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... plain , ( the monarch said ) False glory hath my youth misled ; For beasts of prey , a servile train , Have been the flatterers of my reign . You reason well : yet tell me , friend , Did ever you in courts attend ? For all my fawning ...
... plain , ( the monarch said ) False glory hath my youth misled ; For beasts of prey , a servile train , Have been the flatterers of my reign . You reason well : yet tell me , friend , Did ever you in courts attend ? For all my fawning ...
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... plains , and vales , and mountains , go . The morning sees my chase begun , Nor ends it till the setting sun ... plain , The Beasts to skim beneath the main Thus , envious of another's state , Each blamed the partial hand of Fate ...
... plains , and vales , and mountains , go . The morning sees my chase begun , Nor ends it till the setting sun ... plain , The Beasts to skim beneath the main Thus , envious of another's state , Each blamed the partial hand of Fate ...
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... plain We Geese must feel a tyrant reign . What havoc now shall thin our race , When every petty clerk in place , To prove his taste , and seem polite , Will feed on Geese both noon and night ! ' THE LADY AND THE WASP . WHAT whispers ...
... plain We Geese must feel a tyrant reign . What havoc now shall thin our race , When every petty clerk in place , To prove his taste , and seem polite , Will feed on Geese both noon and night ! ' THE LADY AND THE WASP . WHAT whispers ...
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... plain , A Mastiff pass'd ; inflamed with ire , His eyeballs shot indignant fire ; " He foam'd , he raged with thirst of blood . Spurning the ground the monarch stood , And roar'd aloud : Suspend the fight ; In a whole skin go sleep to ...
... plain , A Mastiff pass'd ; inflamed with ire , His eyeballs shot indignant fire ; " He foam'd , he raged with thirst of blood . Spurning the ground the monarch stood , And roar'd aloud : Suspend the fight ; In a whole skin go sleep to ...
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... plain that neither was his guide . Can he discern the different natures , And weigh the power of other creatures , Who by the partial work hath shown He knows so little of his own ? How falsely is the spaniel drawn ! Did man from him ...
... plain that neither was his guide . Can he discern the different natures , And weigh the power of other creatures , Who by the partial work hath shown He knows so little of his own ? How falsely is the spaniel drawn ! Did man from him ...
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address'd applause bear beauty Beggar's Opera behold beneath blood boast bosom boys breast breath Cloacina clown coach court courtiers Coxcombs creature cries crowd cursed dare despise disgrace dread envy eyes Fable fair fame fate flame flattery flies foes fool friends gain grew grow hand happy hate hath head hear heart Heaven hence honest honour hound hour JOHN GAY Jove kings knaves knew labours learn'd lion lord mankind Mastiff merit midnight oil mind miry morn Muse ne'er never night o'er pace pass'd plain Plutus praise prey pride Princess of Wales proud pursue race replies reward Reynard round says scorn self-convicted shower shun silvan sire skies Snail spaniel spleen spoke steed street Swift sycophants thee thou thought throng toil tongue town train tread Turkey Twas vex'd virtue Whene'er wind wise youth
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Página 102 - of tender age, In this important care engage? Older and abler passed you by ; How strong are those, how weak am I ! Should I presume to bear you hence, Those friends of mine may take offence. Excuse me, then. You know my heart. But dearest friends, alas ! must part ! How shall we all lament : Adieu ! For see, the hounds are just in view.
Página 17 - REMOTE from cities liv'da swain, Unvex'd with all the cares of gain ; His head was silver'd o'er with age, And long experience made him sage ; In summer's heat and winter's cold, He fed his flock and penn'd the fold ; His hours in cheerful labour flew, Nor envy nor ambition...
Página 10 - Dr. Swift had been observing once to Mr. Gay, what an odd pretty sort of a thing a Newgate Pastoral might make. Gay was inclined to try at such a thing for some time; but afterwards thought it would be better to write a comedy on the same plan. This was what gave rise to the Beggar's Opera.
Página 11 - The person who acted Polly, till then obscure, became all at once the favourite of the town ; her pictures were engraved, and sold in great numbers ; her life written, books of VOL
Página 9 - will make you sure of a clean shirt and a shoulder of mutton every day." This counsel was rejected; the profit and principal were lost ; and Gay sunk under the calamity so low, that his life became in danger. By the care of his friends, among whom Pope appears to have shown particular tenderness, his health was restored ; and, returning to his studies, he wrote a tragedy called The Captives, which he was invited to read before the Princess of Wales.
Página 79 - Alas ! you know the cause too well; The salt is spilt, to me it fell; Then to contribute to my loss, My knife and fork were laid across : On Friday, too! the day I dread ! Would I were safe at home in bed ! Last night (I vow to Heav'n 'tis true) Bounce from the fire a coffin flew. Next post some fatal news shall tell: God send my Cornish friends be well!
Página 101 - The goat remark'd her pulse was high, Her languid head, her heavy eye ; "My back," says he, "may do you harm; The sheep's at hand, and wool is warm.
Página 12 - Of this performance, when it was printed, the reception was different, according to the different opinion of ils readers. Swift commended it for the excellence of its morality, as a piece that " placed all kinds of vice in the strongest and most odious light;" but others, and among them Dr.
Página 181 - With what delight the rapid course 1 view! How does my eye the circling race pursue! He snaps deceitful air with empty jaws, The subtle hare darts swift beneath his paws: She flies, he stretches: now with nimble bound Eager he presses on, but overshoots his ground: She turns, he winds, and soon regains the way, Then tears with gory mouth the screaming prey.
Página 201 - And show the parent of the sable race. Like mortal man, great Jove (grown fond of change) Of old was wont this nether world to range, To seek amours ; the vice the monarch lov'd.