 | Robert Dodsley - 1765 - 412 страници
...earthly load Thy femblance let it bear j Nor lofe the traces of the God, Who ftamp'd his image there. The CAMELION: A FABLE after Monfieur DE LA MOTTE. By the Same. /"\FT has it been my lot to mark ^•^ A proud, conceited, talking fpark, With eyes, that hardly ferv'd... | |
 | Thomas Percival - 1781 - 330 страници
...Merrick, and fhews, in a lively and ftriking manner, the folly of pofitivenefs in opinion, THE CAMELEON. OFT has it been my lot to mark A proud, conceited, talking fpark, With eyes, that hardly ferv'd at moft To guard their maiter 'gainft a poft, Yet round the world the blade has been To fee whatever could... | |
 | William Enfield - 1785 - 460 страници
...twice bruifed thee can only bind them up for ever. STERNE* .CHA P. XII. THE CAMELiQN. /"\FT it has been my lot to mark ^— ' A proud, conceited, talking fpark, With eyes, that hardly ferv'd at moft To guard their mafter 'gainft a poft : Yet round the world the blade has bean To fee whatever... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1791 - 966 страници
...flies, but oh ! too late we find It leaves a real fting behind. § 16:. the CameHon. MERRICK. /"vFT has it been my lot to mark ^ A proud conceited talking fpark, With eyes, that hardly fcrv'd at moft To guard their matter 'gainft a pott , Yet round the world the blade has been. To fee... | |
 | Addison (pseud.) - 1795 - 616 страници
...they at laft put a period to his fufferings, by ftriking his head off with a hatchet. THE CAMELEON. OFT has it been my lot to mark A proud, conceited, talking fpark^ With eyes, that hardly ferv'd at moft To guard their mafter 'gainft a poft ; Yet round the world the blade has been To fee whatever... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1796 - 574 страници
...flics, but oh ! too late we find it leaves a real fting behind. § 331. fbe Cornelian. MÈ.RRICK. /""VFT has it been my lot to mark ^-* A proud conceited talking fpark, With eyes, that hardly ferv'd м nioft To guard their mailer 'gainft a pcift ; Yet round the woi Id the blade has been, To fee whatever... | |
 | John Wesley - 1794 - 738 страници
...May thy Kingdom of Peace and Tmil^ »' cpme, and lajt lot ever, *#* POETR Y. THE CAMELEO N. A FABLE. OFT, has it been my lot to mark, A proud, conceited, talking fpark, With, eyes, that hardly ferv'd at moft To guard their mailer 'gainft a poft; Yet round the world the blade has been, To fee whatever... | |
 | British poetical miscellany - 1805 - 262 страници
...him to ev'ry lot refign'd, Who wept, who toil'd, who perifh'd for mankind. i THE CAMELION. - MERRICK. OFT has it been my lot to mark A proud, conceited, talking fpark, With eyes, that hardly ferv'd at moft To guard their mafter 'gainft a poft ; Yet round ike world the blade has- been, To fee whatever... | |
 | 1806 - 408 страници
...flies. It flies, bat oh ! too late we find It leaves a real sting behind. The CAMELION. CMERlUCKji OFT has it been my lot to mark A proud, conceited, talking spark, With eyes, that hnrdly serv'd at most To guard their master 'gainst a post; Yet round the world... | |
 | William Scott - 1814 - 424 страници
...INEFFABLE ! Come, then, expressive Silenee, muse mspraisf SECTION VII. 1. — The Camelion. — MEIIHICK. OFT has it been my lot to mark A proud, conceited, talking spark, Returning from his finish'il tour, Grown ten times perterthan before ; Whatever word you chance... | |
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Oft has it been my lot to mark A proud, conceited, talking spark, With eyes that hardly served at most To guard their master 'gainst a post; Yet round the world the blade has been, To see whatever could be seen. 
