Stultifera Navis; ...: The Modern Ship of FoolsW. Miller, 1807 - 295 страници |
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... display thy conduct to the world of fools . To intrude upon thee fulsome flattery would be fruitless , thy discriminating sense would pierce the flimsy veil : to wish thee unfading happiness would be nugatory , since wisdom is thy ...
... display thy conduct to the world of fools . To intrude upon thee fulsome flattery would be fruitless , thy discriminating sense would pierce the flimsy veil : to wish thee unfading happiness would be nugatory , since wisdom is thy ...
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... display Nuga canora of the present day ; Or Little poems § for the fleeting hour : Effusions which our modern belles adore , Who only languish as they read for More ; Of dulcet trifles such the magic pow'r . The new Heloise of J. J. ...
... display Nuga canora of the present day ; Or Little poems § for the fleeting hour : Effusions which our modern belles adore , Who only languish as they read for More ; Of dulcet trifles such the magic pow'r . The new Heloise of J. J. ...
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... displays the arrival of a beautiful country girl in the metropolis , who is supposed to have that moment alighted from the waggon , being accosted by an artful procuress ; while in the back ground appears the infamous Colonel Crt - s ...
... displays the arrival of a beautiful country girl in the metropolis , who is supposed to have that moment alighted from the waggon , being accosted by an artful procuress ; while in the back ground appears the infamous Colonel Crt - s ...
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... display the folly of such conduct than the close of that great man's life , who was attended on his death - bed by this fascinating dame , who , finding the mon- arch's end fast approaching , threw aside all those fascina- tions which ...
... display the folly of such conduct than the close of that great man's life , who was attended on his death - bed by this fascinating dame , who , finding the mon- arch's end fast approaching , threw aside all those fascina- tions which ...
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... display of personal habiliments in women , is a certain indication of intellectual depravity . " * As a specimen of that indefatigable zeal which should characterise the clerical robe , the following extract from the Harleian MSS . No ...
... display of personal habiliments in women , is a certain indication of intellectual depravity . " * As a specimen of that indefatigable zeal which should characterise the clerical robe , the following extract from the Harleian MSS . No ...
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aëre Alexander Barclay Alice Pearce bard bells boast brain Canst thou cause certainly CHORUS TO FOOLS common sense conceived Crowds flock dame death decency disgrace display doth ev'ry exclaim eyes fam'd fame famous fashion feel folly FOOLISH fortune frequently give Goddess of Fools gold harlot's hath head hear Heaven honour Horace human idiot instance irreligion John Perrot justly King L'ENVOY labour ladle lady laugh lines live Lord mind nature naught ne'er never noble o'er pain passion pleasure POET POET'S CHORUS Praise of Folly present prove quod rage Rara Avis reader reason respect score scorn SECTION Shakspeare shame Ship of Fools smile SOLOMON speaking species stanza Stultifera Navis thee thine thing thro thyself tion tongue trim the boat truth vice Voltaire votaries wear wearers wisdom wise words youth
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Страница 12 - The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.
Страница 133 - Ay, but to die, and go we know not where ; To lie in cold obstruction, and to rot ; This sensible warm motion to become A kneaded clod...
Страница 196 - All murder'd: for within the hollow crown That rounds the mortal temples of a king Keeps Death his court, and there the antic sits, Scoffing his state and grinning at his pomp...
Страница 245 - Though I look old, yet I am strong and lusty: For in my youth I never did apply Hot and rebellious liquors in my blood; Nor did not with unbashful forehead woo The means of weakness and debility; Therefore my age is as a lusty winter, Frosty, but kindly: let me go with you; I'll do the service of a younger man In all your business and necessities.
Страница 164 - ... we make guilty of our disasters, the sun, the moon, and the stars : as if we were villains by necessity; fools, by heavenly compulsion; knaves, thieves, and treachers, by spherical predominance; drunkards, liars, and adulterers, by an enforced obedience of planetary influence; and all that we are evil in, by a divine thrusting on : An admirable evasion of whore-master man, to lay his goatish disposition to the charge of a star!
Страница 164 - This is the excellent foppery of the world, that, when we are sick in fortune, — often the surfeit of our own behaviour, — we make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon, and the stars...
Страница xx - Quid verum atque decens euro et rogo, et omnis in hoc sum ; Condo et compono quae mox depromere possim.
Страница 207 - My liege, I did deny no prisoners. But, I remember, when the fight was done, When I was dry with rage, and extreme toil, Breathless and faint, leaning upon my sword, Came there a certain lord, neat, trimly dress'd, Fresh as a bridegroom ; and his chin, new reap'd, Show'd like a stubble-land at harvest-home ; He was perfumed like a milliner ; And 'twixt his finger and his thumb he held A pouncet-box...
Страница 196 - For God's sake, let us sit upon the ground And tell sad stories of the death of kings : How some have been depos'd; some slain in war...
Страница 171 - tis a common proof, That lowliness is young ambition's ladder, Whereto the climber-upward turns his face; But when he once attains the upmost round, He then unto the ladder turns his back, Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend.