Nay, do not think I flatter ; For what advancement may I hope from thee That no revenue hast but thy good spirits, To feed and clothe thee ? Why should the poor be flatter'd ? No, let the candied tongue lick absurd pomp, And crook the pregnant hinges... The Quarterly Review - Pàgina 463editat per - 1818Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
| Michael O'Neill, Mark Sandy - 2006 - 412 pàgines
...— or the abuses of brief authority' — [which you would hallow through all time] — 'or who has more severely stigmatised those "who crook the pregnant...hinges of the knee where thrift may follow fawning?"' [Granted, none better.] 'It is true he was not actuated by an envious hatred of greatness' — [so... | |
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