 | Alexander Pope - 1881 - 570 Seiten
..."Who shames a scribbler ? break one cobweb through, He spins the slight, self-pleasing thread anew : * Destroy his fib or sophistry — in vain ! The creature's at his dirty work again,3 Throned in the centre of his thin designs, Proud of a vast extent of flimsy lines ! "Whom have... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1881 - 608 Seiten
...shames a scribbler ? break one cobweb through, He spins the slight, self-pleasing thread anew : * . Destroy his fib or sophistry — in vain ! The creature's at his dirty work again,3 Throned in the centre of his thin designs, Proud of a vast extent of flimsy lines ! Whom have... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1883 - 782 Seiten
...fight, like mad or drunk, For dame Religion, as for punk. 801 Butler : Hudibras. Pt. i. Canto i. Line 1, Destroy his fib, or sophistry, in vain ; The creature's at his dirty work again. 802 Pope : Epis. to Arbuthnot. Line 91 Great contest follows, aud much learned dust Involves the combatants... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1885 - 68 Seiten
...88. Alluding to Horace, [Od. in. 8.] Si fractns illabatur orbis, ImpaTidum ferient ruinae.— Pope. Destroy his fib or sophistry, in vain, The creature's at his dirty work again, Thron'd in the center of his thin designs, Proud of a vast extent of flimsy lines! Whom have I hurt?... | |
 | 1894 - 474 Seiten
..."Who shames a scribbler? Break one cobweb through, He spins the slight, self-pleasing thread anew; Destroy his fib, or sophistry, in vain, The creature's at his dirty work again." I have been asked to write something for the Christmas number; but what shall I write about? "He trudged... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1899 - 534 Seiten
...SATIRES. Who shames a scribbler? break one cobweb through, He spins the slight, self-pleasing thread anew: Destroy his fib, or sophistry, in vain, The creature's at his dirty work again, Throned in the centre of his thin designs, Proud of a vast extent of flimsy lines ! Whom have I hurt?... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1893 - 566 Seiten
...7. Who shames a Scribbler? break one cobweb thro', He spins the slight, self-pleasing thread anew : Destroy his fib or sophistry, in vain, The creature's at his dirty work again, Thron'd in the centre of his thin designs, Proud of a vast extent of flimsy lines ! Whom have I hurt... | |
 | Alexander Pope, Sir Adolphus William Ward - 1893 - 588 Seiten
...Who shames a Scribbler? break one cobweb thro', He spins the slight, self-pleasing thread anew : go Destroy his fib or sophistry, in vain, The creature's at his dirty work again, Thron'd in the centre of his thin designs, Proud of a vast extent of flimsy lines ! Whom have I hurt... | |
 | 1896 - 1224 Seiten
...wicked. k. BIAS. The world loves a spice of wickedness. 1. LONGFELLOW — Hyperion. Ch. VII. Bk. I. asing. d. Hamlet. Act IV. Sc. 7. L. 119. The love of wicked men converts to fear ; m. POPE — Prologue to the Satires. L. 91. Are you call'd forth from out a world of men, To slay the... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1896 - 794 Seiten
...POPE. Who shames a scribbler? break one cobwel through, He spins the slight self-pleasing thread anew : Destroy his fib or sophistry : in vain ! The creature's at his dirty work again ; Throned on the centre of his thin designs, Proud of a vast extent of flimsy lines ! POPE. Both must... | |
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He spins the slight, self-pleasing thread anew: Destroy his fib or sophistry, in vain, The creature's at his dirty work again, Throned in the centre of his thin designs, Proud of a vast extent of flimsy lines! 
