Laconics; or, The best words of the best authors [ed. by J. Timbs].1840 |
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... spleen is like the tarantula , the effects of whose malignant poison are to be prevented by no other remedy but the charms of music ; for you are to understand , that as some noxious animals carry anti- dotes for their own poisons , so ...
... spleen is like the tarantula , the effects of whose malignant poison are to be prevented by no other remedy but the charms of music ; for you are to understand , that as some noxious animals carry anti- dotes for their own poisons , so ...
Page 73
... of the tongue ; So shall each passion by the fan be seen . From noisy anger to the sullen spleen . VOL . III . H Gay CCLXX . Thou mayst be sure that he that will LACONICS . 73 at the feast of the Centaurs, where they ate ...
... of the tongue ; So shall each passion by the fan be seen . From noisy anger to the sullen spleen . VOL . III . H Gay CCLXX . Thou mayst be sure that he that will LACONICS . 73 at the feast of the Centaurs, where they ate ...
Page 102
... spleen ; which may arise a good deal from the great uncertainty and many sudden changes of our weather in all seasons of the year and how much these affect the heads and hearts , especially of the finest tempers , is hard to be believed ...
... spleen ; which may arise a good deal from the great uncertainty and many sudden changes of our weather in all seasons of the year and how much these affect the heads and hearts , especially of the finest tempers , is hard to be believed ...
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... spleen . By this inspir'd ( O ne'er to be forgot ! ) Some lords have learn'd to spell , and some to knot . It makes Globose a speaker in the house ; He hems , and is deliver'd of his mouse . It makes dear self on well - bred tongues ...
... spleen . By this inspir'd ( O ne'er to be forgot ! ) Some lords have learn'd to spell , and some to knot . It makes Globose a speaker in the house ; He hems , and is deliver'd of his mouse . It makes dear self on well - bred tongues ...
Page 305
... spleen , ( Ridiculous in rage ! ) to hiss , not bite , So war their quills , when sons of Dulness write . DCCCCXL . Young - There goes a good deal of providence to produce a man's life unto three - score ; there is more required than an ...
... spleen , ( Ridiculous in rage ! ) to hiss , not bite , So war their quills , when sons of Dulness write . DCCCCXL . Young - There goes a good deal of providence to produce a man's life unto three - score ; there is more required than an ...
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