 A faltering voice, a weak and trembling pace, An ever-dropping nose, a forehead bare, And toothless gums to mumble o'er its fare. Poor wretch! behold him, tottering to his fall, So loathsome to himself, wife, children, all, That those who hoped the legacy...  The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis, - Page 120by Juvenal - 1836 - 208 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Juvenal - 1802 - 574 pages
...nigh his end, as he that most doth playne." While age presents one universal face — A faultering voice, a weak and trembling pace, An ever-dropping nose, a forehead bare, And toothless giMns to rnump his wretched fare. He grows, poor wretch, (now, in the dregs of life,) So loathsome... | |
 | Juvenal - 1806 - 578 pages
...feeble body, And such a flabby cheek, as an old ape, In Tabraca's thick woods, might haply scrape. Strength, beauty, and a thousand charms beside, With...divide ; While age presents one universal face: A faultering voice, a weak and trembling pace, An ever-dropping nose, a forehead bare, And toothless... | |
 | Juvenal, Sulpicia - 1852 - 610 pages
...o'ergrown, 285 And such a cheek, as many a grandam ape, In Tabraca's thick woods, is seen to scrape. Strength, beauty, and a thousand charms beside, With...youth divide ; While age presents one universal face : 290 A faultering voice, a weak and trembling pace, An ever-dropping nose, a forehead bare, And toothless... | |
 | Decimus Junius Juvenalis - 1852 - 596 pages
...sweet distinction, youth from youth divide ; While age presents one universal face : 290 A faultering voice, a weak and trembling pace, An ever-dropping nose, a forehead bare, And toothless gums to mumble o'er its fare. Poor wretch ! behold him, tottering to his fall, So loathsome to himself, wife,... | |
 | Thomas Street Millington - 1863 - 726 pages
...scurf o'ergrown, And such a cheek as many a grand-dam ape, In Tabraca's thick woods is seen to scrape. Strength, beauty, and a thousand charms beside, With...divide ; While age presents one universal face : A faultering voice, a weak and trembling pace, An ever-dropping nose, a forehead bdre, And toothless... | |
 | Thomas Street Millington - 1863 - 888 pages
...With sweet distinction, youth from youth divide ; While age presents one universal face : A faultering voice, a weak and trembling pace, An ever-dropping nose, a forehead bare, And toothless gums to mumble o'er its fare. Poor wretch ! behold him tottering to his fall, So loathsome to himself, wife,... | |
 | Juvenal, Sulpicia - 1876 - 588 pages
...o'ergrown, 285 And such a cheek, as many a grandam ape, In Tabraca's thick woods, is seen to scrape. Strength, beauty, and a thousand charms beside, With...youth divide ; While age presents one universal face : 290 A faltering voice, a weak and trembling pace, An ever-dropping nose, a forehead bare, And toothless... | |
 | 1881 - 590 pages
...beside, With sweet distinction, youth from youth divide ; While age presents one universal face : 290 A faltering voice, a weak and trembling pace, An ever-dropping nose, a forehead bare, And toothless gums to mumble o'er its fare. Poor wretch, behold him, tottering to his fall, So loathsome to himself, wife,... | |
 | William Cleaver Wilkinson - 1885 - 372 pages
...These ills certainly were never more powerfully portrayed than they are here portrayed by Juvenal : Strength, beauty, and a thousand charms beside, With...ever-dropping nose, a forehead bare, And toothless gums to mumble o'er its fare. Poor wretch ! behold him, tottering to his fall, So loathsome to himself, wife,... | |
 | William Cleaver Wilkinson - 1889 - 520 pages
...These ills certainly were never more powerfully portrayed than they are here portrayed by Juvenal : Strength, beauty, and a thousand charms beside, With...ever-dropping nose, a forehead bare, And toothless gums to mumble o'er its fare. Poor wretch ! behold him, tottering to his fall, So loathsome to himself, wife,... | |
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