 | Alexander Pope - 1849 - 638 strani
...Poor, guiltless f ! and can I chouse hut smile, When every coxcomh knows mo hy my style? Corsed he the verse, how well soe'er it flow, That tends to make one worthy man my foe, Give virtue scandal, iunucence a fear, Or from the soft-eyed virgin steal a tear; But he who horts a harndess neighhoor's... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1819 - 658 strani
...kindness, your smile of approbation ! you would not, either in prose or verse, risk a censorious remark. ' Curst be the verse, how well soe'er it flow, That tends to make one worthy man my foe T SYLVANDER. No. 17. Saturday Morning. J. HERE is no time, my Clarinda, when the conscious thrilling... | |
 | 1819 - 332 strani
...BD 3 against him, so remarkable for their excellence and their cruelty, repeating this couplet : ' Curst be the verse, how well soe'er it flow, That tends to make one worthy man my foe.' The ingenuous critic insisted on his taking them again : ' for,' said he, ' my associates at the altar,... | |
 | Martin M'Dermot - 1820 - 1058 strani
...upon them, and he would have adopted the celebrated maxim of the poet, who exclaimed ; — Curst he the verse, how well soe'er it flow, That tends to...Give virtue scandal — innocence a fear, Or from the soft-eyed virgin steal a tear. How far Dr. Ledwich has been guided by this amiable propensity, may... | |
 | John Aikin - 1820 - 832 strani
...knows me by my style? Curst be the verse, how well soe'ur it now, That tends to make one worthy roan own fall'n worth, or beauty in distress, Who loves a lie, lamu slander helps about, Who writes a libel,... | |
 | Thomas Andros - 1820 - 142 strani
...my motto, "But speaking the truth in love." Eph. iv, 15. And this is my comment "Cursed be the line, how well soe'er it flow, That tends to make one worthy man my foe." Being confident I have nothing in view, but the advancement of pure evangelical truth and piety, I... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 402 strani
...Bubo makes. Poor, guiltless I ! and can I choose but smile, When every coxcomb knows me by my style? Curst be the verse, how well soe'er it flow. That...he who hurts a harmless neighbour's peace, Insults fall'n worth, or beauty in distress, Who loves a lie, lame slander helps about, Who writes a libel,... | |
 | Abraham John Valpy - 1821 - 582 strani
...perhaps no tolerated poem ever went so far. And how doubly disgusting to read, from such a writer, " Curst be the verse, how well soe'er it flow,* That tends to make one worthy nun my foe, Gives virtue, scandal," &c. As to the " Imitation," let it be written with or without a... | |
 | John Allen - 1821 - 156 strani
...Kingsland : a mock heroic and satiric poem, in four cantos; by Thomas Howldy, Schoolmaster, Hereford. Curst be the verse. how well soe'er it flow That tends to make one man of sense my foe. POPE. Fictis jocari nos meminerit fabulis. PII./EDR. 1. i. prol. Mens sibi conscia... | |
 | 1822 - 284 strani
...makes. Poor guiltless I! and can I choose but smile, When every coxcomb knows me by my style? Cursed be the verse, how well soe'er it flow, That tends...Give Virtue scandal, Innocence a fear, Or from the soft-eyed virgin steal a tear! But he who hurts a harmless neighbour's peace, Insults fallen worth,... | |
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