Bell's Edition: The Poets of Great Britain Complete from Chaucer to Churchill ...J. Bell, 1781 |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-5 de 39
Página xvi
... says , that among other things the Doctor declared " that if the MS . was collated it would be worth " nothing for the future ; and that his whole difcourfe was " managed with much infolence . " This letter is dated Doctors Commons ...
... says , that among other things the Doctor declared " that if the MS . was collated it would be worth " nothing for the future ; and that his whole difcourfe was " managed with much infolence . " This letter is dated Doctors Commons ...
Página 37
... says of the Chinese " that they eat their meat with two ticks of ivory , ehony , or the like , " not touching it with their hands at all , and there- " fore no great foulers of linen . The use of filver forks " with us , by fome of our ...
... says of the Chinese " that they eat their meat with two ticks of ivory , ehony , or the like , " not touching it with their hands at all , and there- " fore no great foulers of linen . The use of filver forks " with us , by fome of our ...
Página 49
... say , that a good dinner is brother to a good poem ; only it is something more fubstantial , and be- tween two and three o'clock more agreeable . I have known a fupper make the most diverting part of a comedy . Mr Betterton in The ...
... say , that a good dinner is brother to a good poem ; only it is something more fubstantial , and be- tween two and three o'clock more agreeable . I have known a fupper make the most diverting part of a comedy . Mr Betterton in The ...
Página 52
... say , “ that if " fhe were upon a ftrange road , and driven to great " neceffity , fhe believed the might for once be able to " fup upon a sackposset and a fat capon . ” I am fure poets as well as Cooks are for having all words nicely ...
... say , “ that if " fhe were upon a ftrange road , and driven to great " neceffity , fhe believed the might for once be able to " fup upon a sackposset and a fat capon . ” I am fure poets as well as Cooks are for having all words nicely ...
Página 57
... say by heart before he is made free ; and then he shall have Dr. Lifter's book of Soups and Sauces delivered to him for his future practice . But you know better what I am to do than 1. For the kindness you may fhew me I fhall always ...
... say by heart before he is made free ; and then he shall have Dr. Lifter's book of Soups and Sauces delivered to him for his future practice . But you know better what I am to do than 1. For the kindness you may fhew me I fhall always ...
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Bell's Edition: The Poets of Great Britain Complete from Chaucer to ... John Bell Vista completa - 1781 |
Bell's Edition: The Poets of Great Britain Complete From Chaucer to Churchill John Bell Sin vista previa disponible - 2023 |
Términos y frases comunes
Apicius Art of Cookery beauty becauſe beft beſt breaſt Britiſh cauſe charms Cook cry'd defign defire diſh eaſe ev'n ev'ry eyes faid fam'd fame fate fatire fauce fays feem feen fenfe fent fervants fhall fhew filk fince fing firſt flain fleep fome fong foon foul freſh Frumenty ftill ftreams fubject fuch fure give grace happineſs Heav'n himſelf houſe juft juſt King laft laſt leaſt lefs Lord Love maſter moft moſt Mufe muft Muſe muſt ne'er never numbers nymphs o'er occafion Orpheus Ovid paffion paſt perfons pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure poem poets pow'r praiſe prefent profe raiſe reft rife ſay ſeem ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſhould ſmall ſome ſpread ſpring ſtand ſtate ſtay ſtill ſuch tell thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand thro tranflated unleſs uſe verfe verſe Whilft Whofe whoſe wife
Pasajes populares
Página 143 - Thoufands of happy hours you pafs'd with me ; " No mention made of old Penelope. " On adamant our wrongs we all engrave, " But write our benefits upon the wave. " Why then be gone, the feas uncertain truft ; " As I found you, fo may you find them juft. " Dying Calypfo muft be left behind, " And all your vows be wafted with the wind !" Fond are the hopes he fhould be conftant now, Who to his tendereft part had broke his vow.
Página 136 - To make your wife and mine a muff.) Thus he frames wings, and nothing lacks To fix the whole, but melted wax : That was the work of the young boy, Pleas'd at the fancy of the toy; Not guessing, ere he was much older, He should have one upon each shoulder.
Página 81 - L were a Picture drawn With Cynthia's Face, but with a Neck like Brawn; With Wings of Turkey, and with Feet of Calf, Tho' drawn by Kneller, it would make you laugh!
Página 44 - Cincinnatus, who went from the plough to the command of the Roman army ; and, having brought home victory, retired to his cottage ; for, when the Samnite...
Página 8 - Which faid, he foon outftript the wind, Whilft puffing Boreas lagg'd behind ; And to Urganda's cave he came, A lady of prodigious fame, Whofe hollow eyes and hopper breech...
Página 112 - THE BEGGAR WOMAN. A GENTLEMAN in hunting rode aftray, •**• More out of choice, than that he loft his way, He let his company the Hare purfue, For he himfelf had other game in view. A Beggar by her trade ; yet not fo mean, But that her cheeks were frefh, and linen clean. J' Miftrefs," quoth he, " and what if we two fhou'd * Retire a little way into the wood...
Página 43 - I hope it will not be taken ill by the wits, that 1 call my cooks by the title of ingenious; for I cannot imagine why cooks may not be as well read as any other persons.
Página 84 - The fate of things lies always in the dark : What cavalier would know St. James's Park '? For locket stands «;i icrc gardens once did spring ; And wild-ducks quack where grasshoppers did sing ; A princely palace on that space does rise, Where Sedley's noble muse found mulberries'.
Página 159 - And have you by a rival croft, Only in hopes you may n't be loft. Sometimes they fay that you are faulty, And that they know where...
Página 54 - The Art of Cookery, in imitation of Horace's Art of Poetry, with some Letters to Dr. Lister...