 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 404 pages
...flies, And take the fee'ble infefts' fwarms 495 For mighty troops of men at arms ; ..••';;. -1 1 THE ELEPHANT IN THE MOON. IN LONG VERSE*. A Virtuous,...Society, of late The pride and glory of a foreign ftate, Made an agreement, on a fummer's night, To fearch the Moon at full by her own light ; 1 To take... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 376 pages
...fuborn, And, for their pains, are paid with fcorn. M 3 THE THE( ELEPHANT IN THE MOON. t '.'•'.' IN LQNG VERSE*. A Virtuous, learn'd Society, of late The pride and glory of a foreign ftate, Made an agreement, on a fummer's night, To fearch the Moon at full by her own light ; To take... | |
 | Samuel Butler, Samuel Johnson - 1807 - 414 pages
...Of tales stupendous and far-set ; Hold no truth worthy to he known, That is not huge and over-grown, And explicate appearances, Not as they are, but as...suborn, And, for their pains, are paid with scorn. 520 V. 5t)Q. 510.] From this mor.il application of the whole, one may observe that the Poet's real intention,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 654 pages
...Of tales stupendous and far-fet, Hold no truth worthy to be known, That is not huge and overgrown, And explicate appearances, Not as they are, but as...they please, In vain strive Nature to suborn, And, fur their pains, are paid with scorn. THE ELEPHANT IN THE MOON. IN LONG VERSE. A TWTCOUS, leam'd society,... | |
 | Robert Deverell - 1813 - 666 pages
...worthy to be known, 515 That is not huge and overgrown, And explicate appearances, Not as they are, bnt as they please, In vain strive nature to suborn, And for, their pains, are paid with scorn. 520 520. I now leave the reader to his own reflections on this singularly ingenious Poem, making this remark... | |
 | Literary and Philosophical Society of New-York (New York, N.Y.) - 1815 - 616 pages
...Of tales stupendous and far fet ; Hold no truth worthy to be known, That is not huge and overgrown, And explicate appearances, Not as they are, but as...suborn, And, for their pains, are paid with scorn/' The famous Cowley, who was one of the earliest members, addressed a complimentary poem to the Royal... | |
 | Robert Deverell - 1816 - 304 pages
...tales stupenduous and far-fet ; Hold no truth worthy to be known, 515 That is not huge and overgrown, And explicate appearances, Not as they are, but as...suborn, And for, their pains, are paid with scorn. 520 520. I now leave the reader to his own reflections on this singularly ingenious Poem, making this remark... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1819 - 644 pages
...Of tales stupendous and far-fet, Hold no truth worthy to be known, That is not huge and overgrown, And explicate appearances, Not as they are, but as they please, In rain strive Nature to suborn, And, for their pains, are paid with scorn. THE ELEPHANT IN THE MOON.... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 312 pages
...suborn, And, for their pains, are paid with scorn. THE ELEPHANT IN THE MOON. IN LONG VERSE '. A VERTUOUS, learn'd Society, of late The pride and glory of a foreign state, Make an agreement, on a summer's night, To search the Moon at full by her own light; To take a perfect... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1835 - 316 pages
...tales stupendous and far-fet ; Hold no truth worthy to be known, sis That is not huge and over-grown, And explicate appearances, Not as they are, but as...suborn, And, for their pains, are paid with scorn. 520 139 THE ELEPHANT IN THE MOON. IN LONG VERSE.* A VIRTUOUS, learn'd Society, of late The pride and glory... | |
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That is not huge and over-grown, And explicate appearances, Not as they are, but as they please ; In vain strive Nature to suborn, And, for their pains, are paid with scorn. 
