| John Almon - English literature - 1786 - 328 pages
...I do not call it a digreffion, But a temptation Which requires difcretion; And therefore I petition For leave to give a definition Of the word Reputation...mantua-maker or a duchefs. A mifs brought up in fairy courts, Fractis'd in fublunary fports, And contemplations in the dark, Is apt to be furpriz'd By a fuperior... | |
| John Almon - English literature - 1786 - 478 pages
...do iu>t call it a digreffion, But a temptation Which requires difcretion; And therefore I petition For leave to give a definition Of the word Reputation...the lady of a knight, A mantua-maker or a duchefs. A irifs brought up in fairy courts, PractU'd in fublunary fports, And contemplations in the dark, Is... | |
| John Hall-Stevenson - Macaronic literature - 1897 - 268 pages
...I do not call it a digression, But a temptation Which requires discretion. And therefore I petition For leave to give a definition Of the word reputation ; 'Tis an impression or a seal Engrav'd, not upon steel, On a transparent education, Which, held up to the light,... | |
| Walter Sichel - 1910 - 432 pages
...Engraved, not upon steel On a transparent Education Which held up to the Light, Discovers all the strokes and touches That mark the Lady of a Knight, A Mantua-maker, or a Duchess." himself, but Sterne cared for none of these things. No sooner had he returned home in the... | |
| Walter Sichel - Authors, English - 1910 - 420 pages
...I do not call it a Digression, But a Temptation Which requires Discretion And therefore I petition For leave to give a Definition Of the word Reputation ; 'Tis an Impression or a Seal Engraved, not upon steel On a transparent Education Which held up to the Light,... | |
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