 A critic of the present day serves a poem as a cook serves a dead turkey, when she fastens the legs of it to a post, and draws out all the sinews. For this we may thank Pope ; but unless we could imitate him in the closeness and compactness of his expression,...  The life and letters of William Cowper - Page 257by William Cowper - 1809Full view - About this book
 | William Cowper - 1803 - 456 pages
...smooth as quicksilver, they are offended. A critic of the present day, serves a poem as a cook serves a dead turkey, when she fastens the legs of it to a...the imitation, which serves no other purpose than to emasculate and weaken all we write.—Give me a manly, rough line, with a deal of meaning in it, rather... | |
 | William Hayley - Authors, English - 1803 - 450 pages
...smooth as quicksilver, they are offended. A critic of the present day, serves a poem as a cook serves a dead .turkey, when she fastens the legs of it to a...compactness of his expression, as well as in the smoothness o£jfe numbers, we had better drop the imitation, which serves no other purpose than to emasculate... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 486 pages
...smooth as quicksilver, they o are offended. A critic of the present day serves a poem as a cook serves a dead turkey, when she fastens the legs of it to a...the imitation, which serves no other purpose than to emasculate and weaken all we write. Give me a manly, rough line, with a deal of meaning in it, rather... | |
 | William Hayley - 1806 - 488 pages
...smooth as quicksilver, th.ey are offended. A critic of the present day serves a poem as a cook serves a dead turkey, when she fastens the legs of it to a...could imitate him in the closeness and compactness qf his expression, as well as in the smoothness of his numbers, we had better drop the imitation, which... | |
 | William Hayley - 1812 - 450 pages
...smooth as quicksilver they are offended. A critic of the present day serves a poem as a cook serves a dead turkey, when she fastens the legs of it to a post, and draws out all the sinews. For this Ave may thank Pope; but unless we could imitate him in the closeness and compactness of his expression,... | |
 | Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1817 - 536 pages
...smooth as quicksilver, they are offended. A critick of the present day, serves a poem as a cook serves a dead turkey, when she fastens the legs of it to a post, and draws out all the sinews. For Ihis we may thank Pope; but unless we could imitate him in the closeness and compactness of his expression,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1832 - 602 pages
...smooth as quicksilver they are offended. A critic of the present day serves a poem as a cook serves a dead turkey, when she fastens the legs of it to a post, and draw* out all the sinews. For this we may thank Pope ; but unless we could imitate him in the closeness... | |
 | 1858 - 974 pages
...smooth as quicksilver, they are offended. A critic of the present day serves a poem as a cook selves a dead turkey, when she fastens the legs of it to a post anil draws out all its sinuus. For this we may thank Pope; but give me a manly, rough line, with a... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 448 pages
...smooth as quicksilver, they are offended. A critic of the present day serves a poem as a cook serves a dead turkey, when she fastens the legs of it to a...the imitation, which serves no other purpose than to emasculate and weaken all we write. Give me a manly rough line, with a deal of meaning in it, rather... | |
 | William Cowper - Poets, English - 1835 - 456 pages
...smooth as quicksilver, they are offended. A critic of the present day serves a poem as a cook serves a dead turkey, when she fastens the legs of it to a...the imitation, which serves no other purpose than to emasculate and weaken all we write. Give me a manly rough line, with a deal of meaning in it, rather... | |
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