 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 - Σελίδα 259των Alexander Pope - 1822 - 436 σελίδεςΠλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
 | George Campbell - 1801 - 462 σελίδες
...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 - 1804 - 218 σελίδες
...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 σελίδες
...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 - 1805 - 432 σελίδες
...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 - 1805 - 422 σελίδες
...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 - 1808 - 702 σελίδες
..."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 - 1808 - 526 σελίδες
...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... | |
 | 1809 - 488 σελίδες
...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 - 1809 - 456 σελίδες
...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 σελίδες
...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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