 vanity display What the fine gentleman wore yesterday ; 330 And but so mimic ancient wits at best, As apes our grandsires, in their doublets drest, In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold ; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old  The Works of Alexander Pope - Page 259by Alexander Pope - 1822 - 436 pagesFull view - About this book
 | George Campbell - English language - 1801 - 462 pages
...the poet with regard to both the forernentioned sorts of barbarism^ is extremely good.;-...h . ..1 In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold ; Alike fantastic, if too new or old : Be" not tue first by whom the new are try'd, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside f. PAST III....By... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1804 - 218 pages
...Fungoso in the play, These sparks with awkward vanity display What the fine gentleman wore yesterday ; And but so mimic ancient wits at best, As apes our...rule will hold, Alike fantastic if too new or old: Be not the first by whom the new are try'd, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside. But most by numbers... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1804 - 236 pages
...Fungoso in the play, These sparks with awkward vanity display What the fine gentleman wore yesterday; 33( And but so mimic ancient wits at best, As apes our...rule will hold, Alike fantastic if too new or old: Be not the first by whom the new are try'd, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside. But most by Numbers... | |
 | Henry Kett - Books and reading - 1805 - 432 pages
...reject as they were to adopt them; and they seldom long survive the occasion that gave them birth. In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold, • ' Alike fantastic, if too new or old. Be not the first by whom the new are try'd, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside. Pope's Essay on... | |
 | Henry Kett - Literature - 1805 - 422 pages
...reject as they were to adopt them; and they seldom long survive the occasion that gave them birth. In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold, Alike fantastic, if too new or old. Be not the first by whom the new are try'J, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside. Pope's Essay on... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1808 - 702 pages
..."What the fine gentleman wore yesterday, And but so mimic ancient wits at best, As apes our erandsires in their doublets drest. In words, as fashions, the...rule will hold; Alike fantastic if too new or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside. But most by numbers... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1808 - 526 pages
...observe a happy medium between too great, and too little, reverence for the usages of ancient times. In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold, Alike fantastic, if too new or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside. Pope't Esarg en... | |
 | English poetry - 1809 - 488 pages
...Fungoso in the play, These sparks with awkward vanity display What the fine gentleman wore yesterday; And but so mimic ancient wits at best, As apes our...rule will hold, Alike fantastic if too new or old : Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside. But most by numbers... | |
 | Alexander Crombie - English language - 1809 - 456 pages
...barbarism. It has now obtained permanent establishment, and is justly admitted y every lexicographer. In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold ; Alike fantastic, if too new or old: Be not the first, by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside. Pvpe's Essay on... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1812 - 348 pages
...th' unlearn'd, and make the learned smile. Unlucky, as Fungoso in the play, These sparks with aukward vanity display What the fine gentleman wore yesterday...rule will hold ; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old : Be not the first by whom the new are try'd, 335 Nor yet the last to lay the old aside. But most by... | |
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