 | James Grant Raymond - 1806 - 364 páginas
...self-opiniated curmudgeon ; being well apprized by the observation of a sly predecessor who (though some will not allow him fancy) did not want for sense, that — — ' break one cobweb through, He spins the slight self-pleasing thread anew ; Destroy his tibs or sophistry, in vain ; The... | |
 | 1814 - 632 páginas
...for the future. Well might the Poet exclaim, • " Who shame* a scribbler ? break one cobweb through* He spins the slight self-pleasing thread anew .Destroy his fib or sophistry, in Tain, The creature's at its dirty work again-" The writer begins his argument by drawing the proper... | |
 | British anthology - 1825 - 460 páginas
...hurl'd, Thou stand'st unshook amidst a bursting world. Who shames a scribbler ? break one cobweb through, He spins the slight self-pleasing thread anew : Destroy his fib, or sophistry, in vain ; The creature 's at his dirty work again, Throned on the centre of his thin designs, Proud of a vast extent... | |
 | 1841 - 756 páginas
...rule îîo creatun; smarts so little as a feol. Who »hame« a scribbler? Break on« cobweb through He spins the slight self-pleasing thread anew: Destroy his fib or sophistry— in vain Tlic creature 's at hie dirty work again.'' Barchedig Syr, o« rttreatio oddi wrth у cynygiad a wnewch,... | |
 | John Aikin - 1843 - 826 páginas
...hurl'd, Thou stand's! unshook amidst a bursting world. Who shames a scribbler? Break one cobweb through. t o u u C.[ C r iDq s sns u SHd d l l i i8q q q q t`q t6t7t r p p5j V ] u u m t jcm f,s U creature 's at his dirty work again, Thron'd on tne centre of his thin designs, Proud of a vast extent... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1855 - 610 páginas
...And Ч were a sin to rob them of their mite. IV Who shames a seribbler 1 break one eobweb through, He spins the slight self-pleasing thread anew: Destroy his fib, or sophistry, in vain, The ereature 's at his dirty work again, Thron'd on the eentre of his thin designs, Proud of a vast extent... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate - 1857 - 878 páginas
...is now (December 20) reproduced with variations. " Who shames a scribbler? Break one cobweb through, He spins the slight, self-pleasing thread anew : Destroy his fib or sophistry — in vain, The creature 's at his dirty work again." The Wilkinson charges against me were three. The second, with... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1859 - 504 páginas
...gallery in convulsions hurl'd, Thou stand'st unshook amidst a bursting worldi. Who shames a seribbler! the camp, to prevent theencmy from re^jmbarking ereature's at his dirty work again, Throned in the centre of his thin designs, Proud of a vast extent... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1871 - 968 páginas
...flow, That tends to make one honest man my foe. Who shames a scribbler ? Break one cobweb through, full. WILLIAM COWrE». GOLD. GOLD ! gold ! gold ! gold ! Bright and yellow, hard and cold, creature 's at his dirty work again, Throned in the centre of his thin designs, Proud of a vast extent... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 576 páginas
...door, Sir, let me see your works and you no more. Who shames a scribbler? break one cobweb through, He spins the slight, self-pleasing thread anew : Destroy his fib or sophistry, in vain, The creature 's at his dirty work again, Throned in the center of his thin designs, Proud of a vast extent... | |
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He spins the slight, self-pleasing thread anew : Destroy his fib, or sophistry, in vain, The creature 's at his dirty work again, Thron'd in the centre of his thin designs, Proud of a vast extent of flimsy lines ! Whom have I hurt ? has poet yet, or peer,... 
