The Feast of the Poets: With Notes, and Other Pieces in Verse |
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Page 60
... court formerly- vices in Juvenal's time - vices even in our own time , when bad poets were going and ladies fell lame - but now - talk of no such thing ; every prince lives with his wife , as he ought to do , keeps the most virtuous ...
... court formerly- vices in Juvenal's time - vices even in our own time , when bad poets were going and ladies fell lame - but now - talk of no such thing ; every prince lives with his wife , as he ought to do , keeps the most virtuous ...
Page 62
... any unfortunate person , with singular , Southern notions of inde- pendence , be but an opposer of Charles's court , and he is sure to meet with a full and crying de- nunciation of his offences , with raised hands and lifted 62.
... any unfortunate person , with singular , Southern notions of inde- pendence , be but an opposer of Charles's court , and he is sure to meet with a full and crying de- nunciation of his offences , with raised hands and lifted 62.
Page 72
... court of aldermen hawing and humming , Or Abbot , at least , with his ushers before , But ' twas only Bob Southey and two or three more . The last couplet originally stood thus : Or at least my Lord Colley with all his grand brothers ...
... court of aldermen hawing and humming , Or Abbot , at least , with his ushers before , But ' twas only Bob Southey and two or three more . The last couplet originally stood thus : Or at least my Lord Colley with all his grand brothers ...
Page 73
... court of aldermen , hawing and humming , Or Abbot , at least , with his ushers before , But ' twas only Bob Southcy , and two or three more . This alludes to the affectation of universal supe- riority - of being best and wisest in ...
... court of aldermen , hawing and humming , Or Abbot , at least , with his ushers before , But ' twas only Bob Southcy , and two or three more . This alludes to the affectation of universal supe- riority - of being best and wisest in ...
Page 75
... court , as they do now : -you differ with them ; and that is enough , with their intolerant egotism , to prove you either fool or knave . The grossness of this utter defiance of candour and consistency would be too despicable for no ...
... court , as they do now : -you differ with them ; and that is enough , with their intolerant egotism , to prove you either fool or knave . The grossness of this utter defiance of candour and consistency would be too despicable for no ...
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