 THERE is no kind of false wit which has been so recommended by the practice of all ages, as that which consists in a jingle of words, and is comprehended under the general name of punning. It is indeed impossible to kill a weed, which the soil has a natural...  The travellers - Seite 162von Tertius T C. Kendrick - 1825Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Edward Bysshe - 1710 - 620 Seiten
...like deceitful Jades, Sink in the Tryal. S/wL ?«/. Ctf. ^>.-> , , PrtProteftations of Friendihip. 'Tis not indeed my Talent to engage In lofty Trifles, or to fwell my Page With Wind and Noife ; but freely to impart, As to a Friend, the Secrets of my Heart :... | |
 | Juvenal - 1726 - 468 Seiten
...Feet, Ragoufts for Tereus or Tfyeftis dreftj Tis Task enough tor thee t'expofe a Roman Feaft, Ferf. 'Tis not, indeed, my Talent to engage In lofty Trifles, or to fwell my Page With Wind and Noife; but freely to impart, As to a Friend, the Secrets of my Heart; And,... | |
 | Juvenal - 1735 - 512 Seiten
...not, indeed, my Tatrat to engage „• In lofty Trifles, or to fwell my Page With Wind and Noife ; but freely to impart, As to a Friend, the Secrets of my Heart; v- > And, in familiar Speech, to let thee know How much I lore thee, and how much I owe. i Prtgru was... | |
 | John Dryden - 1760 - 476 Seiten
...Ragoufts for Tereus or Thyeftes dreft ; 'Tis tafk enough for thee t' expofe a Roman feafc PER siu s. 'Tis not, indeed, my talent to engage In lofty trifles, or to fwell my page With wind and noife ; but freely to impart, As to a friend, the fecrets of my heart ;... | |
 | John Dryden - 1760 - 476 Seiten
...Ragoufts for Tereus or Thyeftes dreft j 'Tis tafk enough for thee t' expofe a Roman feaft. PER siu s. 'Tis not, indeed, my talent to engage In lofty trifles, or to fwell my page With wind and noife ; but freely to impart, As to a friend, the fecrets of my heart;... | |
 | John Dryden - 1767 - 398 Seiten
...Ragoufts for Tereus or Thyeftes dreft ; 'Tis talk enough for thee t' expofe a Roman feaft. PERSIU S. " 'Tis not, indeed, my talent to engage In lofty trifles, or to fwell my page With wind and noife ; but freely to impart, As to a friend, the fecrets of my heart;... | |
 | 1778 - 378 Seiten
...quidem ftudeo, bullatis ut mihi nugis Pagina turgefcat, dare pondus idonea fumo. ' PERS.Sat. v. ig. 'Tis not indeed my talent to engage In lofty trifles, or to fwell my page With wind and noife . DRYDEN . TH, [ERE is no kind of falfe wit which has been fo recommended... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 384 Seiten
...Ragoufts for Tereus or Thyeftes dreft; 'Tis talk enough for thee t' expofe a Roman feaft. P ER s I u 8. 'Tis not, indeed, my talent to engage In lofty trifles, or to fwell my page With wind and noife ; but freely to impart, As to a friend, the fecrets of my heart;... | |
 | 1789 - 508 Seiten
...Non equidem ftudeo, bullatis ut mibinugis Pagina turgefcat, dare pondus idoneafumo. PERS. Sat. v. 19. 'Tis not indeed my talent to engage In lofty trifles, or to Iwell my page "With wind and noile. DRYDEN. THERE is no kind of falfe wit which has been fo recommended... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 388 Seiten
...Ragoufts for Tereus or Thyeftes dreft ; 'Tis tafk enough for thee t' expofe a Roman feaft. PERsIUs. 'Tis not, indeed, my talent to engage In lofty trifles, or to fwell my page With wind and noife ; but freely to impart, As to a friend, the fecrets of my heart ;... | |
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