 Had past my time as pleasantly away, Slept all the night, and loiter'd all the day. My soul, that's free from care, and fear, and hope, Knows how to make her own ambition stoop, To' avoid uneasy greatness and resort, Or for preferment following the Court.  The British Poets: Including Translations ... - Strana 191podľa British poets - 1822Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
 | Samuel Butler, Robert Thyer - 1759 - Počet stránok 538
...Reafon to his Rhime fubmit. Without this Plague, I freely might have fpent 60 My happy Days with Leifure and Content; Had nothing in the World to do, or think, Like a fat Prieft, but whore, and eat, and drink ; Had paft my Time as pleafantly away, Slept all the Night, and... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - Počet stránok 738
...reafon to his rhyme fubmit! Without this plague, I freely might have fpent My happy days with leifnre and content; «* Had nothing in the world to do or think, Like a fat prieft, but,whore, and eat, and drink ; Had paft my time as pleafantly away, Stept ail the niglit,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - Počet stránok 376
...fubmit ! Without this plague, I freely might have fpent My happy days with leifure and content ; 60 Had nothing in the world to do or think, Like a fat prieft, but whore, and eat, and drink j Had paft my time as pleafantly away, Slept all the night, and... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1803 - Počet stránok 522
...rhyme fubmit. Without this plagne I freely might have fpent My happy days with leifure and content ; 6a Had nothing in the world to do or think, Like a fat prieft, but whore, and eat, and drink ; Had paft my time as pleafantlv iiwav, S!ept all the night,... | |
 | Samuel Butler, Samuel Johnson - 1807 - Počet stránok 414
...times, When I have written four, I blot two rhymes. May he be damn'd who first found out that curse, T' imprison and confine his thoughts in verse ; To hang...his wit, And make his reason to his rhyme submit. \Vithout this plague I freely might have spent My happy days with leisure and content ; Had nothing... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - Počet stránok 654
...times, When I have written four, I blot two rhymes. MI v he be damn'd who first found out that curse, T* race. Write not what cannot be with ease conceiv'd...Some truths may be too stronor to be believ'd. A fo bis rhyme submit ! Without this plague, I freely might have spent My happy days with leisure and content... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1827 - Počet stránok 344
...Is fearful to pass one, that is unfit ; 50 May he be damn'd, who first found out that curse, 55 T' imprison, and confine his thoughts in verse ; To hang...have spent My happy days with leisure and content ; 60 Had nothing in the world to do, or think, Like a fat priest, but whore, and eat, and drink ; Had... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith, Sir James Prior - 1837 - Počet stránok 538
...rhyme, Mr. Pope has nothing in all his works more splendid and musical than the following lines : " Without this plague, I freely might have spent My happy days with leisure and content ; Ilud nothing in the world to do, or think, Like a fat priest, but whore, and eat, and drink ; Had... | |
 | 1856 - Počet stránok 606
...write in rhyme at all, and invokes a hearty imprecation on the man " who first found out that curse, T' imprison and confine his thoughts in verse, To hang...his wit, And make his reason to his rhyme submit." These, however, are but words of course, used in satirizing another poet; and no one can, in his own... | |
 | 1856 - Počet stránok 1432
...on the man " who first found out that curse, T' imprison and confine his thoughts in verse, To hong so dull a clog upon his wit, And make his reason to his rhyme submit." These, however, are but words of course, used in satirizing another poet ; and no one can. in his own... | |
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