 THERE is no kind of false wit which has been so recommended by the practice of all ages, as that which consists in a jingle of words, and is comprehended under the general name of punning. It is indeed impossible to kill a weed, which the soil has a natural...  The travellers - Page 162by Tertius T C. Kendrick - 1825Full view - About this book
 | George Atherton Aitken - 1898 - 476 pages
...this you gain those meagre looks, And sacrifice your dinner to your books ? 61. PERS., Sat. v. 19. 'Tis not indeed my talent to engage In lofty trifles, or to swell my page With wind and noise. — Dryden. 62. HOR., Ars Poet. 309. Sound judgment is the ground of writing well. — Roscommon. 63.... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1901 - 208 pages
...equidem hoc studco buUatis ut mihi nugis fayina turgcscat, dan potidus idonca fumo. PEHS., Sat. v. 19. 'Tis not indeed my talent to engage In lofty trifles, or to swell my page With wind and noise. DRTDEN. THERE is no kind of false wit which has been so recommended by the practice of all ages as... | |
 | David Josiah Brewer - American essays - 1900 - 476 pages
...hoc studeo bullatis ut mihi nugis Pagina turgescat, dare pondus idonea fumo. — Pers. Sat. V. 19. 'Tis not indeed my talent to engage In lofty trifles, or to swell my page With wind and noise. — Dry den. THERE is no kind of false wit which has been so recommended by the practice of all ages... | |
 | David Josiah Brewer - English literature - 1902 - 474 pages
...studco bullatis ut mihi nugis Pagina turgescat, dare pondus idonea fumo. — Pers. Sat. V. 19. "Pis not indeed my talent to engage In lofty trifles, or to swell my page With wind and noise. — Dryden. THERE is no kind of false wit which has been so recommended by the practice of all ages... | |
 | John Dryden - 1909 - 1112 pages
...Ragonsts for Tereus or Thyestes dress'd; 'T is task enough for thee t' expose a Roman feast. PER. 'T is not, indeed, my talent to engage In lofty trifles,...to impart, As to a friend, the secrets of my heart; 30 And, in familiar speech, to let thee know How much I love thee, and how much I owe. Knock on my... | |
 | John Dryden - English poetry - 1909 - 1112 pages
...Kagousts for Tereus or Thyestes dress'd; 'T is task enough for thee t ' expose a Roman feast. PER. 'T is not, indeed, my talent to engage In lofty trifles,...noise ; but freely to impart, As to a friend, the secrete of my heart; 30 And, in familiar speech, to let thee know How much I love thee, and how much... | |
 | Nimrod - Fox hunting - 1926 - 374 pages
...compared to a bad cork in a bottle of good wine. It spoils the flavour of everything. The Poet says, " 'Tis not, indeed, my talent to engage In lofty trifles, or to swell my page With wind and noise ; " and this is very good advice : nevertheless, having been indulged with a licence of now and then... | |
 | Hunting - 1829 - 554 pages
...less than lire hundred horses were to be ¡nsper.tt'd ! ! As the Poet Drydeu «aye — " It is not my talent to engage In lofty trifles, or to swell my page \V uli wind undooiiie ;'* but I cannot help noticing the different costumes as well ¡и customs of... | |
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