September 25, 2008
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Nor are this vile and ignominious Race Content true Honour from his Breast to chace, Tuey shut his Eyes to beauteous Truth, and blind With giddy Notions his unpractis’d Mind. Soon as my easy and too generous Lord With ample … Weiterlesen
September 23, 2008
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EPILOGUE TO THE MAN OF MODE, OR SIR FOPLING FLUTTER [By Sir GEORGE ETHERIGE, 1676.] MOST modern wits such monstrous fools have shown, They seem not of heaven’s making, but their own. Those nauseous harlequins in farce may pass; But … Weiterlesen
September 22, 2008
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ETHEREGE, sir George, one of the wits of Charles’s day, chiefly known as a writer of comedy, was born about 1636. He is supposed to have been for some time at Cambridge, then to have travelled, and, on his return, … Weiterlesen
September 21, 2008
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N° 65. TUESDAY, MAY 15, 1711. Demetri, teque, Tigelli Discipularum inter jubeo plorare cathedras. HOR. 1 Sat. x. 90. Demetrins and Tigellins, know your place; Go hence, and whine among the school-boy race. AFTER having at large explained what wit … Weiterlesen