 elegant or gross ; whether they compared the little to the great, or the great to the little. Physick and chirurgery for a lover: Gently, ah gently, madam, touch The wound, which you yourself have made; That pain must needs be very much, Which makes me...  The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Page 12by Samuel Johnson - 1825Full view - About this book
 | William Tenney Brewster - 1907 - 424 pages
...there aB, Here sprouts aV, and there aT, And all the flourishing letters stand in rows. — Cowley. PHYSICK AND CHIRURGERY FOR A LOVER Gently, ah gently,...your hand afraid. Cordials of pity give me now, For I too weak for purgings grow. — Cowley. THE WORLD AND A CLOCK Mahol, th' inferior world's fantastic... | |
 | 1884 - 904 pages
...what is meant. The first is an extract from Cowley's " Mistress,' 1 and is called " Counsel : " — Gently, ah ! gently, madam, touch The wound which you yourself have made ; That pain must needs he very much Which makes me of your hand afraid. Cordials of pity give me now, For I too weak for purgings... | |
 | Frank Brady, William Wimsatt - 1978 - 655 pages
...sought only for novelty, they did not much inquire whether their allusions were to things high or low, elegant or gross; whether they compared the little to the great, or the great to the little. Physic and chirurgery' for a lover: Gently, ah gently, madam, touch The wound, which you yourself have... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1989 - 658 pages
...be too short for Mee. 26. Counsel. 1. GEntly, ah gently, Madam, touch The wound, which you your self have made; That pain must needs be very much, Which...your hand afraid. Cordials of Pity give me now, For I too weak for Purgings grow. 2. Do but a while with patience stay; For Counsel yet will do no good,... | |
 | A. J. Smith - 2010 - 520 pages
...sought only for novelty they did not much enquire whether their allusions were to things high or low, elegant or gross; whether they compared the little...your hand afraid. Cordials of pity give me now, For I too weak for purgings grow.—Cow LEY. The World and a Clock: Mahol th' inferior world's fantastic... | |
 | A. J. Smith - 2010 - 520 pages
...sought only for novelty they did not much enquire whether their allusions were to things high or low, elegant or gross; whether they compared the little...your hand afraid. Cordials of pity give me now, For I too weak for purgings grow.—COWLEV. The World and a Clock: Mahol th' inferior world's fantastic... | |
 | Scott D. Evans - 1999 - 180 pages
...sought only for novelty they did not much enquire whether their allusions were to things high or low, elegant or gross; whether they compared the little to the great, or the great to the little" (1.29). Nearly as illegitimate as Cowley's disregard of nature is Butler's distortion of it: Burlesque... | |
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