 | Edward Young - 1802 - 420 σελίδες
...land of noise and show, Where nought but dreams, no real pleasures, grow ; Like cats in air pumps, to subsist we strive On joys too thin to keep the soul alive. LEM IRA'S sick ; make haste ; the doctor call : He comes ; but where 's his patient ? At the ball.... | |
 | 1803 - 468 σελίδες
...solid joys, In Fancy's airy land of nuise and show. Where nought but dream*, no real pleasures, grow,. Like cats in air-pumps, to subsist we strive On joys too thin to keep the soul alive. Lemira's sick, make haste; the doctor call: He comes; but where 's his patient ? at ihe ball. 180 The... | |
 | Charles Brockden Brown - 1805 - 500 σελίδες
...others, odd and quaint. I shall produce one as a specimen, which you may classify as your judgment shall direct : Like cats in air-pumps, to subsist...majestic or dignified in Young's satires ; not that lie was incapable of sublimity, but because the view he took of men and manners generally excluded... | |
 | Edward Young - 1805 - 230 σελίδες
...solid joys, In Fancy's airy land of noise and show, Where nought but dreams, no real pleasures, grow, Like cats in airpumps, to subsist we strive On joys too thin to keep the soul alive. Lemira's sick; make haste ; the doctor call: He comes ; but whcre's his patient ? at the ball. The... | |
 | John Aikin - 1806 - 346 σελίδες
...others, odd and quaint. I shall produce one as a specimen, which you may classify as your judgment shall direct : Like cats in airpumps, to subsist we...excluded it. Yet his account in the seventh satire of the final cause of that principle, the love of fame, is introduced by some very noble lines, which... | |
 | John Aikin - 1807 - 320 σελίδες
...others, odd and quaint. I shall produce one as a specimen, which you may classify as your judgment shall direct: , Like cats in airpumps, to subsist...alive. There is little of the majestic or dignified in Voting's satires ; not that he was incapable of sublimity, but -because the view he took of men and... | |
 | Cabinet - 1808 - 524 σελίδες
...airy land of noise and show, Where nought but dreams, no real pleasures grow } Like cats in air pumps, to subsist we strive On joys too thin to keep the soul alive. Lemira's sick; make haste; the doctor call : Becomes; but where's his patient? At the ball. The doctor... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 556 σελίδες
...solid joys, Infancy'e airy land of noise and show, Where nought but dreams, no real pleasures grow; Like cats in air-pumps, to subsist we strive On joys too thin to keep the soul alive. Lemira's sick ; make haste; the doctor call : He comes ; but where's his patient ? At the ball. The... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 554 σελίδες
...Jit fancy's airy land of noise and show,Where nought but dreams, no real pleasures grow; Like cols in air-pumps, to subsist we strive On joys too thin to keep the soul alive. 1 Lemira's sick ; make haste; the doctor call : He comes ; but where's his patient ? At the ball. The... | |
 | Edward Young - 1811 - 294 σελίδες
...solid joys, Infancy's airy land of noise and show, Where nought but dreams, no real pleasures, grow ; Like cats in air-pumps, to subsist we strive On joys too thin to keep the soul alive. LEMIRA'S sick ; make haste ; the doctor call : He comes -, but where's his patient ? At the ball. The... | |
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Where nought but dreams, no real pleasures, grow ; Like cats in air-pumps, to subsist we strive On joys too thin to keep the soul alive. 
