 | Alexander Pope - 1847 - 546 páginas
...harmless, whilst that of Pope inflicted an incurable wound, and Philips is immortalized as, " The bard whom pilfer"d Pastorals renown, Who turns a Persian...barrenness appear, And strains from hard-bound brains eight lines a-year." His pieces are also frequently referred to in the Art of Sinking in Poetry, as... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1847 - 524 páginas
...mind, That casting-weight pride adds to emptiness, This, who can gratify? for who 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... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1847 - 516 páginas
...difficulty, excite a feeling similar to that which proceeds from the labor of thought to a dull writer • Just writes to make his barrenness appear, And strains from hard-bound brains cight lines a-ytor. Pope's Epistle to Dr. Artntiknot, 1. 181. The concord between sense and sound is... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1847 - 488 páginas
...to the Satires," The bard whom pilfered pastorals renown, Who 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. * Johnson's " Life of Addison." t Spence's " Anecdotes." After the death of Addison,... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Charles Macready - 1849 - 646 páginas
...who can guess ? The bard whom pilfer'd pastorals renown, Who turns a Persian tale r 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... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1850 - 510 páginas
...mind, That casting-weight pride adds to emptiness, This, who can gratify ? for who can guess ? The bard whom pilfer'd pastorals renown, Who turns a Persian...barrenness appear, And strains from hard-bound brains eight lines a year. He who, still wanting, though he lives on theft, Stcalf much, spends little, yet... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1854 - 340 páginas
...mind, That casting-weight pride adds to emptiness, This, who can gratify, for who can guess ? The bard whom pilfer'd Pastorals renown, Who turns a Persian tale for half a crown, 3 4 180 Just writes to make his barrenness appear, And strains from hard-bound brains, eight lines... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1854 - 338 páginas
...mind, That casting-weight pride adds to emptiness, This, who can gratify, for who can guess ? The bard whom pilfer'd Pastorals renown, Who turns a Persian tale for half a crown,24 180 Just writes to make his barrenness appear, And strains from hard-bound brains, eight lines... | |
 | Alexander Pope, George Gilfillan - 1856 - 356 páginas
...can guess ? The bard whom pilfer'd Pastorals renown, Who turns a Persian tale l for half-a-crown, iso 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... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1856 - 352 páginas
...can guess 1 The bard whom pilfer'd Pastorals renown, Who turns a Persian tale l 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, though he lives on theft, Steals much, spends little, yet... | |
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But each man's secret standard in his mind, That casting-weight pride adds to emptiness, This, who can gratify ? for who can guess * The bard whom pilfer'd pastorals renown, Who turns a Persian tale for half a crown, Just writes to make his barrenness... 
