 He, who still wanting, tho' he lives on theft, Steals much, spends little, yet has nothing left: And He, who now to sense, now nonsense leaning, Means not, but blunders round about a meaning: And He, whose fustian's so sublimely bad, It is not Poetry,...  The Poetical Register, and Repository of Fugitive Poetry for ... - Page 3271811Full view - About this book
 | John Bell - 1796 - 480 pages
...round about a meaning; And he whose fustian's so sublimely bad, It is not poetry, but prose run mad: All these my modest Satire bade translate, And own'd that nine such poets made a Tate. 190 How did they fume, and stamp, and roar, and chafe 1 And swear, not Addison himself was safe. Peace... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1804 - 190 pages
...round about a meaning ; And he whose fustian's so sublimely bad, It is not poetry, but prose run mad : All these my modest Satire bade translate, And own'd that nine such poets made a Tate, 190 How did they fume, and stamp, and roar, and chafe ! And swear not Addison himself was safe. Peace... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1807 - 474 pages
...round about a meaning ; And he whose fustian's so sublimely bad, It is not poetry, but prose run mad ; All these my modest satire bade translate, And own'd that nine such poets made a Tate. How did they fume, and stamp, and roar, and chafe! And swear not Addison himself was safe. Peace to... | |
 | John Bell - 1807 - 562 pages
...round about a meaning ; And he whose fustian's so sublimely bad, It is not poetry, but prose run mad : All these my modest Satire bade translate, And own'd that nine such poets made a Tate. 190 How did they fume, and stamp, and roar, and chafe 1 And swear, not Addison himself was safe. Peace... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 452 pages
...round about a meaning : And He, whose fustian's so sublimely bad, It is not Poetry, but prose run mad : All these, my modest Satire bade translate, And own'd that nine such Poets made a Tate. 190 . NOTES. Ver. 189. All these, my modest Satire bade translate,] See their works, in the Translations... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 452 pages
...round about a meaning : And He, whose fustian's so sublimely bad, It is not Poetry, but prose run mad : All these, my modest Satire bade translate, And own'd that nine such Poets made a Tate. 190 NOTES. Ver. 189. All these, my modest Satire bade translate,] See their works, in the Translations... | |
 | 1822 - 284 pages
...round about a meaning; And he whose fustian's so sublimely bad, It is not poetry, but prose run mad; All these my modest satire bade translate, And own'd that nine such poets made a Tate. How did they fume, and stamp, and roar,and chafe! And swear not Addison himself was safe. Peace to... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 468 pages
...round about a meaning: And He, whose fustian's so sublimely bad, It is not Poetry, but prose run mad : All these, my modest Satire bade translate, And own'd that nine such Poets made a Tale. 190 NOTES. Ver. IS:). .•/// these, my modest Satire bade translate,] See their works, in the... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1824 - 494 pages
...round about a meaning : And he, whose fustian's so sublimely bad, It is not poetry, but prose run mad : All these, my modest satire bade translate, And own'd that nine such poets made a Tate. 190 NOTES. Ver. ISO. a Persian tale] Amjb- Philips translated a book called the Persian Tales. Pope.... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Roscoe - 1824 - 498 pages
...round about a meaning : And he, whose fustian's so sublimely bad, It is not poetry, but prose run mad : All these, my modest satire bade translate, And own'd that nine such poets made a Tate. 190 NOTES. Ver. ISO. a Persian tale] Amb. Philips translated a book called the Persian Tales. Pope.... | |
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