| Eschenburg - 1788 - 472 pages
...bona, funt quaedam mediocria, fünf mala plura, Quae legis hic: aliter non fit, Avite, liber. MARTIAL.) TO John I ow'd great obligation ; But John unhappily thought fit To publilh it to all the nation: Sure, John and I are more than quit. ANOTHER. Y es, ev'ry poet is a fool;... | |
| 1795 - 846 pages
...cruel unkindnefs compels him to fpc-ak, > For of late I invite him—but four times a week. ) ANOTHER. To John I ow'd great obligation ; But John unhappily thought fit To publifh it to all the nation : Sure John and I are more than quit. ANOTHER. Yes, every poet is a fool,... | |
| 1806 - 274 pages
...pain, " All flesh must die, by Fate's decree, " Ere it can rise again." XLVI. OBLIGATION CANCELLED. To John I ow'd great obligation, But John unhappily thought fit, To publish it to all the nation: Sure John and I are more than quit. XLVII. THE ORIGIN OF RANK. And that his son and his son's son,... | |
| 1807 - 218 pages
...fair; Thour't full of wine when thirsty I, And when I'm drunk then thou ‘art dry. EPIGRAM. fPRIOR.J ‘To John I ow'd great obligation, But John unhappily thought fit To publish it to all the nationSure John and I are more than quit. EPITAPh ON A MISER. READER, beware immod'rate- love of pelf;... | |
| Panorama - 1809 - 368 pages
...treasure: She knows you long to see her gone, And shams to give you pleasure. THE DEBT PAID. TO John 1 owM great obligation, But John, unhappily, thought fit, To publish it to all the nation; Sure John and I are more than quit. BELA1ITS LOVE. To Lady Mary, Eclair makes addresses, Presents he... | |
| James Plumptre - 1811 - 524 pages
...had previously marked as amongst the best there without any reference to this subject. x. BY PRIOR. To John I ow'd great obligation, But John unhappily thought fit To publish it to all the nation, Sure John and I are more than quit. XL BY BANKS. Young Courtly takes me for a dunce, For all night... | |
| Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...You^wonder that he don't remember me: Why so? You see he lus forgot himself. By PRIOR. To John I owed great obligation ; But John unhappily thought fit To publish it to all the nation : Sure John and I are more than quit. cutting doten a fine Поит of Trees. INDULOIJTT nature to... | |
| Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 498 pages
...reproaches. To such personajities Armstrong might have replied in the words of Prior, “To John I owed great obligation, But John unhappily thought fit To publish it to all the nation; Sure John and I are more -than quit.” But though his temper was none of the mildest, he had the candour... | |
| Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 482 pages
...reproaches. To such personalities Armstrong might have replied in the words of Prior, " To John I owed great obligation, But John unhappily thought fit To publish it to all the nation; Sure John and I are more than quit."' But though his temper was none of the mildest, be had the candour... | |
| 1828 - 346 pages
...good action, he is sure to proclaim it from the house-top : " To John I ow'd great obligations ; % But John unhappily thought fit To publish it to all the nation. Sure John and 1 are more than quit.** very strongly marked; there was, consequently, less scope for... | |
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