powder and half lace —...Nice, as a bandbox were his dwelling-place : He's the gilt-paper, which apart you (lore, And lock from vulgar hands in the 'fcrutoire. Mechanics, fervants,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1793 - 324 pages
...various : and, if right I fcan, Each fort of paper reprefents fojme man. Pray note the fop — halfpowder and half lace — Nice, as a bandbox were his dwelling-place: He's the gilt-paper, which apart you ftore, And, lock from vulgar hands in the 'fcrutoire. Mechanics, fervants,... | |
 | Stephen Jones, Charles Molloy Westmacott - English literature - 1805 - 418 pages
...Elegance, andUfe: Men are as various, and (it right I fcan) Each fort of -fuxptr reprefents ibme mem. Pray note the fop, half powder and half lace, Nice as a bandbox were his dwelling-place j He's He's the g ilt paper, which apart you ftore, And lock from vulgar hands in the fcrutore. Mechanics,... | |
 | Stephen Jones, Charles Molloy Westmacott - English literature - 1805 - 422 pages
...Elegance, and Ufe: Men are as various, and (if right I fcan) ' JEach fort, of fa/xr reprefents feme man. Pray note the fop, half powder and half lace, Nice as a bandbox w«re his dwelling-place; He's He's the gilt paper, which apart you ftore, And lock from vulgar hands... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - American literature - 1806 - 590 pages
...presumption), I—- No wit, no genins, 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 bandbox were his dwelling-place : He's the gift-paper, which apart you store, And lock... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1806 - 586 pages
...pardon 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....Each sort of paper represents some man. Pray note the fo|i—half powder and half laceNice, as a bandbox were his dwelling-place: He's the gilt-paper, which... | |
 | Solomon Hodgson - Conduct of life - 1806 - 362 pages
...and ufe. Men are as various ; and, if right I fcan, Each fort of paper represents fome man. Pray not the fop — half powder and half lace — Nice as a bandbox were his dwelling place : He's the gilt-paper, which apart you (tore, And lock from vulgar hands in the 'fcrutoirc.... | |
 | Caleb Bingham - Speeches, addresses, etc - 1807 - 312 pages
...wants of fashion, elegance, and use. Men are us various : and, if right I scan, Each sort of falier represents some man. Pray note the fop ; half powder...He's the gilt paper, which apart you store, And lock frojn vulgar hands in the scrutoire. Mechanics, servants, farmers, and so forth, Are cipy paper of... | |
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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... 
