History of John Bull. Essays. PoetryJ. Johnson, 1801 |
Im Buch
Ergebnisse 1-5 von 39
Seite 42
... tell , And so at once , dear friend and muse , farewel ¶ . Sometimes a single word will vulgarize a poetical idea ; as where a ship set on fire owes all the spirit of the bathos to one choice word , that ends the line . And his scorch'd ...
... tell , And so at once , dear friend and muse , farewel ¶ . Sometimes a single word will vulgarize a poetical idea ; as where a ship set on fire owes all the spirit of the bathos to one choice word , that ends the line . And his scorch'd ...
Seite 48
... tell me who comes yonder * . Shut the door . The wooden guardian of our privacy Quick on its axle turn . Bring my clothes . Bring me what nature , tailor to the bear , To man himself deny'd ; she gave me cold , But would not give me ...
... tell me who comes yonder * . Shut the door . The wooden guardian of our privacy Quick on its axle turn . Bring my clothes . Bring me what nature , tailor to the bear , To man himself deny'd ; she gave me cold , But would not give me ...
Seite 87
... tell the ladies , forsooth , that it is only parting with a perishable commodity , hardly of so much value as a callico under - petticoat ; since , like its mistress , it will be useless in the form it is now in . If the ladies have no ...
... tell the ladies , forsooth , that it is only parting with a perishable commodity , hardly of so much value as a callico under - petticoat ; since , like its mistress , it will be useless in the form it is now in . If the ladies have no ...
Seite 135
... tell you of the great quarrels , that have happened in our neighbourhood since the death of the late lord Strutt * ; how the parson † , and a cunning attorney , got him to settle his estate upon his cou- sin Philip Baboon | to the great ...
... tell you of the great quarrels , that have happened in our neighbourhood since the death of the late lord Strutt * ; how the parson † , and a cunning attorney , got him to settle his estate upon his cou- sin Philip Baboon | to the great ...
Seite 153
... tell you , nature never Сс designed you . Believe me , these rogues do but flatter , that they may pick your pocket ; observe " what a parcel of hungry ragged fellows live by your cause ; to be sure they will never make an end " on't ...
... tell you , nature never Сс designed you . Believe me , these rogues do but flatter , that they may pick your pocket ; observe " what a parcel of hungry ragged fellows live by your cause ; to be sure they will never make an end " on't ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
barrier treaty bathos better Bull's CALIFORNIA LIBRARY called catoptrical CHAP church common COUNTESS OF BURLINGTON court criticks Curll DIEGO Double Falshood duke Ecclesdown EDMUND CURLL esquire South ev'ry eyes Fleet street genius gentleman give GoG and MAGOG hand hanged hath head heart Hocus honest honour horses husband Jack Jack swing John Bull John Dennis John's king ladies lawsuit lawyers Lewis Baboon Lintot live look lord Strutt mankind manner matter nature neighbours never Nicholas Frog occasion old Lewis party person plain poem poet poor Pope profund pseudology publick Quadrille rogue satire servants sir Roger spirit stockjobbers talk tell Thalestris thee thing thou thought tion told tradesmen treaty true truth turned whig whole wife woman words XVII
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 419 - Peace to all such! but were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires; Blest with each talent, and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease; Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne...
Seite 419 - Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And, without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault and hesitate dislike...
Seite 115 - Or roll the planets through the boundless sky. Some less refined, beneath the moon's pale light, Pursue the stars that shoot athwart the night, Or suck the mists in grosser air below, Or dip their pinions in the painted bow, Or brew fierce tempests on the wintry main, Or...
Seite 111 - The rebel Knave, who dares his prince engage, Proves the just victim of his royal rage.
Seite 471 - Yes, she has one, I must aver; When all the world conspires to praise her, The woman's deaf, and does not hear.
Seite 106 - Methinks already I your tears survey, Already hear the horrid things they say, Already see you a degraded toast, And all your honour in a whisper lost! How shall I then your helpless fame defend? 'Twill then be infamy to seem your friend! And shall this prize, th...
Seite 418 - Pretty ! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or straws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms ! The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there.
Seite 113 - Her great great grandsire wore about his neck, In three seal-rings; which after, melted down, Form'da vast buckle for his widow's gown: Her infant grandame's whistle next it grew, The bells she jingled, and the whistle blew; Then in a bodkin grac'd her mother's hairs, Which long she wore, and now Belinda wears. ) "Boast not my fall
Seite 461 - HERE continueth to rot The Body of FRANCIS CHARTRES, Who with an INFLEXIBLE CONSTANCY, and INIMITABLE UNIFORMITY of life, PERSISTED, In spite of AGE and INFIRMITIES, In the practice of EVERY HUMAN VICE; Excepting PRODIGALITY and HYPOCRISY; His insatiable AVARICE exempted him from the His matchless IMPUDENCE from the second.
Seite 418 - But each man's secret standard in his mind, That casting-weight pride adds to emptiness, This, who can gratify ? for who can guess * The bard whom pilfer'd pastorals renown, Who turns a Persian tale for half a crown, Just writes to make his barrenness appear, And strains from hard-bound brains eight lines a year...