 | Alexander Pope - 1787 - 396 strani
...can I chufe but fmile, When ev'ry Coxcomb knows me by my Style? Curft be the verfe, how well foe'er it flow, That tends to make one worthy man my foe, Give Virtue fcandal, Innocence a fear, 28r Or from the foft-ey'd Virgin fteal a Tear ! VARIATIONS. After ver. 270.... | |
 | Eschenburg - 1788 - 472 strani
...chufe but (mile, \Vhen ev'ry coxcomb Jcnows me by my ftyleî Çurs'd be the verfe, how welf foe'er it flow, That tends to make one worthy man my foe^ Give. Virtue fcandal, Innocence a fear, Or from the'foft ey'd virgin fteal a tear! But he ^yho hurts a harmlefs... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 398 strani
...fuperior far to thine, Let hurcl'u Cibber and great Arnal lhii:c. Why Curft be the verfe, how well foe'er it flow, That tends to make one worthy man my foe, Give Virtue fcandal, Innocence a fear, 285 Or from the foft-ey'd Virgin fteal a Tear ! But he who hurts a harmlefs... | |
 | Fulke Greville - 1790 - 304 strani
...were to continue them to its end i I mean — li 2 "Curfl r '< Curft be the verfe, how well foe'cr it flow, " That tends to make one worthy man my foe ; " Give virtue fcandal, innocence a fear, "Or from the foft-cyed virgin fteal a tear." POPE. What this man has done... | |
 | James Roach - 1794 - 260 strani
...-I choofe but fmiley When ev'ry coxcomb knows me by. my ftyle ? Curfl be the verfe, how well foe'er it flow,. That tends to make one worthy man my foe, Give virtue fcandal, innocence a fear, Or from the foft-,eyed virgin fleal a tear ! But he who hurts a harmlcfs... | |
 | John Bell - 1796 - 480 strani
...can I chuse but smile, When ev'ry coxcomb knows me by my Style ? Curst be the verse, how well sof'er it flow, That tends to make one worthy man my foe, Give virtue scandal, innocence a fear, 285 Or from the soft-ey'd virgin steal a tear! But he who hurts a harmless neighbour's peace, Insults... | |
 | 1796 - 500 strani
...smile, When ev'ry coxcomb knows me by my Style ? Curst be the verse, how well soe'er it flow, That lends to make one worthy man my foe, Give virtue scandal, innocence a fear, 2-85 Or from the soft-ey 'd virgin steal a tear ! But he who hurts a harmless neighbour's peace, Insults... | |
 | John Walker - 1801 - 424 strani
...following passage from .the same poet: Curs'd be the verse, how well soe'er it flow, That tends io make one worthy man my foe, Give virtue scandal, innocence a fear, Or from the soft-cy'd virgin steal a tear. The. first line in this passage, I say, must be pronounced with all... | |
 | British essayists - 1802 - 330 strani
...expressly against him, so remarkabl. for their excellence and their cruelty, repeating this couplet: ' Cunt be the verse, how well soe'er it flow, That tends to make one worthy nun my foe.' The ingenuous critic insisted on his taking them again: ' for,' said he, ' my associates... | |
 | Rachel Hunter - 1803 - 260 strani
...than any in this world, to adhere to the poet's honest and laudable deprecation: 9 " Curst be l.he verse, how well soe'er it flow, " That tends to make...Give Virtue scandal, Innocence a fear, " Or from the soft-eyed virgin steal a tear!" RACHEL HUNTER. Norwich, June I, 1803. A DIALOGUE • THE AUTHOR AND... | |
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