| English poets - 1790 - 248 pages
...fleets of glaflfes fail around the board, From whofe broadfides vollies of wit fhall rain. VI. Nor fhall the fight of honourable fears, Which my too forward...what I endure. VII. Should fome brave youth (worth beingdrunk) prove nice, And from his fair inviter meanly fhrink, 'Twould pleafe the ghoft of my departed... | |
| 1793 - 806 pages
...fleets of glaflcs fail around the board, Frum whofe broadfidcs vollies of wit Dull rain. VI. N'ir (hall the fight of honourable fears, Which my too forward valour did procure, Should fome brave youth (worth being drunk) prove nice, And from his fair inviter meanly flirink, 'T... | |
| Robert Anderson - 1795 - 806 pages
...did procure, Friehten new-lined foldien from the wars; Paft joy* have more than paid what 1 endure. Should fome brave youth (worth being drunk) prove nice, And from his fair invitcr meanly (brink, 'Twould pleafe the ghoft of my departed vice, If, at my council, he repent and... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 842 pages
...fears, \Vhith my too forward valour tli.1 procure, Frighten new-lifted foldicrs from the wars; 1'alt joys have more than paid what I endure. VII. Should fome brave youth (worth b Jug drunk) prove nice, And from his fair inviter meanly fhrink, "TwoulJ plcafe the ghott of my departed... | |
| Bayard Tuckerman - 1882 - 356 pages
...full tide of dissipation, glories in his sensuality, and writes the " Maimed Debauchee." Should some brave youth (worth being drunk) prove nice, And from his fair inviter meanly shrink, "T would please the ghost of my departed vice, If, at my council, he repent and drink. But... | |
| Jon Stallworthy - 1986 - 422 pages
...Frighten new-listed soldiers from the wars: Past joys have more than paid what I endure. Should any youth (worth being drunk) prove nice, And from his fair inviter meanly shrink, Twill please the ghost of my departed vice If, at my counsel, he repent and drink. Or should... | |
| John Wilmot Earl of Rochester - 2002 - 332 pages
...Frighten new-listed soldiers from the wars: Past joys have more than paid what I endure. Should any youth (worth being drunk) prove nice, And from his fair inviter meanly shrink, Twill please the ghost of my departed vice If, at my counsel, he repent and drink. Or should... | |
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