| 1810 - 566 pages
...following exemplify those of the biting and satyrical tind. On a company of bad dancers to good music : " How ill the motion with the music suits ! So Orpheus fiddled, and so danc'd the brutea," And this, addressed to a bad fiddler: " Old Orpheus play'd so well he mov'd old... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 556 pages
...may despise, And trust Britannia's safety to their eyes. A COMPANY OF BAD DANCERS TO GOOD MUSIC '. How ill the motion with the music suits ! So Orpheus fiddled, and so danc'd the brĂ¼ten. EPIGRAM. GEORGE came to the crown without striking a blow: Ah, quoth the Pretender,... | |
| 1818 - 762 pages
...Orpheus ! pectorn Ditu Hie movit ; solum pecten at iik movet. VII. On a good Fiddler and bad Dancer. How ill the motion with the music suits ! So Orpheus fiddled, and so danced the brutes. Quam mull conventual tattatora fidiccnque ! Sic Orphcut ptallit, tic toKercJkrcc. VIII. Intended for... | |
| 1818 - 806 pages
...Orpheus ! pectora Ditis Hie movit ; solum pecten at ilk movet. VII. On a good Fiddler and lad Dancer. How ill the motion with the music suits ! So Orpheus fiddled, and so danced the brutes. Quant male conveniunt saltatores Jidicenque ! Sic Orpheus psallit, sic saiiere ferae. VHI. Intended... | |
| British poets - 1822 - 272 pages
...may despise, And trust Britannia's safety to their eyes. ON A COMPANY OF BAD DANCERS TO GOOD MUSIC-. How ill the motion with the music suits! So Orpheus fiddled, and so danced the brutes. EPIGRAM. GEORGEcame to the crown without striking a blow: Ah, quoth the Pretender, would I could do... | |
| 1823 - 872 pages
...necessary qualities of one, especially point and brevity. On a Company ef bad DANCERS to good Music, How ill the motion with the music suits ! So Orpheus fiddled, and so danc'd the brutes. This brings to mind another epigram upon a -bad fiddler, which we shall venture... | |
| George Wentworth - 1824 - 378 pages
...Protestant belief, Altho' my age is forty-three, . - ..":" t)NA COMPANY OF BAD DANCERS TO GOOD MUSIC. How ill the motion with the music suits ! So Orpheus fiddled, and so danced the brutes. THE WOULD-BE POET. One of Martial's epigrams, wherein he agreeably rallies the foolish tanity of a man... | |
| Joe Miller - 1836 - 266 pages
...plenty's come, all power of use is gone. On a Company of bad Dancers to good Music. BY MR. BUDQELL. How ill the motion with the music suits ! So Orpheus fiddled, and so danced the brutes. The Lover's Legacy. Unhappy Strephon, dead and cold, His heart was from his bosom rent, Embalmed, and in... | |
| Eliot Warburton - 1851 - 600 pages
...was, she is, (what can there more be said t) On Earth the first, in Heaven the second Maid.' ' But ill the motion with the music suits. So Orpheus fiddled, and so danced tho Brutes.' " Have you seen a book dedicated to you called ' Modern Anecdotes of the antient Family... | |
| Samuel Strickland - 1853 - 338 pages
...with much spirit. The music was very good, the dancing but indifferent. I could not help thinking " How ill the motion with the music suits, So Orpheus fiddled, and so danced the brutes." During the pauses between the dances, some lady or gentleman would favour the company with a song.... | |
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