The Fables of John Gay: Illustrated, with an Original Memoir, Introduction, and Annotations,G. Routledge, 1854 - 271 páginas |
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... censure the duplicity of the ape ; the second , astutely impugn the fox ; the third , sententiously anathematize the peacock ; ' until the moral , like a glass , presents to each original , the fabled personifi- cation of his own vice ...
... censure the duplicity of the ape ; the second , astutely impugn the fox ; the third , sententiously anathematize the peacock ; ' until the moral , like a glass , presents to each original , the fabled personifi- cation of his own vice ...
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... censure , and inflicted public disgrace upon its authors . Unaccustomed to the use of wealth , the possession of a thousand pounds , the product of the publication of his poems by subscription , was an event equally beyond his prudence ...
... censure , and inflicted public disgrace upon its authors . Unaccustomed to the use of wealth , the possession of a thousand pounds , the product of the publication of his poems by subscription , was an event equally beyond his prudence ...
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... upholding , Dr. Herring , Archbishop of Canterbury , censuring it , and many asserting that since its production robbery increased . Johnson's opinion seems hardly given with his usual judg- ment LIFE OF JOHN GAY . 5.
... upholding , Dr. Herring , Archbishop of Canterbury , censuring it , and many asserting that since its production robbery increased . Johnson's opinion seems hardly given with his usual judg- ment LIFE OF JOHN GAY . 5.
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... censured , cursed , accused ? " This yellow slave Will knit and break religions ; bless th ' accurs'd : Make the hoar leprosy ador'd ; place thieves , And give them title , knee , and approbation , With senators on the bench ...
... censured , cursed , accused ? " This yellow slave Will knit and break religions ; bless th ' accurs'd : Make the hoar leprosy ador'd ; place thieves , And give them title , knee , and approbation , With senators on the bench ...
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... censure or his wonder ? From courtiers ' tricks and lawyers ' arts , The fox might well improve his parts . The lion , wolf , and tiger's brood , He curses , for their thirst of blood : But is not man to man a prey ? 1 Beasts kill for ...
... censure or his wonder ? From courtiers ' tricks and lawyers ' arts , The fox might well improve his parts . The lion , wolf , and tiger's brood , He curses , for their thirst of blood : But is not man to man a prey ? 1 Beasts kill for ...
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Términos y frases comunes
address'd Æsop Andragoras Aristotle Barnstaple bear beasts beauty Beggar's Opera beneath bird blame censure conceit court courtier Coxcombs creature cries cursed death disgrace E'en envy eyes fable fame favour fawning fear feast flattery flies folly fool fortune friendship genius give gold grew hand hate hath heart Heaven Hence Highness brays honest honour human JOHN GAY Jove kings knaves knew latter lion lion's blood live Lord mankind Mastiff merit mind ministers monkey moral nature ne'er never o'er observation plain Plutarch Plutus poet poor Pope praise pride Princess of Wales race replied Satire of Juvenal says School for Scandal scorn Sejanus Shakspeare soul stept Swift sycophancy talents thee thou thought toil tongue true truth Turkey vanity vex'd vice Vide virtue vulgar wealth Whene'er wise youth
Pasajes populares
Página xvi - Life is a Jest, and all Things show it; I thought so once, but now I know it.
Página 7 - The daily labours of the BEE Awake my soul to industry. Who can observe the careful ANT, And not provide for future want ? My DOG (the trustiest of his kind) With gratitude inflames my mind. I mark his true, his faithful way, And in my service copy TRAY.
Página 153 - Tis thus in friendships; who depend On many, rarely find a friend. A hare, who in a civil way, Complied with everything, like Gay, Was known by all the bestial train Who haunt the wood, or graze the plain. Her care was never to offend, And every creature was her friend. As forth she went at early dawn, To taste the dew-besprinkled lawn, Behind she hears the hunter's cries, And from the deep-mouthed thunder flies.
Página 110 - Through tatter'd clothes small vices do appear; Robes and furr'd gowns hide all. Plate sin with gold, And the strong lance of justice hurtless breaks: Arm it in rags, a pigmy's straw does pierce it.
Página 8 - But, possessing all that I can want, I find one day and one hour exactly like another, except that the latter is still more tedious than the former. Let your experience inform me how the day may now...
Página 114 - THE TURKEY AND THE ANT. In other men we faults can spy, And blame the mote that dims their eye, Each little speck and blemish find, To our own stronger errors blind. A turkey, tired of common food, Forsook the barn, and sought the wood; Behind her ran her infant train, Collecting here and there a grain. 'Draw near, my birds,' the mother cries, This hill delicious fare supplies; Behold, the busy negro race, See, millions blacken all the place!
Página 73 - There in a gloomy hollow glen she found A little cottage, built of stickes and reedes In homely wize, and ,wald with sods around...
Página 252 - I have kissed I know not how oft. Where be your gibes now? your gambols? your songs? your flashes of merriment, that were wont to set the table on a roar? Not one now, to mock your own grinning? quite chapfallen? Now get you to my lady's chamber, and tell her, let her paint an inch thick, to this favour she must come; make her laugh at that. Prithee, Horatio, tell me one thing. Hor. What's that, my lord? Ham. Dost thou think Alexander looked o' this fashion i
Página 76 - His now forgotten friend, a snail, Beneath his house, with slimy trail, Crawls o'er the grass ; whom when he spies, In wrath he to the...
Página 17 - The woman's blind," the Mother cries, "I see wit sparkle in his eyes." "Lord, Madam, what a squinting leer! No doubt the Fairy hath been here.