Stultifera Navis: Qua Omnium Mortalium Narratur Stultitia : The Modern Ship of Fools, Aere PerenniusW. Miller, 1807 - 295 psl. |
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... productions have , for the most part , been inspected by the editor , but the work which obviously appears to have given the idea for the several sections now under consideration , is the Ship of Fools , translated into English verse by ...
... productions have , for the most part , been inspected by the editor , but the work which obviously appears to have given the idea for the several sections now under consideration , is the Ship of Fools , translated into English verse by ...
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... production of Alexander Barclay , as far as relates to the body of his work , having merely copied a part of his title - page , and inserted the running heads of many of his sections * , the poetry , Latin and Italian quotations , & c ...
... production of Alexander Barclay , as far as relates to the body of his work , having merely copied a part of his title - page , and inserted the running heads of many of his sections * , the poetry , Latin and Italian quotations , & c ...
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... productions of others . UNDER the firm assurance that the reader will consider this work , in the light in which it is conceived the author originally intended that it should be accepted , the editor takes his leave , after placing ...
... productions of others . UNDER the firm assurance that the reader will consider this work , in the light in which it is conceived the author originally intended that it should be accepted , the editor takes his leave , after placing ...
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... productions of this nature , concerning which we may exclaim with Horace , Versus inopes rerum , nugæque canoræ , it hath been confidently asserted , that ladies of ton , not satisfied with a single copy , have purchased separate ...
... productions of this nature , concerning which we may exclaim with Horace , Versus inopes rerum , nugæque canoræ , it hath been confidently asserted , that ladies of ton , not satisfied with a single copy , have purchased separate ...
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... production " Meditations on a Broom Stick . " But what avails , let me ask , all this boasted research ? So- crates , with his intense study , affirmed , that all he knew was , that he knew nothing ; while Pyrrho , the founder of ...
... production " Meditations on a Broom Stick . " But what avails , let me ask , all this boasted research ? So- crates , with his intense study , affirmed , that all he knew was , that he knew nothing ; while Pyrrho , the founder of ...
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Alexander Barclay attainment bard boast brain certainly CHORUS TO FOOLS class of fools common sense conceive Crowds flock curious fool dames death disgrace display doth ev'ry exclaim eyes fam'd fame famous fandango dance favours fear feel fidatevi folly FOOLISH fortune frequently gentlemen give gold hath head hear Heaven HERE'S honour human ideot instance John Perrot joys justly King L'ENVOY labour lady lines live Lord mind nature naught ne'er never noble o'er pain passion pleasure POET POET'S CHORUS Pope Innocent IV possessed present propensity prove Rara Avis reason render score SECTION Semiramis senseless Shakspeare shame silly slave sloth SOLOMON speaking species Stultifera Navis thee thine thing thyself tion trim the boat truth usury vanity vice vile Voltaire votaries whip wife wisdom wise words wretch writer youth
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