 | John Bell - English poetry - 1778
...he has fome humour, never wit, And if it rarely, very rarely, hit, 'Tis under fo much nafty rubhifh laid, To find it out 's the cinder-woman's trade, Who for the wretched remnants of a fire 260 Muft toil all day in afhes and in mire. So lewdly dull his idle works appear, T{ie wretched texts... | |
 | 1793
...he has fome humour, never wn, And if it rarely, very rarely, hit, *Tis under fo much nafty rubbilh laid, To find it out 's the cinderwoman's trade; Who for the- wretched remnants of a fire, Mull toil all day in afhes and in mire. So lewdly dull his idle works appear, The wretched texts dcferve... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800
...wit, 41 And if it rarely, very rarely hit, *' Tis under such a nasty rubbish laid, " To find it out's the cinder-woman's trade; " Who for the wretched remnants...lewdly dull his idle works appear, " The wretched text deserve no comments here; " Where one poor thought somctime's left all alone, " For a whole page... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800
...wit, " And if it rarely, very rarely hit, " 'Tis under such a nasty rubbish laid, " To find it out's the cinder-woman's trade ; " Who for the wretched...lewdly dull his idle works appear, " The wretched text deserve no comments here ; " Where one poor thought somctime's left all alone, " For a whole page... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 442 pages
...very rarely hit, " 'Tis under such a nasty rubbish laid, ,. " To find it out's the cinder- woman's trade ; " Who for the wretched remnants of a fire,...lewdly dull his idle works appear, " The wretched text deserve no comments here ; " Where one poor thought sometime's left all alone, " For a whole page... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - English literature - 1808
...cold sneers on his expedition to Tangiers, which occur in the poem called " Rochester's Farewell." Who, for the wretched remnants of a fire, Must toil...So lewdly dull his idle works appear, The wretched text deserves no comments here ; Where one poor thought sometimes, left all alone. For a whole page... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - English literature - 1808
...never wit. And if it rarely, very rarely hit, 'Tis under such a nasty rubbish laid, To find it out's the cinder-woman's trade; Who for the wretched remnants...of a fire, Must toil all day in ashes and in mire. and though the imputation was to cost Dryden dear, I cannot think that any part of the " Essay on Satire"... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1819
...rarely, very rarely, hit, Tis under so much nasty rubbish laid, Ta find it out 's the cindenvoman's trade: Who for the wretched remnants of a fire, Must toil all day in ashes and in mire. fe lewdly dull his idle works appear, Itic wretched texts deserve no comments here ; kVhere one poor... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1821
...cold sneers on his expedition to Tangiers, which occur in the poem called " Rochester's Farewell." Who, for the wretched remnants of a fire, Must toil...So lewdly dull his idle works appear, The wretched text deserves no comments here ; Where one poor thought sometimes, left all alone, For a whole page... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - English literature - 1821
...never wit, And if it rarely, very rarely hit, "f is under such a nasty rubbish laid, To find it out's the cinder-woman's trade ; Who for the wretched remnants...of a fire, Must toil all day in ashes and in mire. and though the imputation was to cost Dryden dear, I cannot think that any part of the " Essay on Satire"... | |
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I'd like to have left out his poetry, Forgot by all almost as well as me. Sometimes he has some humour, never wit. And if it rarely, very rarely hit, 'Tis under... 
