 | John Mapletoft - Proverbs - 1707 - 308 pages
...die, by Fate's Decree, Ere it can rife again. XXXVII. *T" O Join I ow'd great Obligation, -*- Quljobn unhappily thought fit, To publifh it to all the Nation : Sure John and I are more than quit. M. PRIO&. XXXVIII. THAT all from Adam firft begun, Sure none (but/#^ »} doubts ; And that his Son,... | |
 | Epigrams, English - 1735 - 286 pages
...tawdry pride, a tulip fwell, Blooming and beauteous to the fight, Dull and infipid to the fmell. XLV1I. To John I ow'd great obligation, But John, unhappily,...thought fit, To publifh it to all the nation ; Sure Jofin and I are more than quit. XLvru. XL VIII.- . CLo E her goffips entertains With ftories of her... | |
 | Matthew Prior - 1779 - 480 pages
...unkindnefs compels him to fpeak; > For of late I invite him— but four times a week. 3 oANOTHER. AO John I ow'd great obligation ; But John, unhappily...YES, every poet is a fool : By demonftration Ned can fhow it : Happy, could Ned's inverted rule Prove every fool to be a poet. ANOTHER, AHY nags, (the leaneft... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 316 pages
...compels him to fpeak ; For pf late I invite him — but four times a week. I, I ,'cck. J ANOTHER. T ' O John I ow'd great obligation ; But John unhappily...all the nation : Sure John and I are more than quit. AN ANOTHER. "\7" ES, every poet is a fool, •*• By demonftration Ned can fhow it. Happy, could Ned's... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 322 pages
...cruel unkindnefs compels him to fpeak ; For of late I invite him — but four times a week. ANOTHER. r T"*O John I ow'd great obligation ; -*- But John unhappily...to all the nation : Sure John and I are more than quit1 J ANOTHER. " ES, every poet is a fool, By demonftration Ned can mow it. Happy, could Ned's inverted... | |
 | Matthew Prior - 1779 - 478 pages
...week. r AN OANOTHER. AO John I ovv'd great obligation ; But John, unhappily thought fit, To publifti it to all the nation : Sure John and I are more than quit. ANOTHER. 1ES, every poet is a fool : By demonstration Ned can fhow it : Happy, could Ned's inverted rule Prove... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 320 pages
...week. ANOTHER. ' I "• O John I ow'd great obligation ; But John unhappily thought fit, To pubiifh it to all the nation : Sure John and I are more than quit. AN Oi«j\t tvc-iy ANOTHER. 'TPHY nags, the leaneft things alive ! So very ha: c' rhou lov'ft to drive... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 326 pages
...cruel unkindnefs compels him to fpeak ; For of late I invite him — but four times a week. I AN 0. ANOTHER. • *T*O John I ow'd great obligation ; -*-...nation : Sure John and I are more than quit. ANOTHER. "\7" ES, every poet is a fool, •*• By demonftration Ned can fhow it. Happy, could Ned's inverted... | |
 | Samuel Whyte - English poetry - 1792 - 434 pages
...PLAUSIBLE DECLAIMEKS, ACCORDING TO A FAVOURITE MORAL MAXIM EXHIBITED IN PRIOR'S EPIGRAM. 1 OWED to JOHN great obligation; But JOHN, unhappily, thought fit...all the nation ; Sure JOHN and I are more than quit. THE ANSWER. JV1 AT with my purfe bought food and raiment ; But MAT, my claim to quafh, Tenders a fcrap... | |
 | English wit and humor - 1794 - 428 pages
...empty brother ; Religion laughs at foes like thee, But dreads a friend like t'other. BY PRIOR. 1 O John I ow'd great obligation, But John unhappily thought...all the nation. Sure John and I are more than quit. GOOD MUSIC, AND BAD DANCERS. HOW ill the motion with the mufic fuits, ^ So Orpheus play'd, and like... | |
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To John I ow'd great obligation ; But John unhappily thought fit To publish it to all the nation : Sure John and I are more than quit. 
