Stultifera Navis; ...: The Modern Ship of FoolsW. Miller, 1807 - 295 páginas |
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... conduct to the world of fools . To intrude upon thee fulsome flattery would be fruitless , thy discriminating sense would pierce the flimsy veil : to wish thee unfading happiness would be nugatory , since wisdom is thy pursuit , and ...
... conduct to the world of fools . To intrude upon thee fulsome flattery would be fruitless , thy discriminating sense would pierce the flimsy veil : to wish thee unfading happiness would be nugatory , since wisdom is thy pursuit , and ...
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... conduct than the close of that great man's life , who was attended on his death - bed by this fascinating dame , who , finding the mon- arch's end fast approaching , threw aside all those fascina- tions which she had been in the habit ...
... conduct than the close of that great man's life , who was attended on his death - bed by this fascinating dame , who , finding the mon- arch's end fast approaching , threw aside all those fascina- tions which she had been in the habit ...
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... conduct but a very ape ; † A man of fashion : vile , insipid creature ! Indeed there are too many of this description , whose painted cheeks , perfumed linen , blackened eyebrows , and stay - laced shapes , together with affected ...
... conduct but a very ape ; † A man of fashion : vile , insipid creature ! Indeed there are too many of this description , whose painted cheeks , perfumed linen , blackened eyebrows , and stay - laced shapes , together with affected ...
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... conduct through life , every human institu- tion would be at an end , and a general scene of devastation characterise the face of nature ; but in order to validate this position beyond a doubt , the train of events which disgraced ...
... conduct through life , every human institu- tion would be at an end , and a general scene of devastation characterise the face of nature ; but in order to validate this position beyond a doubt , the train of events which disgraced ...
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... conduct ; and has literally observed that two thirds of the females present , whether pure or impure , have , by their conduct , sufficiently indicated the deranged state of their intellects ; and on these accounts L'ENVOY OF THE POET ...
... conduct ; and has literally observed that two thirds of the females present , whether pure or impure , have , by their conduct , sufficiently indicated the deranged state of their intellects ; and on these accounts L'ENVOY OF THE POET ...
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Términos y frases comunes
aëre Alexander Barclay Alice Pearce bard bells boast brain Canst thou cause certainly CHORUS TO FOOLS common sense conceived Crowds flock dame death decency disgrace display doth ev'ry exclaim eyes fam'd fame famous fashion feel folly FOOLISH fortune frequently give Goddess of Fools gold harlot's hath head hear Heaven honour Horace human idiot instance irreligion John Perrot justly King L'ENVOY labour ladle lady laugh lines live Lord mind nature naught ne'er never noble o'er pain passion pleasure POET POET'S CHORUS Praise of Folly present prove quod rage Rara Avis reader reason respect score scorn SECTION Shakspeare shame Ship of Fools smile SOLOMON speaking species stanza Stultifera Navis thee thine thing thro thyself tion tongue trim the boat truth vice Voltaire votaries wear wearers wisdom wise words youth
Pasajes populares
Página 12 - The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.
Página 133 - Ay, but to die, and go we know not where ; To lie in cold obstruction, and to rot ; This sensible warm motion to become A kneaded clod...
Página 196 - All murder'd: for within the hollow crown That rounds the mortal temples of a king Keeps Death his court, and there the antic sits, Scoffing his state and grinning at his pomp...
Página 245 - Though I look old, yet I am strong and lusty: For in my youth I never did apply Hot and rebellious liquors in my blood; Nor did not with unbashful forehead woo The means of weakness and debility; Therefore my age is as a lusty winter, Frosty, but kindly: let me go with you; I'll do the service of a younger man In all your business and necessities.
Página 164 - ... we make guilty of our disasters, the sun, the moon, and the stars : as if we were villains by necessity; fools, by heavenly compulsion; knaves, thieves, and treachers, by spherical predominance; drunkards, liars, and adulterers, by an enforced obedience of planetary influence; and all that we are evil in, by a divine thrusting on : An admirable evasion of whore-master man, to lay his goatish disposition to the charge of a star!
Página 164 - This is the excellent foppery of the world, that, when we are sick in fortune, — often the surfeit of our own behaviour, — we make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon, and the stars...
Página xx - Quid verum atque decens euro et rogo, et omnis in hoc sum ; Condo et compono quae mox depromere possim.
Página 207 - My liege, I did deny no prisoners. But, I remember, when the fight was done, When I was dry with rage, and extreme toil, Breathless and faint, leaning upon my sword, Came there a certain lord, neat, trimly dress'd, Fresh as a bridegroom ; and his chin, new reap'd, Show'd like a stubble-land at harvest-home ; He was perfumed like a milliner ; And 'twixt his finger and his thumb he held A pouncet-box...
Página 196 - For God's sake, let us sit upon the ground And tell sad stories of the death of kings : How some have been depos'd; some slain in war...
Página 171 - tis a common proof, That lowliness is young ambition's ladder, Whereto the climber-upward turns his face; But when he once attains the upmost round, He then unto the ladder turns his back, Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend.