 | Ben Jonson - 1616 - 418 pages
...the remark, 'The above, however, is but a poor specimen of it.' Cf. Pope, Ep. to Dr. Arbuthnot 127-8: As yet a child, nor yet a fool to fame, I lisp'd in numbers, for the numbers came. 1. 3. 13. S'light . . . law. 'Too much immersed in cases, and cased too much in thy gown.' (N.) 1.... | |
 | 1796 - 500 pages
...years ago. Why did I write ? what siu to me uniknpw^i, 125 Dipp'd me in ink, my parents', pr my pwia ? As yet a child, nor yet a fool to fame, I lisp'd. in numbers, for the numbers came. I left no calling for this idle trade, No duty broke, no father disobey'd : i5p The Muse but serv'd... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1804 - 190 pages
...years ago. Why did I write ? what sin to me nnknown 125 Dipp'd me in ink, my parents', or my own ? As yet a child, nor yet a fool to fame, I lisp'd in numbers, for the numbers came : I left no calling for this idle trade, No duty broke, no father disobeyed : 130 The Muse but serv'd... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1806 - 464 pages
...uttered. P. 81. 9. Why did I write ? What sin, to me unknown, Dipt me in ink ; my parents, or my own ? As yet a child, nor yet a fool to fame, I lisp'd in numbers, for the numbers came. I left no calling for this idle trade, No duty broke, no father disobey'd.* BOILEAU says, in his fifth... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1806 - 422 pages
...I left no calling for this idle trade, No duty broke, no father disobey'd ; While yet a child, e'er yet a fool to fame, I lisp'd in numbers, for the numbers came. POPE. This plain floor, Believe me, reader, can say more Than many a braver marble can, Here lies a truly honest... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 354 pages
...I left no calling for this idle trade ; No duty broke, no father disobey 'd; While yet a child, ere yet a fool to fame, I lisp'd in numbers, for the numbers came. POP I. This plain floor, i Believe me, reader, can say more Than many a braver marble can, Here lies... | |
 | 1806 - 340 pages
...LEWIS. I left no calling for this idle trade; No duty broke, no father difobey'd; While yet a child, ere yet a fool to fame, I lisp'd in numbers, for the numbers came. • This plain floor, Believe me, reader, can say more Than many a braver marble can, Here lies a truly... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1807 - 474 pages
...thousand years ago. Why did I write ? what sin to me unknown Dipp'd me in ink, my parents', or my own ? As yet a child, nor yet a fool to fame, I lisp'd in numbers, for the numbers came : I left no calling for this idle trade, No duty broke, no father disobey'd : The Muse but serv'd to... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1807 - 288 pages
...thousand years ago. Why did I write? what sin to me unknown 125 Dipp'd me in ink, my parents' or niy own ? As yet a child, nor yet a fool to fame, I lisp'd in numhers, for the numhers came: 1 left no calling for this idle trade, No duty broke, no father disohey'd,... | |
 | Alexander Pope, Thomas Park - 1808 - 388 pages
...thousand years ago. Why did I write i what sin to ine unknown Dip'd me in ink, my parents', or my own? As yet a child, nor yet a fool to fame, I lisp'd in numbers, for the numbers came : I left no calling for this idle trade, No duty broke, no father disobey'd : The Musu but serv'd to... | |
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And when I die, be sure you let me know Great Homer dy'd three thousand years ago. Why did I write? what sin to me unknown Dipt me in Ink, my parents, or my own? As yet a child, nor yet a fool to fame, I lisp'd in numbers, for the numbers came. I left... 
