 Take hackney'd jokes from MILLER, got by rote, With just enough of learning to misquote , A mind well skill'd to find or forge a fault ; A turn for punning, call it Attic salt ; To JEFFREY go, be silent and discreet, His pay is just ten sterling pounds...  English bards, and Scotch reviewers; a satire - Seite 6von George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1810Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Marie Corelli - 1893 - 392 Seiten
...to HENLEY go (The ' pay ' for book-reviews is always low) ; Fear not to lie — 'twill seem a ready hit ; Shrink not from blasphemy — 'twill pass for wit ; Care not for feeling ; launch a scurrilous jest, And be a critic with the very best ! Will any own such judgment ? No, as... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1894 - 280 Seiten
...and discreet His pay is just ten sterling pounds per sheet : Fear not to He, 'twill seem a sharper hit ; Shrink not from blasphemy, 'twill pass for wit...pass your proper jest, And stand a critic, hated, yet caress'd." 101 26. Official observer. Jeffrey's various descriptions of his duties as critic are worth... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1894 - 282 Seiten
...and discreet His pay is just ten sterling pounds per sheet: Fear not to lie, 'twill seem a sharper hit; Shrink not from blasphemy, 'twill pass for wit;...pass your proper jest, And stand a critic, hated, yet caress'd." 101 26. Official observer. Jeffrey's various descriptions of his duties as critic are worth... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1894 - 282 Seiten
...and discreet His pay is just ten sterling pounds per sheet : Fear not to lie, 'twill seem a sharper hit ; Shrink not from blasphemy, 'twill pass for wit...pass your proper jest, And stand a critic, hated, yet caress'd." 101 26. Official observer. Jeffrey's various descriptions of his duties as critic are worth... | |
 | 1896 - 1224 Seiten
...Attic salt; To Jeffrey go, be silent and discreet, His pay is just ten sterling pounds per sheet ; ve all, trust a few, Do wrong to none : be able for...thy own life's key : be check'd for silence. But ne caress'd. /. BYRON — English Bards and Scotch Reviewers. L. 63. As soon Seek roses in December —... | |
 | Frederick Marryat - 1896 - 488 Seiten
...misquote ; A mind well skill'd to find or forge a fault, A turn for punning — call it Attic salt : Fear not to lie, 'twill seem a lucky hit, Shrink not...feeling, — pass your proper jest, And stand a critic 1 hated, yet caress'd. BYRON. THE survey was continued. One morning, after a fatiguing walk from point... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1896 - 692 Seiten
...pounds per sheet: Fear not to lie, 't will seem a sharper hit 2) ; Shrink not from blasphemy, 't will pass for wit; Care not for feeling — pass your proper jest, And stand a critic, hated yet caress'd. And shall we own such jndgment? no — as soon Seek roses im December — ice in June; ....... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1897 - 666 Seiten
...Attic salt ; To Jeffrey go ; be silent and discreet, His pay is just ten sterling pounds per sheet. Fear not to lie, 'twill seem a lucky hit; Shrink not...proper jest, And stand a critic, hated yet caressed. THE MEMORY OF KIRKE WHITE. UNHAPPY White ! while life was in its spring, And thy young muse just waved... | |
 | Cecil Headlam - 1897 - 346 Seiten
...and discreet, His pay is just ten sterling pounds per sheet : Fear not to lie, 'twill seem a sharper hit ; Shrink not from blasphemy, 'twill pass for wit...pass your proper jest, And stand a critic, hated yet caress'd. And shall we own such judgment ? No : as soon Seek roses in December — ice in June ; Hope... | |
 | Cecil Headlam - 1897 - 348 Seiten
...and discreet, His pay is just ten sterling pounds per sheet : Fear not to lie, 'twill seem a sharper hit ; Shrink not from blasphemy, 'twill pass for wit...pass your proper jest, And stand a critic, hated yet caress'd. And shall we own such judgment ? No: as soon Seek roses in December — ice in June ; Hope... | |
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