 | George Crabbe - 1823 - 450 Seiten
...letho mala ; credula vitam Sj>fs alit, et melius eras fore semper ait. Tibullus. He fell to juggle, cant, and cheat For as those fowls that live in water Are never wet, he did but smarter ; Whate'er he labour'd to appear, His understanding still was clear. A paltry wretch he had,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 Seiten
...the arts Did he advance his nat'ral parts, Till falling back still, for retreat, He fell to juggle, thou best earthly bliss, I will cherish thee for...conceive thee ; Though thou be to them a scorn, Who 'Гh' intelligible world he knew, And all men dream on't, to be true, That in this world's not a wart... | |
 | 1820 - 406 Seiten
...arts, « Did he advance his nat'ral parts ; Till falling back still, for retreat, He fell to juggle, cant, and cheat: For as those fowls that live in water...knowledge boasted, Since old Hodge Bacon, and Bob Grosted. - -* • -- Do not our great Reformers use This SIDROPHEL to forebode news? To write of victories next... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1825 - 600 Seiten
...advanee his nat'ral parts, Till falling baek still, for retreat, He fell to juggle, eant, and eheat : half venom, spita elear. Yet none a deeper knowledge boasted, Sinee old Hodge Baeon, and Bob Grosted. Th' intelligible... | |
 | Robert Mudie - 1828 - 368 Seiten
...described or describable quality save one, and in that one there is a happy and beautiful coincidence. " As those fowls that live in water Are never wet, he...labour'd to appear, His understanding still was clear." Nor is this description of quackery confined to those holders-forth of the holidays; for it runs in... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1829 - 346 Seiten
...arts 215 Did he advance his nat'ral parts, Till falling back still, for retreat, He fell to jugele. cant, and cheat : For as those fowls that live in water Are never wet, he did but smatter : 220 Whate'er he labour'd to appear, His understanding still was clear : Yet none a deeper knowledge... | |
 | 1831 - 426 Seiten
...i For as those fowls that live in wat« Are never wet, he did but smaller; *.* Whate'tr he lahour'd to appear, His understanding still was clear. Yet none a deeper knowledge boasted. Since old Hog Bacon and Bob Greeted. Th' intelligible world he knew, f! And all men dream on % to be true: That... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1834 - 338 Seiten
...letho mala ; credula vitnm Spes alit, et melius eras fore semper ait.— TIBULLUS. He fell to juggle, cant, and cheat .... For as those fowls that live in water Are never wet, he did but smarter ; Whate'er he labour'd to appear, His understanding still waa clear. A paltry wretch he had,... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1835 - 332 Seiten
...juggle, cant, and cheat. For as those fowls that live in water Are never wet, he did but smatter ; sa> Whate'er he labour'd to appear, His understanding...Bacon, and Bob Grosted. Th' intelligible world he knew, 225 And all men dream on't to be true, That in this world there's not a wart That has not there a counterpart... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1835 - 340 Seiten
...arts 215 Did he advance his nat'ral parts, Till falling back still, for retreat, He fell to juggle, cant, and cheat. For as those fowls that live in water Are never wet, he did but smatter ; 220 Whate'er he labour'd to appear, His understanding still was clear ; Yet none a deeper knowledge... | |
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To climb the wheel, but all in vain, His own weight brings him down again, And still he's in the self-same place Where at his setting out he was ; So in the circle of the arts, Did he advance his nat'ral parts, Till falling back still, for retreat, He... 
