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" Flush'd as they are with folly, youth, and wine Their prudent insults to the poor confine ; Afar they mark the flambeau's bright approach,. And shun the shining train and golden coach. "
The New Monthly Magazine - Page 183
1855
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Bell's Classical Arrangement of Fugitive Poetry, Volumes 5-6

John Bell - 1789 - 442 pages
...home. Some fiery fopi with new commission vain, Who sleeps on brambles till he kills his man ; Some frolic drunkard, reeling from a feast, Provokes a broil, and stabs you for a jest. Yet ev'n these heroes, mischievously gay, Lords of the street, and terrors of the way ; Flush'd as they...
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Bell's Classical Arrangement of Fugitive Poetry, Volumes 5-6

John Bell - 1789 - 428 pages
...— > Some fiery fop, with new commission vain, Who sleeps on brambles till he kills his man ; Some frolic drunkard, reeling from a feast, Provokes a broil, and stabs you for a jest. Yetev'n these heroes, mischievously gay, aV Lords of the street, and terrors of the way ; Flush 'd...
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Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - 1799 - 648 pages
...drunken fray, in which Savage stabbed a Mr. Sinclair, for which he was convicted of murder : — " Some frolic drunkard, reeling from a feast, Provokes a broil, and stabs you in a jest." ' But here Johnson is following Juvenal. Mr. Croker forgets that, if Savage was convicted...
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Boswell's Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - 1799 - 640 pages
...drunken fray, in which Savage stabbed a Mr. Sinclair, for which he was convicted of murder : — " Some frolic drunkard, reeling from a feast, Provokes a broil, and stabs you in a jest." ' But here Johnson is following Juvenal. Mr. Croker forgets that, if Savage was convicted...
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The Poetical Works ...: With the Life of the Author

Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 238 pages
...home. Some fiery fop, with new commission vain, Who sleeps on brambles till he kills his man ; F Some frolic drunkard, reeling from a feast, Provokes a broil, and stabs you for a jest. Yet e'en these heroes, mischievously gay, Lords of the street, and terrors of the way ; Flush'd as they...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 328 pages
...Some fiery fop, with new commission vain, Who sleeps on brambles till he kills his man ; Some frolick drunkard, reeling from a feast, Provokes a broil, and stabs you for a jest. 34 Yet even these heroes, mischievously gay, Lords of the street, and terrors of the way; Flush' d...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 350 pages
...frolick drunkard, reeling froni a feast, Provokes a broil, and stabs you for a jest. 34 Yet ev'n tliese heroes, mischievously gay, Lords of the street, and terrors of the way ; Flush'd as they are, with folly, youth, and wine, Their prudent insults to the poor confine: Afar...
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Letters on Literature, Taste, and Composition: Addressed to His Son, Volume 1

George Gregory - 1808 - 352 pages
..." Some fiery fop, with new commission vain, " Who sleeps on brambles till he kills his man ; " Some frolic drunkard, reeling from a feast, " Provokes a broil, and stabs you for a jest. " Yet ev'n these heroes, mischievously gay, " Lords of the street, and terrors of the way ; " Flush'd as...
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Specimens of the British poets, Volume 2

British poets - 1809 - 526 pages
...home. ' Some fiery fop, with new commission vain, MVho sleeps on brambles till he kills his man ; Some frolic drunkard, reeling from a feast, Provokes a broil, and stabs you for a jest. ' Yet e'en these heroes, mischievously gay, Ixfrds of the street, and terrors of the way; Hush'd as they...
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Works, Volume 1

Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 372 pages
...home. 13 Some fiery fop, with new commission vain, Who sleeps on brambles till he kills his man ; Some frolic drunkard, reeling from a feast, Provokes a broil, and stabs you for a jest. 34 Yet e'en these heroes, mischievously gay, Lords of the street, and terrors of the way ; Flush'd...
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