 Let fortune empty her whole quiver on me, " I have a foul that like an ample fhield " Can take in all, and verge enough for more*" Pleafure diflblves into a luxurious, mild, tender, and joyous .modulation ; as in the following lines in Caius Marius.  The man of fortitude; or, Schedoni in England - Page 193by Benjamin Frere - 1801Full view - About this book
 | William Combe - 1781 - 54 pages
...has fevereft virtue for its bafis; And fuch a friendship ends not but with life. ADDISON. MR. WILKES. Let fortune empty her whole quiver on me. I have a...fhield, Can take in all, and verge enough for more ; Fate was not mine, nor am I fate's ; Souls know no conquerors. DRYDEN. GENEr GENERAL WASHINGTON.... | |
 | SEVERAL HANDS. - 1781 - 588 pages
...allied, And thin partitions do their bounds divide. DR.YDEN. ' Mr. WILKES. " Let fortune empty all her quiver on me. I have a foul that, like an ample fhield, Can take in all, and verge enough for more ; Fate was noc mine, nor am I Fate's; Souls know no conquerors DRYDEN. * Sir JOHN JEHU. " Aye, that's... | |
 | Thomas Davies - 1784 - 524 pages
...hisop'ning heav'n, And draggrd him down with me, fpite ofpredeftination ! And Sebaftian himfelf : . Let Fortune empty her whole quiver on me! I have a foul, that, like an ample ihicid, Can take in all, and verge enough for more ! To Thomas Otway was referved the honour of giving... | |
 | 1798 - 580 pages
...whale line was derived. "I am inclined to think, it was from the fol• lowing pafl age in Drydtn : Let fortune empty her whole quiver on me, I have a foul, that like an amflrjhirld, Can take iu all, and -verge enough for more. Dryden'í D Having in our laft paper on this... | |
 | Hester Lynch Piozzi - 1801 - 1008 pages
...their efforts, but feemcd to fay with Don Scbaftian, " Why let them empty their whole quiver " on mt., I have a foul that like an ample fhield, can take in all, and " verge enough for more/' And though Lord Chatham had pronounced his Majefty the greateft courtier of his own court, poKtenefs... | |
 | 1803 - 250 pages
...Neptune. jE'en thus Do empty fhew and ttue-priz'd worth divide In /forms of'fortune.—Shakefpeare, LET fortune empty her whole quiver on me. I have a...fhield, Can take in all, and verge enough for more. Fate was not mine, nor am I Fate's : Souls know no conquerors—Dryden. WITH fuch unmaken temper'of... | |
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