Stultifera Navis; ...: The Modern Ship of FoolsW. Miller, 1807 - 295 páginas |
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... less praiseworthy is attachable to me ( the poet ) , who claim origina- lity throughout my effusions , and who have in some measure , aimed at the accomplishment of the idea of Horace , who gave it as his opinion that , Non satis est ...
... less praiseworthy is attachable to me ( the poet ) , who claim origina- lity throughout my effusions , and who have in some measure , aimed at the accomplishment of the idea of Horace , who gave it as his opinion that , Non satis est ...
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... less than ten wigs in constant wear ; in short , there should be one suited to every look and to every pas- sion . † The diversity of coloured silk stockings , which have graced the legs of our Belles , has conduced , it is imagined ...
... less than ten wigs in constant wear ; in short , there should be one suited to every look and to every pas- sion . † The diversity of coloured silk stockings , which have graced the legs of our Belles , has conduced , it is imagined ...
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... less excellent , than on every other occasion , wherein he has given scope to his extraordinary talents : for let my reader but refer to that artist's plate concerning wigs , and their wearers ; and however unacquainted with the rules ...
... less excellent , than on every other occasion , wherein he has given scope to his extraordinary talents : for let my reader but refer to that artist's plate concerning wigs , and their wearers ; and however unacquainted with the rules ...
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... less , and desirous of proving himself a superior votary to the orgies of Bacchus , grasped the vessel , in order to empty its contents , when finding himself incapable of rais- ing it to his lips , from the effects of inebriety , he ...
... less , and desirous of proving himself a superior votary to the orgies of Bacchus , grasped the vessel , in order to empty its contents , when finding himself incapable of rais- ing it to his lips , from the effects of inebriety , he ...
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... less reluctant than themselves in amassing gold at any price : and I very much question , if there are not existing among us many Judas's , who would not scruple at any sacrifice , so that wealth was but the pur- chase : for as religion ...
... less reluctant than themselves in amassing gold at any price : and I very much question , if there are not existing among us many Judas's , who would not scruple at any sacrifice , so that wealth was but the pur- chase : for as religion ...
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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.