 | History - 1793
...pertinent, and trne j Methinks a genius might the -plan purfue. I (can you pardon my prefumption ?) I—- No wit, no genius, yet for once will try. Various the papers, yarious wants produce—- The wants of fafhion, elegance, and ufe. Men are as various; and, if right... | |
 | 698 pages
...pertinent aud true ; Methinks a genius might the phn purfue. I — can you pardon my prefumption ' I, No wit, no genius, yet for once will try, Various the papers various wants produce T)i« wants of fafhion, elegance and ufe; Men are as various (and if right I (can ?) Each fort of paper... | |
 | Mathew Carey - 1789 - 632 pages
...and true : Methmks a genius mi^ht the plan purfue. I (can you pardon my preemption ?) I — No wt — no genius, yet for once will try. Various the papers various wants produce, The wants "f fafhon, elegance, and ufe. Men are as various : and, if right I fcan, Each fore of pape r re .refents... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1793 - 282 pages
...pertinent, and title ; Methinks a genius might the plan purfue. 1 (can you pardon my prefumption), I—- No wit, no genius, yet for once will try , Various the papers various wants produce, The wants of fafhion, elegance, and ufe. Men are as various : and, if right I fcan, Each fort of paper reprefents... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1793 - 324 pages
...pertinent, and true ; Methinks a genius might the plan purfue. J (can you pardon my prefumption), IrIWo wit, no genius, yet for once will try. Various the papers various wants produce, The wants of fafhion, elegance, and ufe, Men are as various : and, if right I fcan, Each fort of paper reprefents... | |
 | British poetical miscellany - 1805 - 262 pages
...pertinent, and true; Mcthinks a genius might the plan purfue. I (can you pardon my prefumption?) I— No wit, no genius, yet for once will try. Various the papers, various wants produce, The wants of fafhion, elegance, and ufe : Men are as various ; and, if right I fcan, Each fort of paper reprefents... | |
 | Stephen Jones, Charles Molloy Westmacott - English literature - 1805 - 422 pages
...' . Methinks a Genius might the plan piir'fue; I — can you pardon my preftinigtion ?^— I, •> No Wit, no Genius, yet for once will try.' Various the papers various wants produce, The wfents of Fafliion, Elegance, and Ufe: Men are as various, and (if right I fcan) ' JEach fort, of fa/xr... | |
 | 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,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - American literature - 1806 - 590 pages
...Methinks'a genins might the plan pursue. I (can you pardon ray presumption), I—- No wit, no genins, yet for once will try. • Various the papers various...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
...pertinent, and true, J Mcthinks a genius might the plan pursue. I (can you pardon my presumption), I— No wit, no genius, yet for once will try. Various...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... | |
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Where still, as opening 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... 
