 In Pope I cannot read a line But, with a sigh, I wish it mine : When he can in one couplet fix More sense than I can do in six, It gives me such a jealous fit, I cry, "Pox take him and his wit.  Miscellanies. In Four Volumes - Page 268by Jonathan Swift - 1742Full view - About this book
 | Alexander Pope - Human beings - 1736 - 64 pages
...dares to Irony pretend : A.~V~ Whick "Which I was born to introduce ; Refin'd it firft, andlhew'dits Ufe. St. John, as well as Pultney, knows, That I had...And, 'till they drove me out of Date, Could maul a Minifter of State. i> 0 If they have mortify'd my Pride, And made me throw my Pen afide ; If with fuch... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1739 - 66 pages
...hum'rous biting Way ? • •• • ARB u TH NO T is no more my Friehdj Who dares to Irony•pretend ; Which I was born to introduce, Refin'd it firft, and fhew'd its Ufe. ST. JOHN, as well aS Pur.TNEV knows* That I had fpme Repute fqf Profe ; And till they drove me out of Date, Could maul a... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1752 - 524 pages
...biting Way ? ARBUTHNOT is no more my Friend, ' Who dares to Irony pretend j N 2 Which VERSES on the Which I was born to introduce, Refin'd it firft, and fhew'd its Ufe. * ST. JOHN; as well as f PULTNEY, knows, That I had fome Repute for Profe j And till they drove me out of Date, Could maul... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, John Hawkesworth - 1754 - 354 pages
...cry, pox take him and his wit. I grieve to be outdone by Gay In my own hum'rous biting way. Arbuthnot is no more my friend, Who dares to irony pretend,...firft, and fhew'd its ufe. St. John *, as well as Pulteney f, knows That I had fome repute for profe ; And, till they drove me out of date, Could maul... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, John Hawkesworth - 1754 - 336 pages
...cry, pox take him and his wit. I grieve to be outdone by Gay In my own hum'rous biting way, Arbuthnot is no more my friend, Who dares to irony pretend,...Which I was born to introduce, Refin'd it firft, and mew'd its ufe. St. John *, as well as Pulteney f, knows That I had fome repute for profe ; And, till... | |
 | Art - 1762 - 290 pages
...cry, pox take him and his wit. I grieve to be outdone by Gay In my own humourous biting way. Arbuthnot is no more my friend, Who dares to irony pretend,...ufe. St. John, as well as Pultney, knows That I had forae repute for profe ; And, till they wrote me out of date, . Could maul a minifter of flate. If... | |
 | John Newbery - English poetry - 1762 - 292 pages
...cry, pox take him and his wit. I grieve to be outdone by Gay In my own humourous biting way. Arbuthnot is no more my friend, Who dares to irony pretend,...Which I was born to introduce, Refin'd it firft, and (hew'd its ufe. St. John, .as well as Pultney, knows That I had fome, repute for profe ; And, till... | |
 | Richard Griffith - 1767 - 314 pages
...honeftlyconfefles this foible : Why muft I be outdone by Gay, In my own hum'rous, biting way ? Arbuthnot is no more my friend, Who dares to irony pretend ; Which I was born to introduce, Refin'd at firft, and fhew'd its ufe." When I plained my lonely fituation, did I fecm to lament thewantof any... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1768 - 338 pages
...cry, pox take him and his wit. I grieve to be outdone by Gay In my own hum'rous biting way. Jlrbuthnot is no more my friend, Who dares to irony pretend,...introduce, Refin'd it firft, and fhew'd its ufe. St. yohn b, as well as Pulteney c, knows That I had fome repute forprofe; And, till they drove me out of... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1774 - 410 pages
...grieve I grieve to be outdone by Gijr In my own hutn'rous biting way. Aibuthnot is no more my friend, 55 Who dares to irony pretend, Which I was born to introduce,...and fhew'd its ufe. St. John *, as well as Pultney f, knows That I had fome repute for profe ; 60 And, till they drove me out of date, Could maul a minifter... | |
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