Elegant edition of fables by John Gay, with the life of the author1796 |
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... mean , A virtuous mind can morals glean . Thy fame is just , the SAGE replies ; Thy virtue proves thee truly wise . Pride often guides the AUTHOR's pen , Books as affected are as men : But he who studies NATURE's laws , From certain ...
... mean , A virtuous mind can morals glean . Thy fame is just , the SAGE replies ; Thy virtue proves thee truly wise . Pride often guides the AUTHOR's pen , Books as affected are as men : But he who studies NATURE's laws , From certain ...
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... false a view ? Robbers invade their neighbour's right . Be lov'd let justice bound your might . Mean are ambitious heroes , boasts : Of wasted lands and slaughter'd hosts . Pirates their pow'r by murders gain , Wise kings by FABLE I.
... false a view ? Robbers invade their neighbour's right . Be lov'd let justice bound your might . Mean are ambitious heroes , boasts : Of wasted lands and slaughter'd hosts . Pirates their pow'r by murders gain , Wise kings by FABLE I.
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... mean , I wander in the sylvan scene . For JOVE the heart alone regards ; He punishes what man rewards . How diff'rent is thy case and mine ! With men , at least , you sup and dine ; While I , condemn'd to thinnest fare , Like those I ...
... mean , I wander in the sylvan scene . For JOVE the heart alone regards ; He punishes what man rewards . How diff'rent is thy case and mine ! With men , at least , you sup and dine ; While I , condemn'd to thinnest fare , Like those I ...
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... mean and base ! These cannot bear an equal nigh , But from superior merit fly . They love the cellar's vulgar joke , And lose their hours in ale and smoke ; There o'er some petty club preside— So poor , so paltry , is their pride ! Nay ...
... mean and base ! These cannot bear an equal nigh , But from superior merit fly . They love the cellar's vulgar joke , And lose their hours in ale and smoke ; There o'er some petty club preside— So poor , so paltry , is their pride ! Nay ...
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... Beneath his house , with slimy trail , Crawls o'er the grass ; whom , when he spies , In wrath he to the GARD'NER cries : - K What means yon peasant's daily toil , From choking weeds FABLE XXIV . 65 FABLE XXIV The Butterfly and the Snail.
... Beneath his house , with slimy trail , Crawls o'er the grass ; whom , when he spies , In wrath he to the GARD'NER cries : - K What means yon peasant's daily toil , From choking weeds FABLE XXIV . 65 FABLE XXIV The Butterfly and the Snail.
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addrest applause bear beasts beauty BEGGAR'S OPERA beneath bird boast bosom bribe cheat clown conceit Corruption court courtiers creature cries crowd cry'd curst dare disgrac'd disgrace DUKE OF CUMBERLAND employ'd envy Ev'n ev'ry eyes fable fame fate fav'rite favour fear feast flatt'ry Fleet Street flies flow'r fool friends gain gen'ral grew hand hate hath heard heart heav'n honest honour hound hour int'rest is't John Gay JOVE kind kings knaves knew LION lord mankind MASTIFF merit mind ministers ne'er never o'er plain PLUTUS pow'r praise prey pride princess of WALES PUPPY race rais'd replies reply'd reward says scorn self-convicted sires spleen spoke SQUIRE stept supply'd SWIFT sycophants taste thee thou thought toil tongue trade train truth TURKEY Twas vex'd vext vice virtue WASP wealth weigh'd Whene'er wise
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Страница 102 - 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.
Страница 6 - By stealth invade my neighbour's right. Rapacious animals we hate : Kites, hawks, and wolves deserve their fate. Do not we just abhorrence find Against the toad and serpent kind ? But envy, calumny, and spite, Bear stronger venom in their bite. Thus every object of creation Can furnish hints to contemplation ; And from the most minute and mean, A virtuous mind can morals glean.
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Страница 4 - I ne'er the paths of learning try 'd; Nor have I roam'd in foreign parts To read mankind, their laws and arts; For man. is practis'd in disguise, He cheats the most discerning eyes ; Who by that search shall wiser grow, When we ourselves...
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Страница 45 - With head and tongue assist mankind : Each, aiming at one common end, Proves to the -whole a needful friend. Thus, born each other's useful aid, By turns are obligations paid. The monarch, when his...
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