| Owen Ruffhead - Poets, English - 1769 - 600 pages
...: for, fays he, in a pleafant fimile, alluding to his friend's profeflion. " Of all mad creatures, if the learn'd are right, '*' It is the Slaver kills, and not the Bite." He then proceeds to ridicule the abject and extravagant flattery of thofe fycophants, who complimented... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1807 - 474 pages
...am twice as tall ; But foes like these.— P. One flatterer's worse than all. Of all mad creatures, if the learn'd are right, It is the slaver kills and not the hite. A fool quite angry is quite innocent : Alas ! 'tis ten times worse when they repent. One dedicates... | |
| Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1808 - 702 pages
...1 am twice as tall; But foes like these— P. One flatterer's worse than all. Of all mad creatures, if the learn'd are right, It Is the slaver kills, and not the bite. A fool quite angry is quite iunocent : Alas ! 'tis ten times worse when they repent. One dedicates... | |
| Alexander Pope, Thomas Park - 1808 - 388 pages
...am twice as tall ; [all. But foes like these— P. One flatterer's worse than Of all mad creatures, if the learn'd are right, It is the slaver kills and not the hite. A fool quite angry is quite iunocent: Alas ! 'tis ten times worse when they repent. One dedicates... | |
| 1809 - 402 pages
...ground of fair controversy, whenever he can descend from grovelling in the mire. ' Of all mad creatures, if the learn'd are right, ' It is the slaver kills,...to shew how far it was palpably deficient in that respecl. The Ordeal asserted and proved that Great-Britain had some merit in coming to a settlement... | |
| 1809 - 402 pages
...am twice ae tall; But foes like these — P. One flatt'rcr's worse than all. Of all mad creatures, if the learn'd are right, It is the slaver kills, and not the bite. A fool quite an^ry is quite innocent : Ala ', 'tis ten times worse when they repent. One dedicates... | |
| British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 526 pages
...am twice as tall ; But foes like these.— P. One flatterer's worse than all, Of all mad creatures, if the learn'd are right, It is the slaver kills and not the bite. A fool quite angry is quite innocent : Alas ! 'tis ten times worse when they repent. This prints my... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 546 pages
...am twice as tall ; But foes like these — P. One flatterer's worse than all. Of all mad creatures, if the learn'd are right, It is the slaver kills, and not the bite. A fool quite anjry is ;>uity innocent : Alas ! 'tis ten times worse when they repent. One dedicates... | |
| Stephen Jones - 1812 - 50 pages
...exhibit specimens o£ hypercriticism which, perhaps, can scarcely be outdone. " Of all mad creatures, if the learn'd are right, " It is the sla-ver kills, and not the bite." (XXXI.) For this scrap of information Mr. Jones i» thankful. '.' The toad, ugly and yenomoui, " Wears... | |
| John Aikin - English poetry - 1820 - 832 pages
...am twice as tall ; [all. But foes like these — P. One flatterer's worse than Of all mad creatures, here on Earth, or in mid air ; Though for possession put to try onc A fool quite angry is quite innocent : Alas ! 'tis ten times worse when they repent. One dedicates... | |
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