 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - 1874 - 810 страници
...independence, and had a full right to the boasts in which he possibly indulged a little too freely : — Not Fortune's worshipper, nor Fashion's fool, Not...even to kings, he held a shame, And thought a lie in prose or verse the same. Admitting that the last line suggests a slight qualm, the portrait suggested... | |
 | Sir Leslie Stephen - 1874 - 412 страници
...little too freely : — Not Fortune's worshipper, nor Fashion's fool, Not Lucre'i madman, nor Ambition'* tool ; Not proud, nor servile — be one poet's praise...even to kings, he held a shame, And thought a lie in prose or verse the same. Admitting that the last line suggests a slight qualm, tie portrait suggested... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1876 - 840 страници
...a lord, ive'a tempter thus the Rabbins have exprest, A cherub's face, a reptile all the rest V:MIH # ! Mot Lucre's madman, nor Ambition's tool. Vot proud, nor servile ; be one poet's praise, That, if he... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 576 страници
...and now struts a lord. EVH'S tempter thus the rabbins have exprest, A cherub's face, a reptile all the rest ; Beauty that shocks you, parts that none...Wit that can creep, and pride that licks the dust. ALEXANDER POPE. OG.-SHADWELL, THE DRAMATIST. Now stop your noses, readers, all and some, For here 'sa... | |
 | Poets - 1877 - 300 страници
...woeful likeness ; and if lies, " Praise undeserved is scandal in disguise." Imitations of Horace. 12. Be one poet's praise, That if he pleased, he pleased...shame, And thought a lie in verse or prose the same. Epistle to A rbuthnot. C. Kingsley, 1819. Harriet Martineau, 1802. 11, Thus in a sea of folly tossed,... | |
 | 1878 - 446 страници
...fiction lie. A lash like mine no honest man shall dread, But all such babbling blockheads in his stead. Not fortune's worshipper, nor fashion's fool, Not...proud, nor servile; be one poet's praise, That, if he pleas'd, he pleas'd by manly ways: That flatt'ry, ev'n to kings, he held a shame, And thought a lie... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1879 - 428 страници
...and now struts a lord. Eve's tempter thus the Rabbins have expressed : A cherub's face, a reptile all the rest, Beauty that shocks you, parts that none...fool ; Not lucre's madman, nor ambition's tool : Not prond nor servile : be one poet's praise, That, if he pleased, he pleased by manly ways ; That flattery... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1880 - 636 страници
...lady, and now struts a lord. Eve's temper thus the rabbins have exprest, A cherub's face, a reptile all the rest, Beauty that shocks you, parts that none...proud, nor servile ; be one poet's praise, That, if he pleas'd, he pleas'd by manly ways : That flattery, ev'n to Kings, he held a shame, And thought a lie... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1880 - 642 страници
...lady, and now struts a lord. Eve's temper thus the rabbins have exprest, A cherub's face, a reptile all the rest, Beauty that shocks you, parts that none...proud, nor servile ; be one poet's praise, That, if he pleas'd, he pleas'd by manly ways : That flattery, ev'n to Kings, he held a shame, And thought a lie... | |
 | Joseph Angus - 1880 - 726 страници
...• Said of Mr. Crnggs. Eve's tempter thus the Rabbins have exprest, A cherub's face, a reptile all the rest. Beauty that shocks you, parts that none...Wit that can creep, and pride that licks the dust. Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot, line 33O. Be it our poet's praise That not in fancy's maze he wandered long,... | |
| |
A cherub's face, a reptile all the rest; Beauty that shocks you, Parts that none will trust, Wit that can creep, and Pride that licks the dust. 
