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46756 | 1; v. 2--end), Wilson(? |
46756 | 2, l. 60- 120? |
46756 | 212) and that peradventure he shall"sing it at her(?) |
46756 | 29|{[ John] Waterson}| T.|The Elder Brother,[? |
46756 | 4), Hathaway(? |
46756 | 71; Will Cricket( in grey? |
46756 | ? |
46756 | All? |
46756 | And if player for the Globe, why not author? |
46756 | Are we to attribute to this mention of him the tradition that Chapman wrote_ The Second Maiden''s Tragedy_? |
46756 | Ay, that]"To be, or not to be? |
46756 | But was this the date of its first production on the stage? |
46756 | But were both taken from an older play?] |
46756 | Could any critic, if the older_ John_ were destroyed, tell us which lines had been adopted in the later play? |
46756 | Dewe?) |
46756 | If Shakespeare had not, at the time when he finally produced the_ Two Gentlemen_, begun his study for the Venetian story, whence this name? |
46756 | If this was not derived from Shakespeare''s play, whence was it? |
46756 | It was probably written by R. Wilson, and is certainly not a romantic, but a satirical play; else why should Greene have been offended at it? |
46756 | Of plays by other authors only one can be traced to his company in this year, namely,_ Sir Thomas More_(? |
46756 | Of these twenty Shakespeare contributes nine, Fletcher( with Beaumont) six, Jonson one, Tourneur one, Drayton(?) |
46756 | On 2d February,_ Twelfth Night_ was performed at the Readers''Feast at the(?) |
46756 | On October 7, Cyril Tourneur''s(?) |
46756 | Other points worth noting are that"Queen Mab, what''s she?" |
46756 | Perhaps from a very old play by Ralph Radcliffe before 1553; more likely from the Moral by the player(? |
46756 | The fairies are Nan the Queen( in red? |
46756 | The only known writers for the King''s men at this date were Wilkins, W. S.(? |
46756 | To die-- to sleep-- is that all? |
46756 | Was the author his brother Edmund; and did Shakespeare assist in or revise his work? |
46756 | What other mind but the author of_ The Jew of Malta_ could have conceived Aaron the Moor? |
46756 | Who could have done this but Shakespeare? |
46756 | Who would this endure, But for a hope of something after death,_ The undiscover''d country, from whose bourne No passenger has e''er return''d? |
46756 | Why then should he not be mentioned? |
46756 | _ A larum for London_, or_ The Siege of Antwerp_, by(?) |
46756 | _ The London Prodigal_, and Wilkins''_ Miseries of Enforced Marriage_, were written and perhaps acted( at the Globe?) |
46756 | _ The Revenger''s Tragedy_ by Cyril Tourneur(?) |
46756 | art thou there, old Truepenny?" |
46756 | by the Chapel children;_ Andronicus_ acted( under Peele''s auspices?) |
46756 | nor a_ nest of antics_? |
46756 | wilt thou stab Cæsar too?" |
46756 | | Anonymous||||| The Politic Bankrupt, or Which| Anonymous|| is the best Girl? |
46756 | |_ Shakespeare_ and Davenport|||[ Query, is Duke Humphrey a||| version of 2 Henry VI.?] |
46756 | || 1592 April 3|Arden of Feversham| 1592 Nov. 20|Salomon and Bersheba||{F. Bacon and F. Bungay| 1594 May 14|{Robin Hood and Little John|? |
46756 | ||? |
23464 | I pr''ythee, what? |
23464 | ''A song between Wit and Will''opens thus:_ Wit_: What art thou, Will? |
23464 | ''Ah, sweet content, where is thy mild abode?'') |
23464 | ), when Benedick, anxious to marry Beatrice, is asked by the lady''s uncle''What''s your will?'' |
23464 | 226) run: Ten- in- the- hundred the Devil allows, But Combe will have twelve he sweares and he vowes; If any man ask, who lies in this tomb? |
23464 | Barnabe Barnes''s_ Odes Pastoral_ sestine 2:''But women will have their own wills, Alas, why then should I complain?'' |
23464 | Becq de Fouquieres, p. 121), beginning,''Si ce n''est pas Amour, que sent donques mon coeur?'' |
23464 | Combien ce front de rides laboure Ay- ie applani? |
23464 | Combien de fois ce teint noir qui m''amuse, Ay- ie de lis et roses colore? |
23464 | Dear son of memory, great heir of fame, What need''st thou such weak witness of thy name? |
23464 | Do the boys carry it away? |
23464 | In the university play,''The Return from Parnassus''( 1601? |
23464 | In the_ Return from Parnassus_( 1601?) |
23464 | Is it in churches, with religious men, Which please the gods with prayers manifold; And in their studies meditate it then? |
23464 | Is it possible? |
23464 | Is it with shepherds, and light- hearted swains, Which sing upon the downs, and pipe abroad, Tending their flocks and cattle on the plains? |
23464 | O how can_ graces_ in thy body be? |
23464 | One was printed with some alterations in Rosseter''s_ Book of Ayres_( 1610), and another in the_ Third Book of Ayres_( 1617? |
23464 | Or that his hallowed reliques should be hid Under a star- ypointing pyramid? |
23464 | Quel ay- ie fait son grand nez rougissant? |
23464 | Quel ay- ie fait son oeil se renfoncant? |
23464 | Quelle sa bouche et ses noires dents quelles Quel ay- ie fait le reste de ce corps? |
23464 | Shall will in others seem right gracious, And in my will no fair acceptance shine? |
23464 | Slender and Anne Page vary the tame sport when the former misinterprets the young lady''s''What is your will?'' |
23464 | Stay passenger, why goest thou by so fast? |
23464 | Then, passenger, ha''st ne''re a teare, To weepe with her that wept with all? |
23464 | There followed in a like temper''Who wrote Shakespeare?'' |
23464 | There the Jew opens the attack on his Christian debtor with the lines: Signor Mercatore, why do you not pay me? |
23464 | Think you I will be mocked in this sort? |
23464 | What are they children? |
23464 | What, for being a puritan? |
23464 | Who maintains''em? |
23464 | Will they pursue the quality[_ i.e._ the actor''s profession] no longer than they can sing? |
23464 | Wilt thou, whose will is large and spacious,{ 420b} Not once vouchsafe to hide my will in thine? |
23464 | _ Will_: A babe of nature''s brood,_ Wit_: Who was thy sire? |
23464 | _ Wit_: And where brought up? |
23464 | _ Wit_: Thy mother who? |
23464 | _ Wit_: What learn''dst thou there? |
23464 | _ Wit_: When wast thou born? |
23464 | et quel a fait ma Muse Le gros sourcil, ou folle elle s''abuse, Ayant sur luy l''arc d''Amour figure? |
23464 | how are they escoted[_ i.e._ paid]? |
23464 | in_ Sonetti in Vita di M. Laura_, beginning''S''amor non e, che dunque e quel ch''i''sento?'' |
23464 | is not less admirable than his imagination? |
23464 | now I find thy saw of might:''Who ever loved that loved not at first sight?'' |
23464 | of Ben Jonson''s Enmity towards Shakespeare''( 1808); W. J. Thoms''s''Was Shakespeare ever a Soldier?'' |
23464 | of Jodelle''s_ Contr''Amours_ runs thus: Combien de fois mes vers ont- ils dore Ces cheueux noirs dignes d''vne Meduse? |
23464 | v., beginning,''If''t bee not love I feele, what is it then?'' |
23464 | where dost thou safely rest In Heaven, with Angels? |
23464 | where doth thine harbour hold? |
23464 | where is thy mild abode? |
23464 | { 350b}_ Melanges Historiques_, 182?, iii. |
23464 | { 421c} Professor Dowden says''will to boot''is a reference to the Christian name of Shakespeare''s friend,''William[? |
23464 | { 441b} There are forty- eight sonnets on the Trinity and similar topics appended to Davies''s_ Wittes Pilgrimage_( 1610?). |
23464 | { 77a} Rosamond, in Daniel''s poem, muses thus when King Henry challenges her honour: But what? |
34214 | What are thou,he asks of this devilish unexpected lust-- What are thou, that dost creep into my breast; And dar''st not see my face? |
34214 | Why may not_ I_ be a favourite on the sudden? |
34214 | --And not a little of life at Court, and of the favourites with whom King James surrounded himself:--"They say one shall see fine sights at the Court? |
34214 | 1485?) |
34214 | ; Did the Beaumont"romance"influence Shakespeare? |
34214 | An allusion to King James''s weakness for handsome young men,"Why may not_ I_ be a favourite in the sudden?" |
34214 | An honest moral man? |
34214 | And then, Why didst thou die so soon? |
34214 | And to conceive it without the remotest suggestion from_ Don Quixote_? |
34214 | And when the Duke asks Lazarillo, thus instructed,"how old are you?" |
34214 | And, for"alls,"and triplets: And whose are all these glories? |
34214 | Are men''s brains Made nowadays of malt, that their affections Are never sober, but, like drunken people Founder at every new fame? |
34214 | Are the rooms| 20 Made read|y to en|tertain| my friends|? |
34214 | Are the rooms| made read|y To en|tertain| my friends|? |
34214 | But does that play reveal anything of manlier, sounder fibre than Beaumont''s_ A King and No King_? |
34214 | But how came I( you ask) so much to know? |
34214 | CHAPTER XXVIII DID THE BEAUMONT''ROMANCE''INFLUENCE SHAKESPEARE? |
34214 | Doth not this captive prince Speake me sufficiently, and all the acts That I have wrought upon his suffering land? |
34214 | Fear your great master? |
34214 | Give to each his due? |
34214 | Has it one tithe of the serious insight into human life of any of Beaumont''s plays involving ethical conflict? |
34214 | His Arethusa in_ Philaster_ expresses it in a nutshell: If destiny( to whom we dare not say, Why didst thou this?) |
34214 | Is the great| couch up| the Duke| of Medi|na sent? |
34214 | Is there a hope beyond it? |
34214 | Is| there in me,| to draw submission From this rude man and beast? |
34214 | Or is this purely dramatic utterance? |
34214 | Returning to our young lion, he will, I fear me, exult( with lust of chase or laughter?) |
34214 | Should I then boast? |
34214 | Since many of Collier''s"earnests"turn out to be"jests,"why not the other way round? |
34214 | So far as Fletcher''s_ dramatis personae_ are concerned, there is truth in this; but why couple Beaumont with him? |
34214 | The following lines may be regarded as typical: Is great Jove jealous that I am imploy''d On her Love- errands? |
34214 | To| the fair Prin|cess? |
34214 | What art is thine, that so thy friend deceives? |
34214 | What fate is mine, that so it selfe bereaves? |
34214 | Where lies that foot of ground Within| his whole| realme ¦ that| I have| not past Fighting and conquering? |
34214 | Where other than in Shakespeare do we find among the Jacobean poets such verse? |
34214 | Where''s such an humour as thy Bessus? |
34214 | Who durst go in To find it out? |
34214 | Who now shall pay thy Tombe with such a Verse As thou that Ladies didst, faire Rutlands Herse? |
34214 | Why| did I plant| thee ¦''twixt| the sun| and me, To make| me freeze| thus? |
34214 | [ 230] Chapter XXVIII,_ Did the Beaumont''Romance''Influence Shakespeare?_[ 231] Lines are numbered as in the_ Variorum_ edition. |
34214 | _ Arbaces._ Bee you my witness, Earth, Need I to brag? |
34214 | a ladies voyce, Whom I doe love? |
34214 | and he''s thine own"; or"Every one that does not know, cries''What nobleman is that?''" |
34214 | and to a Gentlewoman, A woman of her youth and delicacy? |
34214 | can he make A wish to change thee for? |
34214 | he cries-- The soule is fled forever, and I wrong Myselfe so long to lose her company, Must I talke now? |
34214 | like| a faint shad|ow, To wither my desires? |
34214 | or yours? |
34214 | or, if found how to enjoy? |
34214 | prays Philaster; and Arbaces struggling against temptation:"What art thou, that dost creep into my breast; And dar''st not see my face?" |
34214 | what a blockhead Would e''re have popt out such a dry Apologie For this dear friend? |
34214 | yours? |
33080 | ( May I not believe by yourself?) |
33080 | ------_Take it for a Rule, No Creature smarts so little as a Fool._ Now if this be true, to what purpose did you correct them? |
33080 | And pray, Sir, why my Name, under this scurvy Picture? |
33080 | And what Part of this Play, Sir, can you charge with a Theft either from any_ French_ Author, from_ Plautus_,_ Fletcher_,_ Congreve_, or_ Corneille_? |
33080 | But as he seems, notwithstanding, to have taken Offence from it, how well does this Soreness of Temper agree with what he elsewhere says of himself? |
33080 | But if Solitude pleases you, who shall say you are not in the right to enjoy it? |
33080 | But pray, Gentlemen, said I, if, as you seem to believe, his Defamation has more of Malice than Truth in it, does he not blacken himself by it? |
33080 | But what''s all this to you, Mr._ Pope_? |
33080 | But why am I answerable for that? |
33080 | Come then, let us see what your mighty Mountain is in Labour of? |
33080 | Did he at all intrench upon your Sovereignty in Verse, because he had now and then written a Comedy that succeeded? |
33080 | How comes it then, that in your Works you have so often treated him as a Dunce or an Enemy? |
33080 | How easily now can you see the Folly in another, which you yourself are so fond of? |
33080 | I hope your Temper is not so unhappy as to be offended, or in pain, when your Insults are return''d with Civilities? |
33080 | If either of us could be_ good_ Company, our being professed Poets, I hope would be no Objection to my Lord''s sometimes making one with us? |
33080 | If this is not a greater Tyranny than that of your_ Atticus_, at least you must allow it more ridiculous: For what have you gain''d by it? |
33080 | In a word, you seem in your_ Dunciad_, to have been angry at the rain for wetting you, why then would you go into it? |
33080 | Is a Tailor, that can make a new Coat well, the worse Workman, because he can mend an old one? |
33080 | Might it not have been taken in a more favourable Sense by any Man of the least Candour or Humanity? |
33080 | No, you could not, sure, believe, the World would take it for granted, that_ every_ low, vile Thing you had said of me, was evidently_ true_? |
33080 | Now let us enquire into the Justness of this Pretence, and whether Dulness in one Author gives another any right to abuse him for it? |
33080 | Or could not you bear, that any kind of Poetry, but that, to which you chiefly pretended, should meet with Applause? |
33080 | Or do those alter''d Plays at all take from the Merit of those more successful Pieces, which were entirely my own? |
33080 | Or had it not rather been a Mark of your Justice and Generosity, not to have pursued me with fresh Instances of your Ill- will upon it? |
33080 | Or would any sober Reader have seen more in the Line, than a wide mouthful of Ill- Manners? |
33080 | Or would my Impudence be less Impudence in Verse than in Prose? |
33080 | Or would my professing myself a Satyrist give me a Title to wipe my foul Pen upon the Face of every Man I did not like? |
33080 | Ought I, for this, to have had the stale Affront of_ Dull_, and_ Impudent_, repeated upon me? |
33080 | The question then becomes: why did he continually provoke Cibber, knowing the latter had such a story at hand? |
33080 | This I grant may be Vanity in me to say: But if what I believe is true, what a slovenly Conscience do you shew your Face with? |
33080 | Under this Class at least, you acquit him of having ever provoked you? |
33080 | Well, Sir, and am not I very well off, if you have nothing worse to say of me? |
33080 | Were these both wanting, as they both abound, Where could so firm integrity be found? |
33080 | What a merry mixt Mortal has Nature made you? |
33080 | What ought I to expect less, than that you would knock me down for it? |
33080 | What then must be the Consequence? |
33080 | Where could they find another formed so fit, To poise, with solid sense, a sprightly wit? |
33080 | Why then might it not be suppos''d an equal Truth, that Both our Assertions were equally false? |
33080 | Why then should I give myself the trouble to prove, what you, and the World are already convinc''d of? |
33080 | _ Are these Things So?_( 1740), and_ The Great Man''s Answer to Are these Things So?_( 1740). |
33080 | _ Are these Things So?_( 1740), and_ The Great Man''s Answer to Are these Things So?_( 1740). |
33080 | because, like you Dear_ Pope,_ too Bold in shewing it._ And so, if I am the King''s Fool; now, Sir, pray whose Fool are you? |
33080 | has Poet yet, or Peer, Lost the arched Eye- brow, or_ Parnassian_ Sneer? |
33080 | how could a Man of your stinging Capacity let so tame, so low a Reflexion escape him? |
33080 | or could it have lessen''d the Honour of your Understanding, to have taken this quiet Resentment of your frequent ill Usage in good part? |
33080 | or in private Company? |
33080 | or so vainly uncharitable as to value yourself for laughing at my Folly, in supposing you never had any real malicious Intention against me? |
33080 | or, admitting, that my deceived Opinion of your Goodness was so much real Simplicity and Ignorance, was not even That, at least, pardonable? |
33080 | then_ why_ so, good Mr._ Pope_? |
33080 | unless the happy Weakness of my Person might be my Protection? |
33080 | why may not you as well turn this pleasant Epigram into an involuntary Compliment? |
33080 | would his high Heart be contented, in his having the Choice of his Acquaintance so limited? |
7775 | Certainly, Sir,said the clerk,--"would you like any more-- fifty, or a hundred?" |
7775 | Did such a declaration,he asked,"warrant the idea that he was a friend to Democracy? |
7775 | Gl-- nb-- e, Gl-- nb-- e, What''s good for the scurvy? 7775 Have not you then received our letter?" |
7775 | Have you heard, my deer Anne, how my spirits are sunk? 7775 He might be asked,"he said,"why his name was not on the list of the Society for Reform? |
7775 | How then can Mr. Sheridan attribute to any postponement of his interests, actually made by the Committee, the present condition of his affairs? 7775 How then can we guarantee Mr. Hammersley in the payment of any sum out of this fund, so circumstanced? |
7775 | I see the rumors of war still continue-- Stocks continue to fall-- is that good or bad for the Ministers? 7775 Perhaps you would like to take two hundred, or three?" |
7775 | Should not something be done about the public amusements? 7775 You will see Mr. Horne Tooke''s advertisement to- day in the papers;--what do you think of that to complete the thing? |
7775 | _ Rogo vos, Judices_,--Mr. Hastings might well have said,--"_si iste disertus est, ideo me damnari oportet?_"[ Footnote: Seneca, Controvers. |
7775 | ''Nay, now, David,( said Johnny,) did you not tell me my talents did not lie in tragedy?'' |
7775 | ''tis blue,''And, like him-- stain your honor too? |
7775 | *****"But I will ask Your Lordships, do you approve this representation? |
7775 | --''Then,( exclaimed Johnny,) gin they dinna lie there, where the de''il dittha lie, mon?'' |
7775 | --would the Commons of England come to accuse or to arraign such acts of state- necessity? |
7775 | ... What, then, is their object? |
7775 | All this was most true; but what did all this prove? |
7775 | Among other remarks, full of humor, he said,--"I should like to support the present Minister on fair ground; but what is he? |
7775 | And do gentlemen say that the indignant spirit which is roused by such exercise of government is unprovoked? |
7775 | Are these her features? |
7775 | Are you not aware of the important change in that department, and the advantage the country is likely to derive from that change?'' |
7775 | Are you still a nurse? |
7775 | But can there be an Englishman so stupid, so besotted, so befooled, as to give a moment''s credit to such ridiculous professions? |
7775 | But how does it appear, now that the Right Honorable Gentleman is returned to office? |
7775 | But_ they_ are happy, with_ their_ little portion of the goods of this world:--then, what are riches good for? |
7775 | Did I ever authorize you to inform Lord Grenville that I had abandoned the idea of offering myself? |
7775 | Do I demand of you, my fellow- placemen and brother- pensioners, that you should sacrifice any part of your stipends to the public exigency? |
7775 | Do n''t you know that when once the King takes offence, he was never known to forgive? |
7775 | Do you ever see Mrs. Greville? |
7775 | Do you feel that this is the true image of Justice? |
7775 | Does it become the honesty of a Minister to grant? |
7775 | Does it suit the honor of a gentleman to ask at such a moment? |
7775 | For such an evil when proved, what remedy could be resorted to, but a radical amendment of the frame and fabric of the Constitution itself? |
7775 | For, ah, can changing seasons e''er restore The lov''d companion I must still deplore? |
7775 | Had he only one_ covered waggon_ to carry_ friends and goods_? |
7775 | Has everything been done to avert the evils of rebellion? |
7775 | Have you heard any thing of the Foreign Ministers respecting what the P. said at Bagshot? |
7775 | Have you heard of the cause? |
7775 | Having endeavored to defend himself from such an imputation, he concluded by saying,--"Was that a fair and candid mode of treating his arguments? |
7775 | He would ask what religious zeal or frenzy had added to the mad despair and horrors of war? |
7775 | How was it that the whole family did not move together? |
7775 | I hear from every body that your... are vastly disliked-- but are you not all kept in awe by such beauty? |
7775 | If the man was unworthy of the commonest offices of humanity while he lived, why all this parade of regret and homage over his tomb? |
7775 | Is this conciliation? |
7775 | Is this her countenance? |
7775 | Is this her gait or her mien? |
7775 | Is this lenity? |
7775 | Is this the character of British justice? |
7775 | Make Richardson write,--what has he better to do? |
7775 | Might not I as well accuse you of coldness, for not filling your letter with professions, at a time when your head must be full of business? |
7775 | Mr. Fox asked,"Was the Prince well advised in applying to that House on the subject of his debts, after the promise made in 1787?" |
7775 | Mr. Fox used to ask of a printed speech,"Does it read well?" |
7775 | Nay, even from those who seem to have no direct object of office or profit, what is the language which their actions speak? |
7775 | Old Truepenny, canst thou mole so fast i''the ground?'' |
7775 | On the contrary; am I not daily increasing your emoluments and your numbers in proportion as the country becomes unable to provide for you? |
7775 | Or yield to Sentiment''s insipid rule, By Taste, by Fancy, chac''d through Scandal''s school? |
7775 | Should the Prince himself, you, or I, or Warren, be the person to speak to the Chancellor? |
7775 | Sir? |
7775 | The account? |
7775 | The time is come, when all honest and disinterested men should rally round the Throne as round a standard;--for what? |
7775 | True; but was not this also to be accounted for? |
7775 | Undoubtedly they are, and very considerably greater; but what is the proportion of the receipts? |
7775 | What are the people to think of our sincerity?--What credit are they to give to our professions?--Is this system to be persevered in? |
7775 | What is become of Becket''s, and the supper- parties,--the_ noctes coenaeque_? |
7775 | What is to be done next? |
7775 | What their justice? |
7775 | What their revenues? |
7775 | What then, is the probable profit, and what is a quarter of it worth? |
7775 | What was it then? |
7775 | What were their laws? |
7775 | Whatever he has_ now ought_ to be certain, or how will he know how to regulate his expenses?" |
7775 | When the government of Ireland was agreeable to the people, was there any discontent? |
7775 | Where, indeed, is the statesman that could bear to have his obliquities thus chronicled? |
7775 | Which is the handsomest? |
7775 | Why not have an union of the two Ministers, or, at least, some intelligible connection? |
7775 | Why, it might be asked, was it not carried into effect? |
7775 | Would you, like C----, pine with spleen, Because your bit of silk was green? |
7775 | You have never said a word of little Monkton:--has he any chance, or none? |
7775 | You will not cut your pound of flesh the nearest from the merchant''s heart?'' |
7775 | and why are we driven to these observations and explanations? |
7775 | can it be denied that the reproaches of disappointment, through the great body of the Subscribers, would be directed against me and me alone? |
7775 | have you candor enough to think any thing equal to your own boy? |
7775 | is it impossible to make them resign their pretensions, and make peace with the Burgesses? |
7775 | is this a time for selfish intrigues, and the little dirty traffic for lucre and emolument? |
7775 | or has he left directions behind him that they may know where to call? |
7775 | or was it extortion? |
7775 | or where is the Cabinet that would not shrink from such an inroad of light into its recesses? |
7775 | this?) |
7775 | was it a bribe? |
7775 | were they, as regarded the individual himself, unpurchased? |
7775 | when conciliation was held out to the people of Ireland, was there any discontent? |
44065 | How is it possible to be otherwise,said Powel,"when I hear you speak?" |
44065 | ''How do you know? |
44065 | --''Who have you to act it?'' |
44065 | 501) says:"Mr. Garrick asked him[ Cibber] if he had not in his possession, a comedy or two of his own writing.--''What then?'' |
44065 | And for what Reason? |
44065 | And has not Colley still his lord and whore? |
44065 | And may we not, by a parity of Reason, suppose, that by his Neglect a fourth Part of it_ does_ fall to Ruin? |
44065 | And what less can we call that proud Man who would put another out of the World only for putting him out of Humour? |
44065 | And when I speak of our Errors, why may I not extenuate them by illustrious Examples? |
44065 | And why is there not as much Honesty in owning as in concealing it? |
44065 | And why should not a weak Man have the same Indulgence? |
44065 | And will Sir_ Richard_, then, make us no Compensation for so valuable a Loss in our Interests, and so palpable an Addition to our Labour? |
44065 | And yet had the Actors refus''d this Play, what Resentment might have been thought too severe for them? |
44065 | Are Defects and Disproportions to be the only labour''d Features in a Portrait? |
44065 | Are not you every Day complaining of your being over- labour''d? |
44065 | As, for Instance, how many fruitless Motions have been made in Parliaments to moderate the enormous Exactions in the Practice of the Law? |
44065 | But in_ Dogget_''s Case it may be ask''d, How was he to behave himself? |
44065 | But might not his House be oftener full if the Auditors were oftener pleas''d? |
44065 | But what are narrow Contracts to great Souls with growing Desires? |
44065 | But what is all this to the Theatrical Follies I was talking of? |
44065 | But why am I answerable for that? |
44065 | Could he then foresee he should, one time or other, be turn''d out of_ Drury- Lane_? |
44065 | Do not we find that even good Actions have their Share of it? |
44065 | For though to hide it may be Wisdom, to be without it is impossible; and where is the Merit of keeping a Secret which every Body is let into? |
44065 | His butchers Henley? |
44065 | How came the_ Athenians_ to lay out an Hundred Thousand Pounds upon the Decorations of one single Tragedy of_ Sophocles_? |
44065 | How long, too, has the Publick been labouring for a Bridge at_ Westminster_? |
44065 | How many sensible Husbands endure the teizing Tongue of a froward Wife only because she is the weaker Vessel? |
44065 | How many_ Whigs_ and_ Tories_ have chang''d their Parties, when their good or bad Pretensions have met with a Check to their higher Preferment? |
44065 | How often does History shew us, in the same State of Courts, the same Politicks have been practis''d? |
44065 | How should they have been able to act, or rise to any Excellence, if you supposed them not to feel or understand what you offer''d them? |
44065 | If either of us could be_ good_ Company, our being professed Poets, I hope would be no Objection to my Lord''s sometimes making one with us? |
44065 | If what I have said carries any Truth in it, why might not the original Form of this Theatre be restor''d? |
44065 | In what Shape could we listen to Virtue with equal Delight or Appetite of Instruction? |
44065 | Is it of more use to the Publick to know their Errors than their Perfections? |
44065 | Let them the_ Traytor_ or_ Volpone_ try, Could they Rage like_ Cethegus_, or like_ Cassius_ die? |
44065 | Or did his mere Appetite of Architecture urge him to build a House, while he could not be sure he should ever have leave to make use of it? |
44065 | Or how are you sure your Friend, the infallible Judge to whom you read your fine Piece, might be sincere in the Praises he gave it? |
44065 | Or why, indeed, may I not suppose that a sensible Reader will rather laugh than look grave at the Pomp of my Parallels? |
44065 | Or, indeed, might not you have thought the best Judge a bad one if he had disliked it? |
44065 | The excuse for its introduction was found in these lines from the"Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot":--"Whom have I hurt? |
44065 | To these Questions I can only answer with two or three more, Was he to punish himself because another was in the wrong? |
44065 | To what then could this Success be owing, but to the intrinsick and naked Value of the well- conducted Tales he has simply told us? |
44065 | Was he a Prophet? |
44065 | Was it not written by_ Shakespear_, and was not_ Shakespear_ one of the greatest Genius''s that ever lived? |
44065 | Well, and what then? |
44065 | Were passionate Insults to be born for Years together? |
44065 | What are we to think of his taking this Lease in the height of his Prosperity, when he could have no Occasion for it? |
44065 | What''s all this idle Prate, you may say, to the matter in hand? |
44065 | Why are you not( said I) where you know you only should be? |
44065 | Why do n''t they give Porter those parts? |
44065 | Why is the Account of Life to be so unequally stated? |
44065 | Why may not I plainly say, it was not the Play, but Me, who had a Hand in it, they did not like? |
44065 | Why then should we not always consider that the Rashness of Abuse is but the false Reason of a weak Man? |
44065 | [ 136] If I am ask''d( after my condemning these Fooleries myself) how I came to assent or continue my Share of Expence to them? |
44065 | [ 137] Now let me ask an odd Question: Had_ Harry the Fourth_ of_ France_ a better Excuse for changing his Religion? |
44065 | [ Footnote 262: What can be more ridiculous than the following anecdote? |
44065 | _ Apollo._ How? |
44065 | _ Ground._ What are you doing here? |
44065 | and that offensive Terms are only used to supply the want of Strength in Argument? |
44065 | but what''s all this to the Purpose?_ Take, therefore, in some part, Example by the Author last mention''d! |
44065 | has poet yet or peer Lost the arch''d eyebrow or Parnassian sneer? |
44065 | his freemasons Moore?" |
44065 | if they were good Actors, why not? |
44065 | if they were not asham''d of it, why did not they publish it? |
44065 | is the Puppy mad? |
44065 | or by not allowing them greater than the greatest Men have been subject to? |
44065 | or how often does Necessity make many unhappy Gentlemen turn Authors in spite of Nature? |
44065 | said I, is that all? |
44065 | that it is as inseparable from our Being as our Nakedness? |
44065 | then_ why_ so, good Mr._ Pope_? |
44065 | what was all this Grievance when weighed against the Qualifications of so grave and staunch a Senator as_ Collier_? |
44065 | what was paltry Pelf to Glory? |
44065 | with how much Ease would such a Director have brought them to better Order? |
44064 | Tell, if you can, which did the worse,_ Caligula_, or_ Gr-- n''s_[ Grafton''s] Gr-- ce? 44064 --How now,_ Sir Courtly_,"said I,"what the devil makes thee in this pickle?" |
44064 | --"What matters it how''twas got,"says he;"can you tell me anything that''s good for it?" |
44064 | And can it add to his Delight that now no Monarch has such room to do mischief in? |
44064 | And if I have a tolerable Feature, will not that as much belong to my Picture as an Imperfection? |
44064 | And is not glad, with all his Heart, To hang so sad a Dog?_ IV. |
44064 | And is not that Law of a milder Nature which_ prevents_ a Crime, than that which_ punishes_ it after it is committed? |
44064 | And what Grace or Master- strokes of Action can we conceive such ungain Hoydens to have been capable of? |
44064 | And what think you? |
44064 | And when I have done it, you may reasonably ask me of what Importance can the History of my private Life be to the Publick? |
44064 | And wou''d''st thou stand so sure a Lay? |
44064 | Being so near the Table, you may naturally ask me what I might have heard to have pass''d in Conversation at it? |
44064 | But can you inform me_ Truman_, when publick Theaters were first erected for this purpose in_ London_? |
44064 | But what will not Satiety depreciate? |
44064 | But, prithee,_ Truman_, what became of these Players when the Stage was put down, and the Rebellion rais''d? |
44064 | By what Rule, then, are we to judge of our true National Taste? |
44064 | Can you guess of what Antiquity the representing of Religious Matters, on the Stage, hath been in_ England_? |
44064 | Can you make me more ridiculous than Nature has made me? |
44064 | Does not the general Opinion of Mankind suppose that the Honour and Reputation of a Minister is, or ought to be, as dear to him as his Life? |
44064 | Does not this prove that there is very near as much Enchantment in the well- govern''d Voice of an Actor as in the sweet Pipe of an Eunuch? |
44064 | Even admitting they were injudiciously chosen, would it not be Vanity in me to take Shame to myself for not being found a Wise Man? |
44064 | Expose me? |
44064 | Fools have as good a Right to be Readers as Men of Sense have, and why not to give their Judgments too? |
44064 | For may it not be more laudable to raise an Estate( whether in Wealth or Fame) by Pains and honest Industry than to be born to it? |
44064 | From what one Article will the Improvement of it appear? |
44064 | Have you seen Mr._ Collier_''s book? |
44064 | Having brought myself to be easy under whatever the World may say of my Undertaking, you may still ask me why I give myself all this trouble? |
44064 | Here I confess my Judgment at a Loss, whether in this I give him more or less than his due Praise? |
44064 | Here, perhaps, I may again seem to be vain; but if all these Facts are true( as true they are) how can I help it? |
44064 | How do I know but then they may be all in a Mutiny, and_ mayhap_( that was his Expression) with_ Powel_ at the Head of''em?" |
44064 | How does that appear? |
44064 | How gladly, in my time of being a Sharer, would we have given four times her Income to an Actress of equal Merit? |
44064 | How long must a Man so injur''d lie bleeding before the Pain and Anguish of his Fame( if it suffers wrongfully) can be dispell''d? |
44064 | How many shining Actors have the warm Scenes of his Genius given to Posterity? |
44064 | How much less dangerous or offensive, then, is the_ written_ than the_ acted_ Scandal? |
44064 | How terrible a Weapon is Satyr in the Hand of a great Genius? |
44064 | How then shall I describe what a better Judge might not be able to express? |
44064 | How was it possible so many could honestly subsist on what was fit to be seen? |
44064 | How would he have drawn_ Fortune trembling_? |
44064 | I know it is the common Opinion, That the more Play- houses the more Emulation; I grant it; but what has this Emulation ended in? |
44064 | If I confess my Vanity while a Boy, can it be Vanity, when a Man, to remember it? |
44064 | If it is unjust, why should I suppose that a sensible Reader will not see it, as well as myself? |
44064 | If these Circumstances have made me vain, shall I say, Sir, you are accountable for them? |
44064 | If these valiant Gentlemen pretend to be Lovers of Plays, why will they deter Gentlemen from giving them such as are fit for Gentlemen to see? |
44064 | In his"Letter"to Pope, 1742, he answers Pope''s line,"And has not Colley still his Lord and Whore?" |
44064 | In what Colours would he have shewn us_ Glory perch''d upon a Beaver_? |
44064 | In what private Cabinet then must this wondrous Monarch lock up his Happiness that common Eyes are never to behold it? |
44064 | In_ Oroonoko_[330]( and why may I not name another, tho''it be my own?) |
44064 | Is any one more unhappy, more ridiculous, than he who is always labouring to be thought so, or that is impatient when he is not thought so? |
44064 | Is it for Fame, or Profit to myself,[6] or Use or Delight to others? |
44064 | Is it, like his Person, a Prisoner to its own Superiority? |
44064 | Is their vast Value in seeing his vulgar Subjects stare at them, wise Men smile at them, or his Children play with them? |
44064 | Is there any blood shed here between these knaues? |
44064 | Johnson?_ How dare you name_ Ben. |
44064 | Johnson_ in these times? |
44064 | May not one think it amazing that the Liberty of defaming lawful Power and Dignity should have been so eloquently contended for? |
44064 | Might we not strengthen this Argument, too, even by the Eloquence that seem''d to have opposed this Law? |
44064 | Must Shakespear, Fletcher, and laborious Ben, Be left for Scaramouch and Harlaquin?"] |
44064 | Now I have laid myself at your Feet, what will you do with me? |
44064 | Now, is it not hard that it should be a doubt whether this Lady''s Condition or ours were the more melancholy? |
44064 | Or are we to suppose it unnatural that a Murther should be thoroughly committed out of an old red Coat and a black Perriwig? |
44064 | Or can the new Extent of his Dominions add a Cubit to his Happiness? |
44064 | Or does he at last poorly place it in the Triumph of his injurious Devastations? |
44064 | Or if the Particularity lies in owning my Weakness, will my wisest Reader be so inhuman as not to pardon it? |
44064 | Or is the Outrage of Hunger and Necessity more enormous than the Ravage of Ambition? |
44064 | Or why was I kept a third Day with you, to tell you more of the same Story? |
44064 | Or, admit I were able to expose them by a laughing Reply, will not that Reply beget a Rejoinder? |
44064 | Perhaps the very Words of_ Shakespear_ will better let you into my Meaning:_ Must I give way and room to your rash Choler? |
44064 | Shall I be frighted when a Madman stares?_ And a little after,_ There is no Terror,_ Cassius,_ in your Looks_! |
44064 | Shall I go a little farther? |
44064 | Shall a place be put down, when we see it affords_ Fit wives for great poets_, and whores for great lords? |
44064 | Sir_ Coll,_ is that thy Way, Thy own dull Praise to write? |
44064 | The Actors? |
44064 | The other retorted aloud,''_ Thomas Appletree_? |
44064 | Was not his Empire wide enough before to do good in? |
44064 | Well, when the Dust has been brusht from his Purple, what will he do next? |
44064 | Were not those Patentees most sagacious Oeconomists that could lay hold on so notable an Expedient to lessen their Charge? |
44064 | Were there so many Companies? |
44064 | What Appetite, then, are these shining Treasures food for? |
44064 | What Author would not envy me so frolicksome a Fault that had such publick Honours paid to it? |
44064 | What a Mockery is Greatness without them? |
44064 | What an involuntary Compliment did the Reporters of this falshood make me? |
44064 | What kind of Playhouses had they before the Wars? |
44064 | When the Fray was over I took my Friend aside, and ask''d him, How he came to be so earnestly against me? |
44064 | When they confine themselves to a sober Criticism upon what I write; if their Censure is just, what answer can I make to it? |
44064 | Whereas the Stage, he could not but know, was generally allow''d, when rightly conducted, to be a delightful Method of mending our Morals? |
44064 | Why am I oblig''d to conceal them? |
44064 | Why are Histories written, if all Men are not to judge of them? |
44064 | Why not? |
44064 | Why so? |
44064 | Why then is an Actor more blemish''d than a Cardinal? |
44064 | Why then was I desired the next Day to give you a second Lecture? |
44064 | Why, dear Sir, does not every Man that writes expose himself? |
44064 | Will it arise from the conscious Pride of having done his weaker Enemy an Injury? |
44064 | Will it, however, admit of a Question, which of the two Compositions a good Writer would rather wish to have been the Author of? |
44064 | Will not they judge as well from what_ I_ say as what_ You_ say? |
44064 | Yet even there, how liable is Prejudice to misuse it? |
44064 | Yet if his Scenes really were, as to me they always seem''d, delightful, are they not, thus expeditiously written, the more surprising? |
44064 | You may well ask me, How could I possibly commit such a Wantonness to Paper? |
44064 | [ 111] Where, then, must have lain the Charm that once made the Publick so partial to this Tragedy? |
44064 | [ 176] How unaccountably, then, does a Genius for the Stage make its way towards Perfection? |
44064 | [ 198] Is it possible that such Auditors can receive Delight, or think it any Praise to them, to prosecute so injurious, so unmanly a Treatment? |
44064 | [ 372] When I ask''d him where were his Actors, and in what manner he intended to proceed? |
44064 | [ 40] Shall I be sincere? |
44064 | [ Footnote 41:"_ Frankly._ Is it not commendable in a Man of Parts, to be warmly concerned for his Reputation? |
44064 | [ Footnote 73:"As where''s that palace whereinto foul things Sometimes intrude not?" |
44064 | _ Author[ Cibber]._ And would it not be as well, if their Works defended themselves?" |
44064 | _ Can none remember? |
44064 | _ Joseph._ A Gods sake, is she with child, sche? |
44064 | _ Lord Place._ Sack, say you? |
44064 | _ Pard._ Why sholde I suffre the, more than thou me? |
44064 | _ Who sees thee in_ Iago''s_ Part, But thinks thee such a Rogue? |
44064 | and a Desire to know what a Spirit so seemingly distrest might wish or enjoin a sorrowful Son to execute towards his future Quiet in the Grave? |
44064 | and allow that this Extreme is more pardonable than its opposite Error? |
44064 | and own my frailty? |
44064 | and what of all this? |
44064 | do n''t you know my name, Bob? |
44064 | how can a single_ girdle_ do me good, when a_ Brace_ was my destruction?"'' |
44064 | how weak are the strongest Works of Art when Nature besieges it? |
44064 | little more than a Declaration that there was such a Right in being; but who ever saw it enjoy''d? |
44064 | my name is Will Pinkethman:''and, immediately addressing an inhabitant of the upper regions, he said''Hark you, friend; do n''t you know my name?'' |
44064 | or rather, shall I in some measure excuse them? |
44064 | since all this is so far out of the reach of Description, how shall I shew you_ Betterton_? |
44064 | they always clap him on a black Perriwig? |
44064 | what are those? |
44064 | what can Truth avail, when its Dependance is much more upon the Ignorant than the sensible Auditor? |
44064 | what has that avail''d? |
44064 | when it is well known one of the greatest Rogues in_ England_ always wears a fair one_? |
44064 | whether that may yet draw him nearer to you? |
6741 | ''Shall I be ill to- day?--shall I be nervous?'' 6741 Ah, why should the glittering stream Reflect thus delusive the scene? |
6741 | Ca n''t bear to be doing nothing.--''Can I do anything for any body any where?'' 6741 How is the Saint to- day? |
6741 | Is it impossible to contrive this? 6741 So, Nico-- how comes it you are so late in your inquiries after your mistress? |
6741 | Sweet tut''ress of music and love, Sweet bird, if''tis thee that I hear, Why left you so early the grove, To lavish your melody here? 6741 Welcome, welcome*****"_ Pev._ What art thou? |
6741 | Welcome, welcome,& c._ Pev._ Who art thou? |
6741 | Who has not heard each poet sing The powers of Heliconian spring? 6741 You dogs, I''m Jupiter Imperial, King, Emperor, and Pope aetherial, Master of th''Ordnance of the sky.--"_ Sim._ Z----ds, where''s the ordnance? |
6741 | _ 1st Dev._ True, true,--Helial, where is thy catch? 6741 _ Arn._ What, is she here? |
6741 | _ Brisk._ I know whom you mean-- but, deuce take her, I ca n''t hit off her name either-- paints, d''ye say? 6741 _ Brisk._ Who? |
6741 | _ Cler._ Then I think I have a right to expect an implicit answer from you, whether you are in any respect privy to her elopement? 6741 _ Col._ For shame, Mopsa-- now, I say Maister Lubin, must n''t she give me a kiss to make it well? |
6741 | _ Colin._ What, ca n''t he bite? 6741 _ Duenna._ How, Sir-- am I so like your mother? |
6741 | _ Duenna._ What is your friend saying, Don? 6741 _ Duenna._ What then, Sir, are you comparing me to some wanton-- some courtezan? |
6741 | _ Glee._What''s a woman good for? |
6741 | _ Hunts._ Nor like thee ever shall-- but would''st thou leave this place, and live with such as I am? 6741 _ Hunts._ Oh never such as thou art-- witness all...."_ Reg._ Then wherefore couldst thou not live here? |
6741 | _ Isaac._ Stay, dear Madam-- my friend meant-- that you put him in mind of what his mother was when a girl-- didn''t you, Moses? 6741 _ Jarv._''China for ditto''--"_ Sir P._ What, does he eat out of china? |
6741 | _ Jerome._ Have they? 6741 _ Lady Clio._''What am I reading?'' |
6741 | _ Lady F._ Ay, my dear, were you? 6741 _ Lady S._ But is that sufficient, do you think? |
6741 | _ Lady S._ But you seem disturbed; and where are Maria and Sir Benjamin? 6741 _ Lady S._ Clerimont, why do you leave us? |
6741 | _ Lady S._ Did you circulate the report of Lady Brittle''s intrigue with Captain Boastall? 6741 _ Lady S._ Have you answered Sir Benjamin''s last letter in the manner I wished? |
6741 | _ Lady S._ What have you done as to the innuendo of Miss Niceley''s fondness for her own footman? 6741 _ Lady Sneerwell._ Well, my love, have you seen Clerimont to- day? |
6741 | _ Lady T._ But how shall I be sure now that you are sincere? 6741 _ Lady T._ Do you think so? |
6741 | _ Lady T._ Shall I tell you the truth? 6741 _ Lady T._ Sincerely, I never thought about you; did you imagine that age was catching? |
6741 | _ Lady T._ What, musing, or thinking of me? 6741 _ Lady T._ Why, Sir Peter, would you starve the poor animal? |
6741 | _ Lord F._ Why, they are of a pretty fancy; but do n''t you think them rather of the smallest? 6741 _ M._ But do n''t you think it may be too grave? |
6741 | _ M._ Sir, I have read your comedy, and I think it has infinite merit, but, pray, do n''t you think it rather grave? 6741 _ Macd._ But pray, Mr. Simile, how did Ixion get into heaven? |
6741 | _ Mar._ How can I believe your love sincere, when you continue still to importune me? 6741 _ Mar._ Nay, madam, have I not done everything you wished? |
6741 | _ Mar._ That you shall ever be entitled to-- then I may depend upon your honor? 6741 _ Monop._ Tom, where is Amphitryon? |
6741 | _ Moses._ Where is your mistress? 6741 _ Nico._ Oh mercy, no-- we find a great comfort in our sorrow-- don''t we, Lubin? |
6741 | _ Osc._ But why do n''t you rouse yourselves, and, since you can meet with no requital of your passion, return the proud maid scorn for scorn? 6741 _ Osc._ Have n''t you spoke with her since her return? |
6741 | _ Pev._ And art thou not ashamed to draw the sword for thou know''st not what-- and to be the victim and food of others''folly? 6741 _ Pev._ Are you not one of those who fawn and lie, and cringe like spaniels to those a little higher, and take revenge by tyranny on all beneath? |
6741 | _ Pev._ How rose you then? 6741 _ Pev._ This crime is new-- what shall we do with him?" |
6741 | _ Pev._ Thou dost not now deny it? 6741 _ Pev._ Wast thou in the battle of--? |
6741 | _ Pev._ What sort of a man? 6741 _ Pev._ What was the quarrel? |
6741 | _ Pev._ What, art thou a soldier too? 6741 _ Pev._ What, thou wert amorous? |
6741 | _ Pev._ Your name? 6741 _ Pev._ Your use? |
6741 | _ Reg._ It is no ill thing, is it? 6741 _ Reg._ Why may not you live here with such as I? |
6741 | _ Sim._ This hint I took from Handel.--Well, how do you think we go on? 6741 _ Sim._ Was it not? |
6741 | _ Sim._ Zounds, he''s not arrested too, is he? 6741 _ Sir B._ I believe you are pretty right there; but what follows? |
6741 | _ Sir B._ To my great honor, sir.--Well, my dear friend? 6741 _ Sir P._ Then you wish me dead? |
6741 | _ Sir P._ Why did you say so? 6741 _ Smith._ Where? |
6741 | _ Song._Wilt thou then leave me? |
6741 | _ Spat._ But how can you hope to succeed? 6741 _ Spat._ But will not Maria, on the least unkindness of Clerimont, instantly come to an explanation? |
6741 | _ Spat._ Have I ever shown myself one moment unconscious of what I owe you? 6741 _ Spat._ Have you taken any measure for it? |
6741 | _ Spat._ Perhaps his nephew, the baronet, Sir Benjamin Backbite, is the happy man? 6741 _ Teaz._ Are those their bills in your hand? |
6741 | _ Teaz._ What the deuce was the matter with the seat? 6741 _ Teaz._ Who''s there? |
6741 | _ Young P._ Am I doomed for ever to suspense? 6741 _ Young P._ I was thinking unkindly of you; do you know now that you must repay me for this delay, or I must be coaxed into good humor? |
6741 | _[ Footnote: The Epicurean] The pretty lines,Mark''d you her cheek of rosy hue?" |
6741 | *****"''Shall you be at Lady----''s? |
6741 | *****"A man intriguing, only for the reputation of it-- to his confidential servant:''Who am I in love with now?'' |
6741 | *****"What are the affectations you chiefly dislike? |
6741 | *****"_ Sir P._ Then, you never had a desire to please me, or add to my happiness? |
6741 | --''Lady L. has promised to meet me in her carriage to- morrow-- where is the most public place?'' |
6741 | --''Well, any news?'' |
6741 | --''Were you at the Grecian to- day?'' |
6741 | --''What, is''t a secret?'' |
6741 | .... Mark''d you her cheek of rosy hue? |
6741 | Ah, why does a rosy- ting''d beam Thus vainly enamel the green? |
6741 | Among the former kind is the following elaborate conceit:--"_ Falk._ Has Lydia changed her mind? |
6741 | Amphitryon!--''tis Simile calls.--Why, where the devil is he? |
6741 | And does that thought affect thee too, The thought of Sylvio''s death, That he who only breathed for you, Must yield that faithful breath? |
6741 | Ask''st thou how long my love will stay, When all that''s new is past;-- How long, ah Delia, can I say How long my life will last? |
6741 | Betsey informs me you have written to him again-- have you heard from him?.... |
6741 | But had Mr. Hastings the merit of exhibiting either of these descriptions of greatness,--even of the latter? |
6741 | But where does Laura pass her lonely hours? |
6741 | But you, oh you, by nature formed of gentler kind, can_ you_ endure the biting storm? |
6741 | But, may I ask how such sweet excellence as thine could be hid in such a place? |
6741 | By that rule, why do you indulge in the least superfluity? |
6741 | Ca n''t the under part(''A smoky house,& c.'') be sung by one person and the other two change? |
6741 | Cand._ So, Lady Sneerwell, how d''ye do? |
6741 | Candor._ But sure you would not be quite so severe on those who only report what they hear? |
6741 | Did your ladyship never hear how poor Miss Shepherd lost her lover and her character last summer at Scarborough? |
6741 | Does she still haunt the grot and willow- tree? |
6741 | For you, I have departed from truth, and contaminated my mind with falsehood-- what could I do more to serve you? |
6741 | H._ True, gallant Raleigh.--"_ Dangle._ What, had they been talking before? |
6741 | Have you forgot the pistol? |
6741 | Have you not wrought on me to proffer my love to Lady Sneerwell? |
6741 | How shall I be sure you love me? |
6741 | I ask you to tell me sincerely-- have you ever perceived it? |
6741 | I expect Sir Benjamin and his uncle this morning-- why, Maria, do you always leave our little parties? |
6741 | I fear where that devil Lady Patchet is concerned there can be no good-- but is there not a son? |
6741 | I need not repeat my caution as to Clerimont? |
6741 | I never was more posed: I''m sure you can not mean that ridiculous old knight, Sir Christopher Crab? |
6741 | I''m glad to find I have worked on him so far;--fie, Maria, have you so little regard for me? |
6741 | If their intentions were right, why should they fear to have their power balanced, and their conduct examined? |
6741 | If you do n''t like it for words, will you give us one? |
6741 | Is he not attached to you? |
6741 | Is her hand so white and pure? |
6741 | Is it indeed the dread abode of guilt, or refuge of a band of thieves? |
6741 | Is it not solely to be traced in great actions directed to great ends? |
6741 | Is not such conduct actionable? |
6741 | Major Wesley''s Miss Montague? |
6741 | Maria, child, how dost? |
6741 | Mark''d you her eye of sparkling blue? |
6741 | Meli, what say you? |
6741 | More shame for them!--What business have honor or titles to survive, when property is extinct? |
6741 | Must I praise her melody? |
6741 | Must I, with attentive eye, Watch her heaving bosom sigh? |
6741 | O rat the fellow,--where can all his sense lie, To gallify the lady so immensely? |
6741 | Of the many you have seen here, have you ever observed me, secretly, to favor one? |
6741 | Pray what is the meaning of my hearing so seldom from Bath? |
6741 | Shall Silvio from his wreath of various flowr''s Neglect to cull one simple sweet for thee? |
6741 | Shall we who reign lords here, again lend ourselves to swell the train of tyranny and usurpation? |
6741 | Sir Benjamin or Clerimont? |
6741 | So lovely all-- where shall the bard be found, Who can to_ one_ alone attune his lays? |
6741 | There, Madam, do not you think we shall do your Rivals some justice? |
6741 | Therefore my idea is, that he should make a flourish at''Shall I grieve thee?'' |
6741 | Thornhill, can you wish to add infamy to their poverty? |
6741 | Tom, are not you prepared? |
6741 | Well, Jarvis? |
6741 | Well, who is''t you are to marry at last? |
6741 | What confidence can he ever have in me, if he once finds I have broken my word to him? |
6741 | What country does your bear come from? |
6741 | What do you mean by the projects of a man''s_ nature_? |
6741 | What is there you could not command me in? |
6741 | What then have the Greeks or Romans to do with our music? |
6741 | What therefore could they gain by such a connection? |
6741 | What think you of Clerimont? |
6741 | What think you of turning methodist, Jack? |
6741 | What various charms the admiring youth surround, How shall he sing, or how attempt to praise? |
6741 | What, plagued to death?'' |
6741 | What, shall I stop short with the game in full view? |
6741 | Where am I now? |
6741 | Wo n''t you join with us? |
6741 | Would she have me praise her hair? |
6741 | Yet, do I bear any enmity to you, as my rival? |
6741 | You know Lady Patchet? |
6741 | You were very tardy; what are your sisters about? |
6741 | _ Do I know how long my life shall yet endure? |
6741 | am I not slighted for you? |
6741 | and on what provocation? |
6741 | and sees''t thou Myra''s eyes? |
6741 | canst thou go from me, To woo the fair that love the gaudy day? |
6741 | could n''t you leave Tom[ Footnote: Mrs. Sheridan''s eldest brother] to superintend the concert for a few days? |
6741 | cries the old deaf dowager Lady Bowlwell,''has Miss Shepherd of Ramsgate been brought to bed of twins?'' |
6741 | did my Lord say that I was always very busy? |
6741 | does she give her footmen a hundred a year? |
6741 | have you expended the hundred pounds I gave you for her use? |
6741 | in the tyring room? |
6741 | my Lady Toothless? |
6741 | no, no-- it was thirty months he said, Ma''am-- wasn''t it, Moses? |
6741 | shall you be turned to the nipping blast, and not a door be open to give you shelter?" |
6741 | speak on-- and yet, methinks, he should not kneel so-- why are you afraid, Sir? |
6741 | upon my vord vary pritt,--_thrum, thrum, thrum,_--stay, stay,--_thrum, thrum,_--Hoa? |
6741 | what was thy employment then, friend? |
6741 | why did she not fairly tell me that she was weary of my addresses? |
6741 | why did you ever hear any people in the clouds sing plain? |
6741 | would you put me to the shame of being known to love a man who disregards me? |
10587 | What,says Ethalion,"must the ship''s whole crew Follow your humour, and depend on you?" |
10587 | ''A truce?'' |
10587 | ''All whither,''cries Narcissus,''dost thou fly? |
10587 | ''And pray what''s this, and this, dear sir?'' |
10587 | ''Beside, If boys can mortify thy pride, How wilt thou stand the ridicule Of our whole flock? |
10587 | ''But why such haste?'' |
10587 | ''Can spleen contain? |
10587 | ''Friend,''quoth the cur,''I meant no harm; Then, why so captious? |
10587 | ''Hast thou, thou most ungrateful sot, My charge, my only charge forgot? |
10587 | ''How fares my girl? |
10587 | ''Is there no hope?'' |
10587 | ''Say, friend, what care Calls for thy honest labour there?'' |
10587 | ''Shall I,''says he,''of tender age, In this important care engage? |
10587 | ''Tis every country- bubble''s ca nt; Am I the patroness of vice? |
10587 | ''To hear you prate would vex a saint; Who hath most reason of complaint?'' |
10587 | ''Ungrateful creatures, whence arise These murmurs which offend the skies? |
10587 | ''Well, puss,''says man,''and what can you To benefit the public do?'' |
10587 | ''What can one do? |
10587 | ''What foe( to frustrate my designs) My schemes thus nightly countermines?'' |
10587 | ''When,''says the boy,''had I to do With either your affairs or you? |
10587 | ''Whence is this dread of every creature? |
10587 | ''Where, sir, is all this dainty cheer? |
10587 | ''While there is life, there''s hope,''he cried;''Then why such haste?'' |
10587 | ''Why are those tears? |
10587 | ''Why so severe?'' |
10587 | ''Why was this idle charge?'' |
10587 | 3 The merchant, robb''d of pleasure, Sees tempests in despair: But what''s the loss of treasure, To losing of my dear? |
10587 | 4 How can they say that nature Has nothing made in vain; Why then beneath the water Should hideous rocks remain? |
10587 | A Barley- mow, which stood beside, Thus to its musing master cried:''Say, good sir, is it fit or right To treat me with neglect and slight? |
10587 | Acrisius from the Grecian walls repelled This boasted power; why then should Pentheus yield? |
10587 | Addressing now the fly:''From you What public service can accrue?'' |
10587 | Against plain facts shall I engage, To vindicate our righteous age? |
10587 | Aloof he bays, with bristling hair, And thus in secret growls his fear:''Who knows but truth, in this disguise, May frustrate my best- guarded lies? |
10587 | Am I a privilege denied, Indulged by every tongue beside? |
10587 | Am I for life by compact bound To tread the wheel''s eternal round? |
10587 | Am I to blame, If men in morals are the same? |
10587 | An honest pismire, warm with zeal, In justice to the public weal, Thus spoke:''The nation''s hoard is low, From whence doth this profusion flow? |
10587 | And do not tyrants, prouder things, Think men were born for slaves to kings? |
10587 | And does the plough for this my body tear? |
10587 | And who shall now on Juno''s altars wait, When those she hates grow greater by her hate? |
10587 | And would she thus my search prevent? |
10587 | And, lest the guilty hear and dread, Shall not the decalogue be read? |
10587 | Are not his hours by want depress''d? |
10587 | Are those poor sweepings of a groom, That filthy sight, that nauseous fume, Meet objects here? |
10587 | Art thou the herald of disgrace, Denouncing war to all thy race? |
10587 | Ask those who know me, if distrust E''er found me treacherous or unjust? |
10587 | At this, galled Reynard winced and swore Such language ne''er was given before:_ 100''What''s lamb to me? |
10587 | Because my blessings are abused, Must I be censured, cursed, accused? |
10587 | Besides, if pensions were denied, Could avarice support its pride? |
10587 | But grant me guilty; what has Neptune done? |
10587 | But shall I hide your real praise, Or tell you what a nation says? |
10587 | But tell me how the friendship grew Between that paltry flint and you?'' |
10587 | But what are these? |
10587 | But whither roves my devious Muse, intent On antique tales, while yet the royal stag Unsung remains? |
10587 | But who can drive the numerous breed? |
10587 | But who can run the British triumphs o''er, And count the flames dispersed on every shore? |
10587 | But who is he Fresh as a rose- bud newly blown, and fair As opening lilies; on whom every eye With joy and admiration dwells? |
10587 | But why on me those curses thrown? |
10587 | But why should I despair? |
10587 | By promises so often paid, Is yet your tailor''s bill defrayed? |
10587 | By these have laws and rights been braved; By these were free- born men enslaved: When battles and invasion cease, Why swarm they in a land of peace? |
10587 | Call ye that your own? |
10587 | Can grave and formal pass for wise, When men the solemn owl despise? |
10587 | Can he discern the different natures, And weigh the power of other creatures_ 40 Who by the partial work hath shown He knows so little of his own? |
10587 | Can he pour health into his veins, Or cool the fever''s restless pains? |
10587 | Can he( worn down in Nature''s course) New- brace his feeble nerves with force? |
10587 | Can hollow timbrels, can a drunken shout, And the lewd clamours of a beastly rout, Thus quell your courage? |
10587 | Can man, weak man, thy power defeat? |
10587 | Can neither injuries of time, nor age, Damp thy poetic heat, and quench thy rage? |
10587 | Can nothing quell thy thunder''s rage, Which spares no friend, nor sex, nor age? |
10587 | Can such offence your anger wake? |
10587 | Can those prolong one gasp of breath, Or calm the troubled hour of death? |
10587 | Can thy good deeds in former times Outweigh the balance of thy crimes? |
10587 | Canst thou discern another''s mind? |
10587 | Consider Courts: what draws their train? |
10587 | Consider man in every sphere, Then tell me is your lot severe? |
10587 | Could fools to keep their own contrive, On what, on whom could gamesters thrive? |
10587 | Dares man upon himself confide? |
10587 | Did I e''er faith or friendship break? |
10587 | Did I e''er see him life enjoy? |
10587 | Did I the nightly watches keep, Could thieves invade you while you sleep?'' |
10587 | Did I the shuffling art reveal, 105 To mark the cards, or range the deal? |
10587 | Did I, base wretch, corrupt mankind? |
10587 | Did man from him first learn to fawn? |
10587 | Did not thy headstrong youth disdain To learn the conduct of the rein? |
10587 | Did princely ears to truth attend, What minister could gain his end? |
10587 | Do not the mason''s toil and care Protect him from the inclement air? |
10587 | Do not we just abhorrence find Against the toad and serpent kind? |
10587 | Does art, wit, wisdom, or address, Obtain the prostitute''s caress? |
10587 | Does commerce suffer in her rights? |
10587 | Does it not lovers''hearts explain, And drudge to raise the merchant''s gain? |
10587 | Does it to Chloe''s charms conduce, To found her praise on our abuse? |
10587 | Does justice or the client''s sense Teach lawyers either side''s defence? |
10587 | Does not the cutler''s art supply The ornament that guards his thigh? |
10587 | Does not the hawk all fowls survey, As destined only for his prey? |
10587 | Does not the hound betray our pace, And gins and guns destroy our race? |
10587 | Endued with native strength and fire, Why called I not the lion sire? |
10587 | Ere I begin, I must premise Our ministers are good and wise; So, though malicious tongues apply, Pray what care they, or what care I? |
10587 | Fly they our figure or our nature?'' |
10587 | Forth from his yard a tanner flies, And to the bold intruder cries:''A cudgel shall correct your manners, Whence sprung this cursed hate to tanners? |
10587 | Had I with milliners been bred, What had I been? |
10587 | Had he the real likeness shown, Would any man the picture own? |
10587 | Hast thou old Greece and Rome surveyed, And the vast sense of Plato weighed? |
10587 | Hath Socrates thy soul refined, And hast thou fathomed Tully''s mind? |
10587 | Hath no one since his death applied?'' |
10587 | Hath thy toil O''er books consumed the midnight oil? |
10587 | Have you a friend( look round and spy) So fond, so prepossessed as I? |
10587 | Have you( as times required) resigned Truth, honour, virtue, peace of mind? |
10587 | Have you( like those she raised to place) Been opportunely mean and base? |
10587 | He saw the boy''s confusion in his face,_ 40 Surprised at all the wonders of the place; And cries aloud,''What wants my son? |
10587 | High on the twig I''ve seen you cling; Play, twist and turn in airy ring: How can those clumsy things, like me, Fly with a bound from tree to tree? |
10587 | How could he raise his tools to place, And how his honest foes disgrace? |
10587 | How does the miser time employ? |
10587 | How little is their interest known? |
10587 | How long, great poet, shall thy sacred lays Provoke our wonder, and transcend our praise? |
10587 | How went the morning chase?'' |
10587 | I grant it does: and who''s so great, That has the privilege to cheat? |
10587 | I hope corruption, bribery, pension, One may with detestation mention:_ 60 Think you the law( let who will take it) Can_ scandalum magnatum_ make it? |
10587 | I strike at vice, be''t where it will; And what if great folks take it ill? |
10587 | If I lash vice in general fiction, Is''t I apply, or self- conviction? |
10587 | If general morals seem to joke On ministers, and such like folk, A captious fool may take offence; What then? |
10587 | If jealous foes Thy rights of commerce dare oppose,_ 10 Shall not thy fleets their rapine awe? |
10587 | If we''re too scrupulously just, What profit''s in a place of trust? |
10587 | If''tis offence such truths to tell, Why do your merits thus excel? |
10587 | Impertinence at first is borne With heedless slight, or smiles of scorn; Teased into wrath, what patience bears The noisy fool who perseveres? |
10587 | Is happiness your point in view? |
10587 | Is innocence secure? |
10587 | Is it Adonis for the chase arrayed? |
10587 | Is it ambition fires thy breast, Or avarice that ne''er can rest? |
10587 | Is it in charity you game, To save your worthy gang from shame? |
10587 | Is nature''s choicest gift debarred? |
10587 | Is not the poet''s chiming close Censured by all the sons of prose? |
10587 | Is then my high descent forgot? |
10587 | Is then your other husband dead? |
10587 | Is there a bard whom genius fires, Whose every thought the god inspires? |
10587 | Is''t I who cog or palm the dice? |
10587 | Is''t fit That I to industry submit? |
10587 | Know''st thou the loadstone''s power and art, That virtue virtues can impart? |
10587 | Like him I draw from general nature; Is''t I or you then fix the satire? |
10587 | Man, Scripture says, is prone to evil, But does that vindicate the devil? |
10587 | Me to myself dost thou betray?'' |
10587 | Men laugh at apes, they men contemn; For what are we, but apes to them? |
10587 | Methinks my tenants shun my gate; Why such a stranger grown of late? |
10587 | Might you not then( like others) find With change of fortune, change of mind? |
10587 | Must I too flatter like the rest, And turn my morals to a jest? |
10587 | Must we, to flatter her, be made To wither, envy, pine and fade?'' |
10587 | Must you not pitifully fawn, To have your butcher''s writ withdrawn? |
10587 | Of all his talents I partake, Who then can such a friend forsake? |
10587 | Or Britain''s second hope? |
10587 | Or does a worse disgrace betide? |
10587 | Or does her harvest store the place, A treasure for her younger race? |
10587 | Or is it native strength of thought, That thus, without concern or fright, You view yourself by reason''s light? |
10587 | Or seek his old abodes, Or herd among the deer, and skulk in woods? |
10587 | Or were you dignified with power, Would that avert one pensive hour? |
10587 | Or who the quivering bog Soft yielding to the step? |
10587 | Play might relieve the lagging morn: By cards long wintry nights are borne: Does not quadrille amuse the fair, Night after night, throughout the year? |
10587 | Provided that his clerk was good, What though he nothing understood? |
10587 | Say, brother, whence the dire disgrace? |
10587 | Seek ye to thrive? |
10587 | Seek you to train your fav''rite boy? |
10587 | Shall I nor vows, nor incense know? |
10587 | Shall I not censure breach of trust, Because knaves know themselves unjust? |
10587 | Shall I, who boast a noble line, On offals of these creatures dine? |
10587 | Shall haughty man my back bestride? |
10587 | Shall luxury corrupt the hive, And none against the torrent strive? |
10587 | Shall not my fable censure vice, Because a knave is over- nice? |
10587 | Shall the sharp spur provoke my side? |
10587 | Shall then our nobler jaws submit To foam and champ the galling bit? |
10587 | Shall we our servitude retain, Because our sires have borne the chain? |
10587 | Shall we, like formal Capuchins, Stubborn in pride, retain the mode, And bear about the hairy load? |
10587 | Should some more curious sportsman here inquire, Whence this sagacity, this wondrous power Of tracing step by step, or man or brute? |
10587 | Sore wept the centaur, and to Phoebus prayed; But how could Phoebus give the centaur aid? |
10587 | Stretch life beyond the destined hour? |
10587 | That herbs for cattle daily I renew, And food for man, and frankincense for you? |
10587 | The blessing sent, Were ever parents more content? |
10587 | The dog the parley thus begun:''How can that strong intrepid mind Attack a weak defenceless kind? |
10587 | The double bribe had his false heart beguiled:_ 30 The god, successful in the trial, smiled;''And dost thou thus betray myself to me? |
10587 | The examples of our days regard; Where''s virtue seen without reward? |
10587 | The juggler now in grief of heart, With this submission owned her art:_ 70''Can I such matchless sleight withstand? |
10587 | The lion, wolf, and tiger''s brood, He curses, for their thirst of blood: But is not man to man a prey? |
10587 | The miser, trembling, locked his chest; The vision frowned, and thus address''d:_ 30''Whence is this vile ungrateful rant? |
10587 | The restless youth searched all the world around; But how can Jove in his amours be found? |
10587 | Then why to me such rancour show? |
10587 | There may( if computation''s just) One now and then my conduct trust:_ 110 I blame the fool, for what can I, When ninety- nine my power defy? |
10587 | Think you''tis loyalty or gain? |
10587 | Think, Gay,( what ne''er may be the case,) Should fortune take you into grace, Would that your happiness augment? |
10587 | This the reward for all the fruits I bear, Tortured with rakes, and harassed all the year? |
10587 | This wants an heir, the line is lost: Why was that vain entail engross''d? |
10587 | Those eyes of so divine a ray, What are they? |
10587 | Unless you furnished daily bread, Which way could idleness be fed? |
10587 | Unless you previously are fee''d? |
10587 | Was I e''er known to damp your spirit, Or twit you with the want of merit? |
10587 | Was I not right? |
10587 | Was it, these sycophants to get, Your bounty swelled a nation''s debt? |
10587 | We from the wordy torrent fly: Who listens to the chattering pye? |
10587 | Were he in power, we need not doubt him: But that transferred to those about him, On them he throws the regal cares: And what mind they? |
10587 | Were this the case, let''s take a view, What dreadful mischiefs would ensue; Though it might aggrandise the state, Could private luxury dine on plate? |
10587 | Were you by Antoninus[1] taught? |
10587 | What are their compasses and rules? |
10587 | What can from such be hoped, but a base brood Of coward curs, a frantic, vagrant race? |
10587 | What can she give beyond content? |
10587 | What could he do? |
10587 | What could, fond youth, this helpless passion move? |
10587 | What distant land, what region, can afford An action worthy his victorious sword? |
10587 | What envious hand hath robbed your face?'' |
10587 | What friends were made? |
10587 | What guide invisible points out their way, O''er the dank marsh, bleak hill, and sandy plain? |
10587 | What is''t to me by whom begot? |
10587 | What is''t to us what was before? |
10587 | What is''t, who rules in other lands? |
10587 | What kindle in thee this unpitied love? |
10587 | What matter ignorance and pride? |
10587 | What mortal can deny When suppliant beauty begs? |
10587 | What new desires are these? |
10587 | What now is all your pride, your boast? |
10587 | What profits me thy boast of blood? |
10587 | What prudence can prevent madness, the worst Of maladies? |
10587 | What sailor dares dispute his skill? |
10587 | What then? |
10587 | What then? |
10587 | What then? |
10587 | What tongues now feed you with applause? |
10587 | What will not spite? |
10587 | What wish you? |
10587 | What''s beauty? |
10587 | What''s man in all his boast of sway? |
10587 | What, if no heroes frown From marble pedestals; nor Raphael''s works, Nor Titian''s lively tints, adorn our walls? |
10587 | When Pentheus thus his wicked rage express''d;''What madness, Thebans, has your soul possess''d? |
10587 | When by the breath of fortune blown, Your airy castles were o''erthrown; Have I been over- prone to blame, Or mortified your hours with shame? |
10587 | When naval traffic ploughs the main, Who shares not in the merchant''s gain? |
10587 | When you the pilfering rattle shake, Is not your honour too at stake? |
10587 | Whence could the gross mistake proceed? |
10587 | Whence had you this illustrious name? |
10587 | Whene''er we through the village stray, Are we not mocked along the way; Insulted with loud shouts of scorn, By boys our beards disgraced and torn?'' |
10587 | Where are the champions of your cause? |
10587 | Where are the father''s mouth and nose, The mother''s eyes, as black as sloes? |
10587 | Where are their sorrows, disappointments, wrongs, Vexations, sickness, cares? |
10587 | Where are your slaves, your flattering host? |
10587 | Where can one go? |
10587 | Where rages not oppression? |
10587 | Where shall he turn? |
10587 | Where will he next the flying Gaul defeat, To make the series of his toils complete? |
10587 | Where yet was ever found a mother, Who''d give her booby for another? |
10587 | Where''s the respect to wisdom paid? |
10587 | Where''s this vexatious turnspit gone? |
10587 | Who can describe the scattered victory, And draw the reader on from sea to sea? |
10587 | Who can observe the careful ant, And not provide for future want? |
10587 | Who can recount the mischiefs o''er? |
10587 | Who dares with reason''s power contend? |
10587 | Who has not heard of Sir Richard Steele? |
10587 | Who hath not heard coquettes complain Of days, months, years, misspent in vain? |
10587 | Who hath not heard the rich complain Of surfeits and corporeal pain? |
10587 | Who is''t prescribes the ocean law? |
10587 | Who now The dangerous pitfall fears, with tangling heath High- overgrown? |
10587 | Who then would think( since such, my power) That e''er I knew an idle hour? |
10587 | Who''s born for sloth? |
10587 | Who, then, shall glory in his post? |
10587 | Whom should I court? |
10587 | Why all around this cackling train, Who haunt my ears for chicken slain? |
10587 | Why are his waters boiling in the sun? |
10587 | Why are those bleeding turkeys here? |
10587 | Why didst thou, venturous lover, Why didst thou trust the seas? |
10587 | Why is''t you envy? |
10587 | Why lose we life in anxious cares, To lay in hoards for future years? |
10587 | Why neighs the warrior horse? |
10587 | Why on the banks of Gemna, Indian stream, Line within line, rise the pavilions proud, Their silken streamers waving in the wind? |
10587 | Why shines the polished helm, and pointed lance, This way and that far- beaming o''er the plain? |
10587 | Why such expense, and where''s the account?'' |
10587 | Why this disorder? |
10587 | Why thus insulted, thus disgraced, And that vile dunghill near me placed? |
10587 | Why was I not of woman born? |
10587 | Will such a multitude of men employ Their strength against a weak, defenceless boy?" |
10587 | Would ye, rebellious mutineers, Entirely change your name and nature, And be the very envied creature? |
10587 | Would you be rich and honest too? |
10587 | Would you, when thieves were known abroad, Bring forth your treasures in the road? |
10587 | Yet these the meanest of us may behold; And at another''s cost may feast at will Our wondering eyes; what can the owner more? |
10587 | You reason well: yet tell me, friend, Did ever you in courts attend? |
10587 | Your meaning in your looks I see; Pray, what''s Dame Dobbins, friend, to me? |
10587 | _ 10 Dares he with me dispute the prize? |
10587 | _ 10 Who doubts that elephants are found For science and for sense renowned? |
10587 | _ 100 Might not your flocks in safety feed, Were I to guard the fleecy breed? |
10587 | _ 100''Why, Pan,''says she,''what''s all this rant? |
10587 | _ 110 With wonted arrogance and pride, The ant in office thus replied:''Consider, sirs, were secrets told, How could the best- schemed projects hold? |
10587 | _ 120''Was ever wretch like this?'' |
10587 | _ 140 When thus, with panic shame possessed, An auditor his friends addressed:''What are we? |
10587 | _ 180 Else who could Ormond''s godlike acts refuse, Ormond the theme of every Oxford Muse? |
10587 | _ 20 Me, who contribute to your cheer, And raise your mirth with ale and beer? |
10587 | _ 20 What statesman could his power support Were lying tongues forbid the court? |
10587 | _ 20 What then? |
10587 | _ 20 Would not the fool abet the stealth, Who rashly thus exposed his wealth? |
10587 | _ 20''Are my reproaches of so small a force? |
10587 | _ 30 For settlements the lawyer''s fee''d; Is my hand witness to the deed? |
10587 | _ 30 Or did she doubt my heart was brave, And therefore this injunction gave? |
10587 | _ 30 Says Tom,''Since all men must confess, That time lies heavy more or less; Why should it be so hard to get Till two, a party at piquet? |
10587 | _ 30 The hovering insect thus complained:''Am I then slighted, scorned, disdained? |
10587 | _ 30 Were they denied their proper tools, How could they lead their knaves and fools? |
10587 | _ 30 What widow or what orphan prays To crown thy life with length of days? |
10587 | _ 30''Hold,''cried the clown, with passion heated,''Shall kites and men alike be treated? |
10587 | _ 340 The wavy empire, which by lot was given, Why does it waste, and further shrink from heaven? |
10587 | _ 40 And what''s a butterfly? |
10587 | _ 40 How can Belinda blame her fate? |
10587 | _ 40 How shall he chase this hideous guest? |
10587 | _ 40 Must you not by mean lies evade To- morrow''s duns from every trade? |
10587 | _ 40 Perhaps I may recover still; That sum and more are in my will? |
10587 | _ 40 What now rewards this general use? |
10587 | _ 40 When thus the fop with smiles of scorn:''Are beards by civil nations worn? |
10587 | _ 50 But doth not he divide the care, Through all the labours of the year? |
10587 | _ 50 Can those( when tortured by disease) Cheer our sick heart, or purchase ease? |
10587 | _ 60 Is honesty disgraced and poor? |
10587 | _ 60 Reduced to drudgery and disgrace,( A life unworthy of my race,) Must I too bear the vile attacks Of rugged scrubs, and vulgar hacks? |
10587 | _ 60''True,''says the man,''the strength I saw Might well the brutal nation awe: But shall a monarch, brave like you, Place glory in so false a view? |
10587 | _ 70 What should he do? |
10587 | _ 80 An ox by chance o''erheard his moan, And thus rebuked the lazy drone:''Dare you at partial fate repine? |
10587 | _ 80''Were I that man,''the peasant cried,''What blessing could I ask beside?'' |
10587 | _ 90 Blockheads,''says he,''learn more respect; Know ye on whom ye thus reflect? |
10587 | _ 90 But how could you resist the orbs that roll In adverse whirls, and stem the rapid pole? |
10587 | _ 90 Did I e''er make her poultry thinner? |
10587 | _ 90 Thus do you bear me to my native isle? |
10587 | _ 90 Your sires I reverence;''tis their due: But, worthless fool, what''s that to you? |
10587 | am I transformed all o''er? |
10587 | from tent to tent, Why press in crowds the buzzing multitude? |
10587 | from thee, what may thy subjects hope;_ 600 So kind, and so beneficent to brutes? |
10587 | he cried,''What star did at my birth preside? |
10587 | he cries;"am I betrayed? |
10587 | how utter my complaint? |
10587 | my unborn infant done, That he should fall, and two expire in one? |
10587 | no reverence shown? |
10587 | or whither fly? |
10587 | the hunters are abroad-- What''s all that clatter on the road?'' |
10587 | the man replied;''Shall cats with us the game divide? |
10587 | the saucy hint-- Show me, base knave, which way you squint, If t''other night your master lost Three lambs, am I to pay the cost? |
10587 | the sick man whines;''Who knows as yet what Heaven designs? |
10587 | the weeping mother do? |
10587 | what thou thyself shalt be?'' |
10587 | what''s here? |
10587 | what''s thy troubled motion To that within my breast? |
10587 | what,"cries one,"has thus transformed thy look?" |
10587 | where shall I my true- love find? |
10587 | whither, whither must I be conveyed?" |
10587 | why droops your head? |
10587 | why so warm? |