| Samuel Johnson - English language - 1805 - 924 pages
...not of use, in relation to what is to come after. Atttrlntry. 6. Vacuity of head; want of knowledge. Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, . As shallow streams run dimpling all the way. Pope. E'MPTION. ». t. [emptio, Latin.] The act of purchasing ; a purchase. There is a dispute among... | |
| 1809 - 402 pages
...f. Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings, This painted child of dirt, that stinks and stings; Whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit...delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite. Kleriinl smiles his emptiness betray, As shallow streams run dimpling all the way. Whether in 6orid... | |
| Joseph Warton - 1806 - 536 pages
...283. ' .' < . So well-bred spaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the game they cannot bite. Cternal smiles his emptiness betray, As shallow streams run...he speaks. And as the prompter breathes the puppet squeaks, Or at the ear of Eve, familiar toad,* Half froth, half venom, spits himself abroad, • •>... | |
| Joseph Warton - 1806 - 464 pages
...wheel? Yet let me flap this Dug with gilded wings, This painted child of dirt, that stinks and stings; Whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er enjoys ; So . * Lord Lyttelton, in the Prologue to Thomson's Coriolanus. f Young's Epistle to Authors. So well-bred... | |
| Joseph Warton - 1806 - 440 pages
...wheel? Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings, This painted child of dirt, that stinks and stings; Whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ue'er enjoys ; So * Lord Lyttelton, in the Prologue to Thomson's Coriolanus. t Young's Epistle to Authors.... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1806 - 508 pages
...the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er taftes, and beauty ne'er enjoys : So well-bred fpaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite. Eternal fmiles his emptinefs betray, 315 As {hallow flreams run dimpling all the way. Whether in florid impotence... | |
| Alexander Pope, William Lisle Bowles - 1806 - 504 pages
...the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er taftes, and beauty ne'er enjoys : So well-bred fpaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite. Eternal fmiles his emptinefs betray, 3 1 5 As mallow ftreams run dimpling all the way. Whether in florid impotence... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1806 - 550 pages
...the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er taftes, and beauty ne'er enjoys : So well-bred fpaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite. Eternal fmiles his emptinefs betray, 315 As {hallow ftreams run dimpling all the way. Whether in florid impotence... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1807 - 474 pages
...P. Yet let me flap this bng with gilded wings, This painted child of dirt, that stinks and stings; Whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit...civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not hite. Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, As shallow streams run dimpling all the way. Whether in... | |
| John Bell - 1807 - 562 pages
...r''is painted child of dirt, that stinks and stings ; Whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys, 311 Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er enjoys : So...delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite. M 2 rues ; miss, V 325) Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, 31j As shallow streams run dimpling all... | |
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