| Robert Anderson - English poetry - 1795 - 912 pages
...CroiTmg hurt me. To fit my fullennefs, He to another key his dyle doth drefs. And aflcs, What news ? I tell him of new plays : He takes my hand, and, as a dill which flays A femibtief 'twixt each drop, he niggardly As loth to enrich me, fo tcUt many a lie,... | |
| John Bell - English poetry - 1799 - 402 pages
...Crossing hurt me. To fit my sullenness, lie to another key his stile doth dress, And asks, What news .JI tell him of new plays : He takes my hand, and, as a still which stays A sumibrief 'twixt each drop, he niggardly, As loath to intichme, so tells many a lye, More than ten... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1804 - 236 pages
...Crossing hurts me. To fit my sullenness, He to another key his stile doth dress, And asks, what news ? I tell him of new plays : He takes my hand, and as...semibrief 'twixt each drop, he niggardly, As loath to inrich me, so tells many a lye, When the Queen frown'd or smil'd ; and he knows what A subtle statesman... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 728 pages
...Crossing hurt me. To fit my sullenness, He to another key his style doth dress : And asks, what news; I tell him of new plays, He takes my hand, and as...stays A semibrief 'twixt each drop, he niggardly, As lothe to enrich me, so tells many a lie, More than ten Holleusheads, or Halls, or Stows, 3f trivial... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 746 pages
...fit my sullenness, He to another key his style doth dress : And asks, what news; I tell him of n«w plays, He takes my hand, and as a still which stays A semibrief twixt each drop, he niggardly, As lothe to enrich me, so tells many a lie, VIore than ten Hollcnsheads, or Halls, or Stows, 3f trivial... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1812 - 230 pages
...Crossing hurts me. To fit my sullenness, He to another key his stile doth dress. And asks, what news ? I tell him of new plays : He takes my hand, and as...semibrief 'twixt each drop, he niggardly, As loath to inrich me, so tells many a lye, When the Queen frown'dorsmil'd; andheknowswhat A subtle statesman may... | |
| Daniel Scrymgeour - English poetry - 1850 - 596 pages
...» * To fit my stdlenness, He to another key his style doth dress ;8 And asks — " What news?" — I tell him of new plays. He takes my hand, and, as a still, whieh stays A semibreve 'twixt eaeh drop,9 he niggardly, As loth to enrieh me, tells me many a lie,... | |
| Daniel Scrymgeour - 1870 - 644 pages
...* * * * To fit my sullenness, He to another key his style doth dress;3 And asks— "What news?" — I tell him of new plays. He takes my hand, and, as a still, which stays A semibreve 'twixt each drop,6 he niggardly, As loth to enrich me, tells me many a lie, More than ten... | |
| Religion - 1892 - 702 pages
...regardless of obstacles, tearing up language and metre by the roots ; but his result is unequaled. Obscurity and coarseness will keep his satires from...bore : — " I tell him of new plays : He takes my baud and as a still which stays A semibrief 'twixt each drop, he niggardly, As loath to enrich me,... | |
| John Donne - English poetry - 1895 - 326 pages
...hurt me. To fit my sullenness, He to another key his style doth address, 6 And asks, " What news ?" I tell him of new plays ; He takes my hand, and, as a still which stays A sembrief 'twixt each drop, he niggardly, As loath to enrich me, so tells many a lie, More than ten... | |
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