Honester men and wiser, you will say, Were satirists. Unhurt ? for spite ? for pay ? Their courteous soldiership, outshining ours, Mounted the engine and took aim from tow'rs. From putrid ditches we more safely fight, And push our zig-zag parallels by... A Satire on Satirists, and Admonition to Detractors - 14 psl.autoriai: Walter Savage Landor - 1836 - 38 psl.Visos knygos peržiūra - Apie šią knygą
| John Holmes Agnew, Eliakim Littell - 1843 - 612 psl.
...Their courteous soldiership, outshining ours, Mounted the engine end took aim from towers ;" But that " From putrid ditches we more safely fight. And push our zig-zag parallels by night." Again, at page 19 — " The Gentleman's, the Lady's we have seen, Now blusters forth the Blackguard's... | |
| John Holmes Agnew - 1843 - 612 psl.
...Their courteous soldiership, outshining ours, Mounted the engine and took aim from towers ;" But that " From putrid ditches we more safely fight. And push our zig-zag parallels by niglu.'1 Again, at page 19 — " The Gentleman's, the Lady's we have seen, Now blusters forth the Blackguard's... | |
| 1843 - 602 psl.
...outshining ours, Mounted the engine and took aim from towers ;" IMAGINARY CONVERSATION. 319 But that " From putrid ditches we more safely fight. And push our zig-zag parallels by uiglit." Again, at page 19 — " The Gentleman's, the Lady's we have seen, Now blusters forth the Blackguard's... | |
| Walter Savage Landor - 1876 - 538 psl.
...lighter-hearted. When Peter Pindar sank into decline, Up from his hole sprang Peter Porcupine. ***** Honester men and wiser, you will say, Were satirists....equal, if but here, Pope pleas'd alike the playful und severe. The slimmer cur at growler Johnson snarls, But cowers beneath his bugle-blast for Charles.... | |
| Lady Strachey (Jane Maria) - 1894 - 376 psl.
...pay ? Their courteous soldiership, outshining ours, Mounted the engine, and took aim from towers—- From putrid ditches we more safely fight, And push our zig-zag parallels by night. Eryden. Dryden's rich numbers rattle terse and round, And, here almost his equal, if but here, Pope.... | |
| Henry Crabb Robinson - 1927 - 480 psl.
...Their courteous soldiership, outshining ours, Mounted the engine and took aim from towers;' But that ' From putrid ditches we more safely fight, And push our zig-zag parallels by night.' [ 854] APPENDIX II Again, at page 19— ' The Gentleman's, the Lady's we have seen, Now blusters forth... | |
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