 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...  The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: With Notes and Illustrations by Himself ... - Page 104by Alexander Pope, William Roscoe - 1824Full view - About this book
 | Jonathan Swift - 1803 - 434 pages
...for a serious criticism on pastoral poetry. The learned Heyne al«o mistook this irony. ' Dr. WAHTON. Just writes to make his barrenness appear, And strains from hardbound brains six lines a year ; In sense still wanting, tho" he lives on theft, Steals much, spends httle, yet has... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1804 - 190 pages
...can guess ? The bard whom pilfer'd pastorals renown, Who turns a Persian tale for half-a-crown, 180 Just writes to make his barrenness appear, And strains from hard-bound brains eight lines a-year; He who still wanting, tho' he lives' on theft, Steals much, spends little, yet has nothing left ; And... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1807 - 288 pages
...can guess? The bard whom pilfer'd pastorals renown, Who turns a Persian tale for half a-crown, 180 Just writes to make his barrenness appear, And strains from hard-bound brains eight line* View him with scornful yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise;... | |
 | John Bell - 1807 - 562 pages
...can guess ? The bard whom pilfer'd pastorals renown, Who turns a Persian tale for half-a-crown, 180 Just writes to make his barrenness appear, And strains, from hard-bound brains, eight line* a-year ; He, who still wanting, though he lives On theft, Steals much, spends little, yet has... | |
 | British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 526 pages
...who can guess ' The bard whom pilfer'd pastorals renown, Wbo turns a Persian tale for half-a.crown, Just writes to make his barrenness appear. And strains from hard-bound brains eight lines a year; He who still wanting, though he lives on theft. Steals much, spends little, yet has nothing... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1812 - 348 pages
...can guess ? The bard whom pilfer'd pastorals renown, Who turns a Persian tale for half a crown, 1 80 Just writes to make his barrenness appear, And strains, from hard-bound brains, eight lines a year ; He, who still wanting, tho' he lives on theft, Steals much, spends little, yet has nothing... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, Walter Scott - 1814 - 506 pages
...can guess? The wretch, whom pilfer'd pastorals renown, Who turns a Persian tale* for half-a-crown, Just writes to make his barrenness appear, And strains from hardbound brains six lines a year: In sense still wanting, tho' he lives on theft, Steals much, spends little, yet has... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1814 - 516 pages
...can guess? The wretch, whom pilfer'd pastorals renown, Who turns a Persian tale* for half-a-crown, Just writes to make his barrenness appear, And strains from hardbound brains six lines a year: In sense still wanting, tho' he lives on theft, Steals much, spends little, yet has... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - Criticism - 1816 - 452 pages
...difficulty, excite a feeling similar to that \vhich proceeds from the labour of thought to a dull writer : Just writes to make his barrenness appear, And strains from hard-bound brains eight lines a-year. Pope's JEpittle to Dr. Arbuthnot, \. 181. cide in the same passage, the concordance of sound and sense... | |
 | Henry Home (lord Kames.), Lord Henry Home Kames - Criticism - 1817 - 532 pages
...the words move slow. Essay on Crit. 370. which proceeds from the labour of thought to a dull writer: Just writes to make his barrenness appear, And strains from hard-bound brains eight lines a-year. Papers Epistle to Dr Arbuthnot, 1.181. I shall close with one example more* which of all makes the... | |
| |
