Stultifera Navis; ...: The Modern Ship of FoolsW. Miller, 1807 - 295 ページ |
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... famous , or rather infamous , works of this na- ture have met the public eye , to the disgrace of the writers , whose labours are well calculated to adorn an index expur- gatorius , but this is not all , for our literary gentlemen ( as ...
... famous , or rather infamous , works of this na- ture have met the public eye , to the disgrace of the writers , whose labours are well calculated to adorn an index expur- gatorius , but this is not all , for our literary gentlemen ( as ...
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... famous devil on two sticks , which would have enabled him to learn such instances as were hidden ' from publicity - merciful Heaven ! what would he not then have had to say ! for Quæ fuerant vitia mores sunt : and the contagion is now ...
... famous devil on two sticks , which would have enabled him to learn such instances as were hidden ' from publicity - merciful Heaven ! what would he not then have had to say ! for Quæ fuerant vitia mores sunt : and the contagion is now ...
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... famous engraver of gems , who was so fond of good living as to ex- expend one guinea on a pint of peas , although he had not at the time a shoe to his foot , and was literally repairing to a disciple of Crispin's , in order to procure a ...
... famous engraver of gems , who was so fond of good living as to ex- expend one guinea on a pint of peas , although he had not at the time a shoe to his foot , and was literally repairing to a disciple of Crispin's , in order to procure a ...
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... famous Dr. Johnson , who might well be termed his toad eater or flatterer , used to narrate the following anecdote of the Lexicographer . Upon the publication of one of the Doctor's literary per- formances , Jemmy B1 , on the first of ...
... famous Dr. Johnson , who might well be termed his toad eater or flatterer , used to narrate the following anecdote of the Lexicographer . Upon the publication of one of the Doctor's literary per- formances , Jemmy B1 , on the first of ...
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... famous chimney sweep , Which cost three hundred dollars . possessing neither rhyme nor reason , nor even an incident to afford instruction of any kind , will be knocked down by Messrs . Leigh and Sotheby , & c . & c . for five , ten ...
... famous chimney sweep , Which cost three hundred dollars . possessing neither rhyme nor reason , nor even an incident to afford instruction of any kind , will be knocked down by Messrs . Leigh and Sotheby , & c . & c . for five , ten ...
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aëre Alexander Barclay Alice Pearce bard bells boast brain Canst thou cause certainly CHORUS TO FOOLS common sense conceived Crowds flock dame death decency disgrace display doth ev'ry exclaim eyes fam'd fame famous fashion feel folly FOOLISH fortune frequently give Goddess of Fools gold harlot's hath head hear Heaven honour Horace human idiot instance irreligion John Perrot justly King L'ENVOY labour ladle lady laugh lines live Lord mind nature naught ne'er never noble o'er pain passion pleasure POET POET'S CHORUS Praise of Folly present prove quod rage Rara Avis reader reason respect score scorn SECTION Shakspeare shame Ship of Fools smile SOLOMON speaking species stanza Stultifera Navis thee thine thing thro thyself tion tongue trim the boat truth vice Voltaire votaries wear wearers wisdom wise words youth
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12 ページ - The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.
133 ページ - Ay, but to die, and go we know not where ; To lie in cold obstruction, and to rot ; This sensible warm motion to become A kneaded clod...
196 ページ - All murder'd: for within the hollow crown That rounds the mortal temples of a king Keeps Death his court, and there the antic sits, Scoffing his state and grinning at his pomp...
245 ページ - Though I look old, yet I am strong and lusty: For in my youth I never did apply Hot and rebellious liquors in my blood; Nor did not with unbashful forehead woo The means of weakness and debility; Therefore my age is as a lusty winter, Frosty, but kindly: let me go with you; I'll do the service of a younger man In all your business and necessities.
164 ページ - ... we make guilty of our disasters, the sun, the moon, and the stars : as if we were villains by necessity; fools, by heavenly compulsion; knaves, thieves, and treachers, by spherical predominance; drunkards, liars, and adulterers, by an enforced obedience of planetary influence; and all that we are evil in, by a divine thrusting on : An admirable evasion of whore-master man, to lay his goatish disposition to the charge of a star!
164 ページ - This is the excellent foppery of the world, that, when we are sick in fortune, — often the surfeit of our own behaviour, — we make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon, and the stars...
xx ページ - Quid verum atque decens euro et rogo, et omnis in hoc sum ; Condo et compono quae mox depromere possim.
207 ページ - My liege, I did deny no prisoners. But, I remember, when the fight was done, When I was dry with rage, and extreme toil, Breathless and faint, leaning upon my sword, Came there a certain lord, neat, trimly dress'd, Fresh as a bridegroom ; and his chin, new reap'd, Show'd like a stubble-land at harvest-home ; He was perfumed like a milliner ; And 'twixt his finger and his thumb he held A pouncet-box...
196 ページ - For God's sake, let us sit upon the ground And tell sad stories of the death of kings : How some have been depos'd; some slain in war...
171 ページ - tis a common proof, That lowliness is young ambition's ladder, Whereto the climber-upward turns his face; But when he once attains the upmost round, He then unto the ladder turns his back, Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend.