| Alexander Pope, George Gilfillan - 1856 - 356 pages
...will not lie : To laugh, were want of goodness and of grace, And to be grave, exceeds all power of face. I sit with sad civility, I read With honest...This saving counsel, ' Keep your piece nine years.' 4*0 1 ' Mint : ' a place to which insolvent debtors retired, to enjoy an illegal protection, which... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1856 - 512 pages
...will not lie. To laugh, were want of goodness and of grace ; And to be grave, exceeds all power of face. I sit with sad civility, I read With honest...And drop at last, but in unwilling ears, This saving council, " Keep your peace nine years.' "Nine years!" cries he, who high in Drury Lane Lulled by soft... | |
| Epes Sargent - American literature - 1857 - 490 pages
...who will not lie. To laugh were want of goodness and of grace, And to be grave exceeds all power of face. I sit with sad civility, I read With honest...This saving counsel, " Keep your piece nine years." 4. " Nino years ! " erica lie, who, high in Dniry Lane, Lulled by soft zephyrs through the broken pane,... | |
| Beautiful poetry - 1859 - 420 pages
...will not lie : To laugh, were want of goodness and of grace ; And to be grave, exceeds all power of face. I sit with sad civility ; I read With honest...piece nine years." "Nine years!" cries he, who high in Drury-lane, LulPd by soft zephyrs through the broken pane, Rhymes ere he wakes, and prints before term... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1859 - 384 pages
...who will not lie. To laugh were want of goodness and of grace, And to be grave exceeds all power of face. I sit with sad civility, I read With honest...piece nine years." "Nine years! "cries he, who, high inDruryLane, Lull'd by soft zephyrs through the broken pane, Rhymes ere he wakes, and prints before... | |
| Leigh Hunt - 1859 - 550 pages
...want of goodness and of grace ; And to be grave, ercrei/s all power efface I »it with tad cieility ' I read With honest anguish, and an aching head ; And..." Nine years !" cries he, who, high in Drury Lane, I. a -'I'll by toft zephyrs through the broken pane, Rhymes e'er he wakes, and prints before term ends,... | |
| Leigh Hunt - London - 1859 - 478 pages
...und Gay speak of it. Pope describes the lane also as a place of residence for poor authors : — " ' Keep your piece nine years.' ' Nine years! ' cries...Lane, Lull'd by soft zephyrs through the broken pane, Khymes ere he wakes, and prints before term ends, Obliged by hunger and request of friends." The existence... | |
| Epes Sargent - Readers - 1859 - 450 pages
...goodness and of grace, And to be grave exceeds all power of lace. I sit with sad civility, I read \Vith honest anguish and an aching head, And drop at last, but in unwilling ears, This savmg counsel, " Keep your picce nine rear? " 4 " Nine years ! " cries he, who, high in Drury Lane,... | |
| England - English poetry - 1860 - 532 pages
...will not lie : To laugh, were want of goodness and of grace ; And to be grave, exceeds all power of face. I sit with sad civility ; I read With honest...nine years." " Nine years ! " cries he, who high in Drury-lane, Lulled by soft zephyrs through the broken pane, Rhymes ere he wakes, and prints before... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1860 - 542 pages
...will not lie : To laugh, were want of goodness and of grace, And to be grave, exceeds all power of face. I sit with sad civility, I read With honest...aching head ; And drop at last, but in unwilling ears, * A place to which insolvent debtors retired to enjoy an illegal protection from the persecution of... | |
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