 | Samuel Butler - 1753 - 466 pàgines
...fafl in -wooden Baftile* CANTO H. THERE wasanantient That had read Alexander Rofs over ; And fwore the world, as he could prove, Was made of fighting and of love : 5 Jnft fb romances are, for what elfe Is in them all, but love and battles ? O' th' firft of thefe... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 350 pàgines
...wooden Baftile. THERE was an ancient fage philofopher That had read Alexander Rcfs over, And fwore the world, as he could prove, Was made of fighting and of love, , Juft fo Romances are, for what elfe 5 Is in them all but love and battles? O' th' firft of thefe... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 342 pàgines
...wooden Baftile, ' T^HERE was an ancient fage philofopher A That had read Alexander Rofs over, And fwore the world, as he could prove, Was made of fighting and of love» Juft fo Romances are, for what elfe Is in them all but love and battles? O' th' firft of thefe w' have... | |
 | Robert Anderson - 1795 - 740 pàgines
...Voodcn Baftile. I:...-,. WM an ancient £ige philofopher That had read Alexander Rofs over, And frrore the world, as he could prove, "Was made of fighting and of love. j nit fo Romances are, for what elfe Is in them all bat love and battles ' O' th' iu it of thefe w'... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1801 - 528 pàgines
...Bafiile. p.: CANTO II. THERE was an ancient fage philofopher, That had read Alexander Rofs over, And fwore the world, as he could prove, "Was made of fighting and of love; ARGUMENT, v. 8. Thenjhuts himfaft In tvooJen Bajlile.'] In the flocks. The ftate prifon in France fo... | |
 | 1803 - 434 pàgines
...admiration. I am sure I have heard the Pulpit, drum ecclesiastic, Was beat with fist instead of a stick and There was an ancient sage philosopher Who had read Alexander Ross over more frequently quoted than the finest pieces of wit in the whole poem. C. JsTo. LXI. THURSDAY, MAY... | |
 | Albin-Joseph-Ulpien Hennet - 1806 - 456 pàgines
...par-tout où n'est pas Virginie. BUTLER. HUDIBRAS. CANTO a. . 1 HERE was an ancient sage philosopher That had read Alexander Ross over, And swore the world, as he could prove, "Was made of fighting and oflove. Just so romances are; for what else Is in them all but love and battles. O' th' first of these... | |
 | James Beattie - 1809 - 406 pàgines
...Job or Grizel stir mood Though stored with delctcry medicines, Which whosoever took is dead since . There was an ancient sage philosopher, Who had read Alexander Ross over.— I grant, that these combinations, considered as wit, have little or no merit. Yet they seem to possess... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 654 pàgines
...enchanted castle, There shuts him fast in wooden Bastilc. THERE was an ancient sage philosopher, That n every town, And eke in every shire. And now, at...length, he 's brought Unto fair London city, Where in Just so romances are, for what else Is in them all, but love and battles ? O' th' first of these w'... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1810 - 314 pàgines
...sure, I have heard ** When pulpit, drum ecclesiastick, was beat with fist instead of a stick," and " There was an ancient sage philosopher, who had read Alexander Ross over," more frequently quoted than the finest pieces of wit in the whole poem." Spec. v. i, 60. Dr. Johnson,... | |
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THERE was an ancient sage philosopher That had read Alexander Ross over, And swore the world, as he could prove, Was made of fighting and of love. Just so Romances are, for what else Is in them all but love and battles ? O' th' first of these w' have... 
