 SHUT, shut the door, good John ! fatigued, I said, Tie up the knocker, say I'm sick, I'm dead. The Dog-star rages ! nay 'tis past a doubt, All Bedlam, or Parnassus, is let out : Fire in each eye, and papers in each hand, 5 They rave, recite, and madden...  The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope - Page 2by Alexander Pope - 1851Full view - About this book
 | Alexander Pope - 1847 - 524 pages
...Pope. EPISTLE TO DR. ARBUTHNOT; BEING THE PROLOGUE TO THE SATIRES. P. SHUT, shut the door, good John ! fatigued I said. Tie up the knocker, say I'm sick, I'm dead. NOTES. . . Ver. 1. Shut, shut the door, good John !] John Searl, his old and faithful servant, whom... | |
 | Thomas Mulock - Highlands (Scotland) - 1850 - 284 pages
...committees, public meetings, and petitions to the Queen ! The trading agitators are in full function — Fire in each eye, and papers in each hand, They rave, recite, and madden through the land '. All the artifices of faction are employed, and for what ? why, in reality, to subserve... | |
 | Thomas Mulock - Highlands (Scotland) - 1850 - 288 pages
...committees, public meetings, and petitions to the Queen! The trading agitators are in full function— Fire in each eye, and papers in each hand, They rave, recite, and madden through the land ', All the artifices of faction are employed, and for what ? why, in reality, to subserve... | |
 | George Croly - English poetry - 1850 - 442 pages
...and thou beloved no more, FROM THE " EPISTLE TO DR. ARBUTHNOT." ' Shut, shut the door, good Joha,' fatigued I said ; Tie up the knocker, say I'm sick, I'm dead ! The dog-stur rages ! nay, 'tis past a doubt, AH Bedlam or Parnassus is let out : Fire in each eye, and... | |
 | 1882 - 858 pages
...sorry productions. He cries to his servant : Shut, shut the door, good John ; fatigued, I said. Tio up the knocker; say I'm sick — I'm dead ! The Dog-star...hand, They rave, recite, and madden round the land. While some have shown in their writings their dislike at being disturbed by inopportune callers, with... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1854 - 338 pages
...likeness. P. CHUT, shut the door, good John!1 fatigued I said; "^ Tie up the knocker, say I 'm sick, I 'm dead. The Dog-star rages ! nay 'tis past a doubt,...let out : Fire in each eye, and papers in each hand, 5 They rave, recite, and madden round the land. What walls can guard me, or what shades can hide? They... | |
 | Education - 1855 - 578 pages
...in the time of Dr. Johnson, who thought, from the multiplicity of scribblers who annoyed him, that " All Bedlam or Parnassus is let out, Fire in each eye,...hand, They rave, recite and madden round the land." Things in this respect have not greatly improved since his time, neither as regards numbers or excellence.... | |
 | Education - 1855 - 396 pages
...Johnson, who thought, from the multiplicity of scribblers who annoyed him, that " All Bedlam or Parnassns is let out, Fire in each eye, and papers in each hand, They rave, recite and madden round the land." Things in this respect have not greatly improved since his time, neither as regards numbers or excellence.... | |
 | Education - 1855 - 396 pages
...in the time of Dr. Johnson, who thought, from the multiplicity of scribblers who annoyed him, that " All Bedlam or Parnassus is let out, Fire in each eye, and papers in each band, They rave, recite and madden round the land." Things in this respect have not greatly improved... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1856 - 512 pages
...can never be found out but by its truth and likeness. — POPE. P. SHUT, shut the door, good John ! fatigued, I said ; Tie up the knocker; say I'm sick,...doubt, All Bedlam or Parnassus is let out* Fire in each ^ye, and papers in each hand, They rave, recite, and madden round the land. What walls can guard me,... | |
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