vanity display What the fine gentleman wore yesterday ; 330 And but so mimic ancient wits at best, As apes our grandsires, in their doublets drest, In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold ; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old The Works of Alexander Pope - Seite 259von Alexander Pope - 1822 - 436 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| George Campbell - 1801 - 462 Seiten
...the poet with regard to both the forernentioned sorts of barbarism^ is extremely good.;-...h . ..1 In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold ; Alike fantastic, if too new or old : Be" not tue first by whom the new are try'd, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside f. PAST III....By... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1804 - 218 Seiten
...Fungoso in the play, These sparks with awkward vanity display What the fine gentleman wore yesterday ; And but so mimic ancient wits at best, As apes our...rule will hold, Alike fantastic if too new or old: Be not the first by whom the new are try'd, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside. But most by numbers... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1804 - 236 Seiten
...Fungoso in the play, These sparks with awkward vanity display What the fine gentleman wore yesterday; 33( And but so mimic ancient wits at best, As apes our...rule will hold, Alike fantastic if too new or old: Be not the first by whom the new are try'd, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside. But most by Numbers... | |
| Henry Kett - 1805 - 432 Seiten
...reject as they were to adopt them; and they seldom long survive the occasion that gave them birth. In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold, • ' Alike fantastic, if too new or old. Be not the first by whom the new are try'd, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside. Pope's Essay on... | |
| Henry Kett - 1805 - 422 Seiten
...reject as they were to adopt them; and they seldom long survive the occasion that gave them birth. In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold, Alike fantastic, if too new or old. Be not the first by whom the new are try'J, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside. Pope's Essay on... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1808 - 702 Seiten
..."What the fine gentleman wore yesterday, And but so mimic ancient wits at best, As apes our erandsires in their doublets drest. In words, as fashions, the...rule will hold; Alike fantastic if too new or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside. But most by numbers... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1808 - 526 Seiten
...observe a happy medium between too great, and too little, reverence for the usages of ancient times. In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold, Alike fantastic, if too new or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside. Pope't Esarg en... | |
| 1809 - 488 Seiten
...Fungoso in the play, These sparks with awkward vanity display What the fine gentleman wore yesterday; And but so mimic ancient wits at best, As apes our...rule will hold, Alike fantastic if too new or old : Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside. But most by numbers... | |
| Alexander Crombie - 1809 - 456 Seiten
...barbarism. It has now obtained permanent establishment, and is justly admitted y every lexicographer. In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold ; Alike fantastic, if too new or old: Be not the first, by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside. Pvpe's Essay on... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1812 - 348 Seiten
...th' unlearn'd, and make the learned smile. Unlucky, as Fungoso in the play, These sparks with aukward vanity display What the fine gentleman wore yesterday...rule will hold ; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old : Be not the first by whom the new are try'd, 335 Nor yet the last to lay the old aside. But most by... | |
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