 | Jonathan Swift - 1742 - 314 páginas
...Sbakefpear's Name. Pretty, in Amber to obferve the Forms Q[ Hairs, 6r Straws, or Dirt, or Grubs, or Worms: The Thing, we know, is neither rich nor rare, But wonder...angry ? I excufe them too, Well may they rage ; I give them but their Due. Each Man's true Merit 'tis not hard to find ; But each Man's fecret Standard... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, John Hawkesworth - 1754 - 354 páginas
...hairs, or ftraws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms ! The The thing, we know, is neither rich nor rare j. And wonder how the devil it got there. Are others angry? I excufe them too : Well may they rage; I give them but theirdueEach man's true merit 'tis not hard to find ;. But each man's fecret ftandard... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, John Hawkesworth - 1754 - 336 páginas
...or ftraws, or dirt, or grubs, or <.:/OK , J » 5 » The/&#£, we know, is neither rich nor rare; And wonder how the devil it got there. Are others angry? I excufe them too : Well may they rage; I give them but theirdue. Each man's true merit 'tis not hard to find \ But each man's fecret ftandard... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1757 - 440 páginas
...poems were wrote by Mr Pop*. no FRAGMENT OF A SATIRE. The thing we know, is neither rich nor rare ; And wonder how the devil it got there, ARE others angry ? I excufe them too : Well may they rage ; I give them but their due. Each man's true merit 'tis not hard to find ; 25 But each man's fecret ftandard... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1768 - 338 páginas
...hairs, or ftraws> or dirt, or grubs, or worms ! The Thething, we know, is neither rich nor rare j And wonder how the devil it got there. Are others angry? I excufe them too: Well may they ragej I gave them but their due;. Each man's true merit 'tis nothard to find; J3ut each man's fecret... | |
 | 1856 - 634 páginas
...now and then be seen there whose position is as puzzling as that of Pope's fly in amber : — ' The thing we know is neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil it got there.' For this anomalous species, Rogers professed the most unmitigated contempt ; and their usual resource,... | |
 | 1814 - 670 páginas
...ridiculous demon prompted this dedicating bookseller to thrust himself in, before his author : " The thing, we know, is neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil it came there l" As to the fables themselves, we are sorry that we cannot speak favourably of them. They... | |
 | 1814 - 678 páginas
...ridiculous demon prompted this dedicating bookseller to thrust himself inj before his author : " The thing, we know, is neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil it came there!" As to the fables themselves, we are sorry that we cannot speak favourab|y of them. They... | |
 | 1847 - 788 páginas
...pictures, and statues, and marble tables with their porphyry vases and gold clocks. " The thing you know is neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil it got there ! V. ii inquire, aud are told the following story. The Prince of was one night led into deep and desperate... | |
 | Robert Charles Dallas - 1824 - 464 páginas
...We gaze at them, not at their poetry, which is like the crabs found in the heart of a rock : ' The thing we know is neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil it got there.' Some applaud the prodigy out of sheer bad taste ; they do not know that his nonsenseis nonsense ; others... | |
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Shakespeare's name ; Pretty, in Amber to observe the forms Of Hairs, or Straws, or Dirt, or Grubs, or Worms : The Thing, we know, is neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the Devil it got there. 
