 I know, may be very diverting. I am merry that I may decoy people into my company, and grave that they may be the better for it. Now and then I put on the garb of a philosopher, and take the opportunity that disguise procures me, to drop a word in favour...  Poetical works - Pàgina 2per William Cowper - 1863 - 611 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | 1833 - 958 pàgines
...that disguise procures me, tn drop a word in favour of religion. In short, there is some froth, anil here and there a bit of sweetmeat, which seems to...call a trifle. I did not choose to be more facetious, le.it I should consult the taste of myreaders, at fhe expense of my ownapprobation ! nor more serious... | |
 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1824 - 598 pàgines
...garb of a philosopher, and take the opportunity that disguise procures me, to drop a word in favour of religion. In short, there is some froth, and here...the name of a certain dish the ladies call a trifle. 1 did not choose to be more facetious,, lest 1 should consult the taste of my readers at the expense... | |
 | William Cowper - 1824 - 450 pàgines
...opportunity that disguise procures me, to drop a word in favour of religion. In short, there is some, and here and there a bit of sweetmeat, which seems to entitle it justly to the name ot a certain dish the ladies call a trifle. I did not choose to be more facetious, lest I should consult... | |
 | Thomas Taylor - 1833 - 512 pàgines
...garb of a philosopher, and take the opportunity that disguise procures me, to drop a word in favour of religion. In short, there is some froth, and here...lest I should consult the taste of my readers at the expence of my own approbation ; nor more serious than I have been, lest I should forfeit theirs. A... | |
 | Thomas Taylor - 1833 - 354 pàgines
...garb of a philosopher, and take the opportunity that disguise procures me, to drop a word in favour of religion. In short, there is some froth, and here...trifle. I did not choose to be more facetious, lest 1 should consult the taste of my readers at the expense of my own approbation; nor more serious than... | |
 | William Cowper - 1841 - 362 pàgines
...garb of a philosopher, and take the opportunity that disguise procures me, to drop a word in favour of religion. In short, there is some froth, and here and there a bit of sweetmeat, which seem to entitle it justly to the name of a certain dish the ladies call a trifle. I did not choose... | |
 | Robert Sears - 1844 - 514 pàgines
...garb of a philosopher, and take the opportunity that disguise procures me to drop a word in favor of religion. In short, there is some froth, and here and there a bit of sweetmeat, which seems to outitle it justly to the name of a certain dish the ladies call a trifle. I did not choose to be more... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1847 - 722 pàgines
...garb of a philosopher, and take the opportunity that disguise procures me, to drop a word in favour of religion. In short there is some froth, and here and...name of a certain dish the ladies call a Trifle." But in Task or Trifle unless the ingredients were good, the whole were nought. They who should present... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1847 - 690 pàgines
...garb of a philosopher, and take the opportunity that disguise procures me, to drop a word in favour of religion. In short there is some froth, and here and...which seems to entitle it justly to the name of a cer21 tain dish the ladies call a Trifle." But in Task or Trifle unless the ingredients were good,... | |
 | 1851 - 592 pàgines
...garb of a philosopher, and take the opportunity that disguise procures me, to drop a word in favour of religion. In short, there is some froth, and here...trifle. I did not choose to be more facetious, lest 1 should consult the taste of my readers at the expense of my own approbation ; nor more serious than... | |
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