 | 1820 - 562 pages
...rather be a kitten and cry mew ! Than one of these same metre ballad-mongers. Shakspcarr. Such shameles bards we have ; and yet 'tis true, There are as mad, abandon'd critics too. Pope. PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION. ' ALL my friends, learned and unlearned, have urged me not to '... | |
 | Classical poetry - 1822 - 284 pages
...out the last dull droppings of their sense, And rhyme with all the rage of impotence! Such shameless bards we have ; and yet 'tis true There are as mad...of learned lumber in his head, With his own tongue still edifies his ears, And always listening to himself appears. Al l books he reads, and all he reads... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 276 pages
...of their sense, And rhyme with all the rage of impotence! Such shameless bards we have ; and yet'tis true There are as mad abandon'd critics too. The bookful...of. learned lumber in his head, With his own tongue still edifies his ears, An<l always listening to himself appears. All books he reads, and all he reads... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Poets, English - 1822 - 426 pages
...Impotence. Such shameless Bards we have ; and yet 'tis true, There are as mad, abandon'd Critics too, 611 The bookful blockhead ignorantly read, With loads of learned lumber in his head, With his own tongue still edifies his ears, And always Hst'ning to himself appears. 615 All books he reads, and all he... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1822 - 498 pages
...be a kitten, and cry mew ! Than one of these same metre ballad-mongers. Shakespeare. Sach shameless Bards we have ; and yet, 'tis true, There are as mad, abandon'd Critics too. Pope. PREFACE.* ALL my friends, learned and unlearned, have urged me not to publish this Satire with... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Poets, English - 1822 - 428 pages
...last dull droppings of their sense, And rhyme with all the rage of Impotence. 4 j^- Such shameless Bards we have ; and yet 'tis true, *»»'? There are as mad, abandon'd Critics too. 611 «-f ' The bookful blockhead ignorantly read, " With loads of learned lumber in his head, With... | |
 | John Walker - Bible - 1823 - 808 pages
...similar to the termination of the adjective and substantive in Latin ; and uied by (he best writers. " The bookful blockhead ignorantly read, •• With loads of learned lumber in his head.1 Pope. ALLOCATION, 41-lo-ka'shon. s. The act of nutting one thing to another ; the admission... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Roscoe - English literature - 1824 - 400 pages
...out the last dull droppings of their sense, And rhyme with all the rage of Impotence. Such shameless Bards we have; and yet, 'tis true, There are as mad,...of learned lumber in his head, With his own tongue still edifies his ears, And always list'ning to himself appears. 615 AD books he reads, and all he... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1824 - 398 pages
...out the last dull droppings of their sense, And rhyme with all the rage of Impotence. Such shameless Bards we have; and yet, 'tis true, There are as mad, abandon'd Critics tooThe bookful blockhead ignorantly read, With loads of learned lumber in his head, With his own tongue... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...out the last dull droppings of their sense And rhyme with all the rage of impotence ! Such shameless ished by William C. Hall crities too. The bookful blockhead, ignorantly read, With loads of learned lumber in his head, With... | |
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The bookful blockhead, ignorantly read, With loads of learned lumber in his head, With his own tongue still edifies his ears, And always list'ning to himself appears. 
