 I recollect the occasion of my first attempt: it is; like all the rest of my non-adventures, of so unimportant a nature, that I should blush to call the attention of the idlest reader to it, but for the reason alleged in the introductory paragraph. A...  The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis - Page xvby Juvenal - 1803Full view - About this book
 | 1803 - 614 pages
...poetry: indeed I searce knew it by name ; and, whatever may be said of the force of nature, I certainly never " lisp'd in numbers!" I recollect the occasion...attempt: it is, like all the rest of my non-adventures, tares, of so unimportant a nature, that I Should blifsfi to call the attention of the idlest reader... | |
 | 1803 - 598 pages
...poetry: indeed I scarce knew it by name ; and, whatever may be said of the force of nature, I certainly never " lisp'd in numbers." I recollect the occasion...attempt: it is, like all the rest of my non-adventures, tures, of so unimportant a nature, that I Should blush to call the attention of the idlest reader to... | |
 | Juvenal - 1806 - 578 pages
...: indeed I scarcely knew it by name ; and, whatever may be said of the force of nature, I certainly never " lisp'd in numbers." I recollect the occasion...undertaken to paint a sign for an ale-house: it was to have been a lion, but the unfortunate artist' produced a dog. On this awkward affair, one of my acquaintance... | |
 | Juvenal - 1817 - 496 pages
...: indeed I scarcely knew it by name ; and, whatever may be said of the force of nature, 1 certainly never " lisp'd in numbers." I recollect the occasion...undertaken to paint a sign for an ale-house : it was to have been a lion, but the unfortunate artist produced a dog. On this awkward affair, one of my acquaintance... | |
 | Perse, Juvénal - 1817 - 596 pages
...: indeed I scarcely knew it by name ; and, whatever may be said of the force of nature, 1 certainly never " lisp'd in numbers." I recollect the occasion...nature, that I should blush to call the attention of I 1 the idlest reader to it, but for the reason alleged in the introductory paragraph. A person, whose... | |
 | 1830 - 340 pages
...: indeed I scarcely knew it by name ; and whatever may be said of the force of nature, I certainly never " lisp'd in numbers." I recollect the occasion...undertaken to paint a sign for an ale-house : it was to have been a lion, but the unfortunate artist produced a dog. On this awkward affair, one of my acquaintance... | |
 | William Hone - 1827 - 452 pages
...poetry: indeed 1 scarcely knew it by name; and, whatever may be said of the force of nature, I certainly never " lisp'd in numbers." I recollect the occasion...undertaken to paint a sign for an ale-house : it was to have been a lion, but the unfortunate artist produced a dog. On this awkward affair, one of my acquaintance... | |
 | 1827 - 330 pages
...scarcely knew it by name; and whatever may be said of the force of nature, I certainly never " hsp'd in numbers." I recollect the occasion of my first...undertaken to paint a sign for an ale-house : it was to have been a lion, but the unfortunate artist produced a dog. On This was not done without difficulty.... | |
 | William Hone - 1827 - 892 pages
...: indeed I scarcely knew it by name ; and, whatever may be said of the force of nature, I certainly never '• lisp'd in numbers." I recollect the occasion...escapes me, had undertaken to paint a sign for an air-house : it was to have been a lion, but the unfoitunate artist produced a dog. On this awkward... | |
 | 1827 - 730 pages
...hoard of books discovered tempt; it is, like all the rest of my and removed, and all future repetitions non-adventures, of so unimportant a nature, that I...undertaken to paint a sign for an ale-house : it was to have been a lion, but the unfortunate artist produced a dog. On this awkward . affair, one of my acquaintance... | |
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