 | William Cowper - 1806 - 394 pàgines
...and purity of his verse ; yet such was poor Vinny, I remember seeing the Duke of Richmond set fire to his greasy locks, and box his ears to put it out again. Since I begun to write long poems I seem to turn up my nose at the idea of a short one. I have lately... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1812 - 544 pàgines
...and purity of his verse : yet such was poor Vinny. I remember seeing the duke of Richmond set fire to his greasy locks, and box his ears to put it out...time he wrote, the best Latin poet in Europe. Most of the pieces in this volume had been printed in his life-time, if we mistake not, in a smaller volume.... | |
 | William Cowper - 1817 - 324 pàgines
...and purity of his verse ; yet such was poor Vinny. I remember seeing the Duke of Richmond set fire to his greasy locks, and box his ears to put it out again. Since I began to write long poems, I seem to turn up my nose at the idea of a short one. I have lately... | |
 | William Cowper - 1832 - 602 pàgines
...the purity of his verse ; yet such was poor Vinny. i remember seeing the Duke of Richmond set fire to his greasy locks, and box his ears to put it out again. Since I began to write long poems, 1 seem to turn up my nose at the idea of a short one. I have lately... | |
 | William Cowper, William Hayley - 1835 - 372 pàgines
...neatness and purity of his verse; yet such was poor Vinny. I remember seeing the Duke of Richmond set fire to his greasy locks, and box his ears to put it out again. be comprised in much less than a thousand lines ! But this must make part of a second publication,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 480 pàgines
...neatness and purity of his verse; yet such was poor Vinny. I remember seeing the Duke of Richmond set fire to his greasy locks, and box his ears to put it out again. Since I began to write long poems, I seem to turn up my nose at the idea of a short one. I have lately... | |
 | William Cowper, William Hayley - 1835 - 376 pàgines
...neatness and purity of his verse; yet such was poor Vinny. I remember seeing the Duke of Richmond set fire to his greasy locks, and box his ears to put it out again. be comprised in much less than a thousand lines ! But this must make part of a second publication,"and... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 388 pàgines
...neatness and purity of his verse; yet such was poor Vinny. I remember seeing the Duke of Richmond set fire to his greasy locks, and box his ears to put it out again. Since I began to write long poems I seem to turn up my nose at the idea of a short one. I have lately... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 400 pàgines
...neatness and purity of his verse; yet such was poor Vinny. I remember seeing the Duke of Richmond set fire to his greasy locks, and box his ears to put it out again. I am delighted with your project, but not with the view I have of its success. If the world would form... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 384 pàgines
...neatness and purity of his verse; yet such was poor Vinny. I remember seeing the Duke of Richmond set fire to his greasy locks, and box his ears to put it out again. Since I began to write long poems I seem to turn up my nose at the idea of a short one. I have lately... | |
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... in the classics themselves, charms more by the simplicity and playfulness of his ideas, than by the neatness and purity of his verse : yet such was poor Vinny. I remember seeing the Duke of Richmond set fire to his greasy locks, and box his ears to... 
