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 - Pągina 463editat per - 1818Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
| John Moore, Robert Anderson - 1820 - 470 pągines
...am entirely disposed to believe were sincere ; for Altho' the candy'd tongue lick absurd pomp, And crook the pregnant hinges of the knee, Where thrift may follow fawning. -' • Why should the poor be flattered ? Just as I was returning, we heard the music of the troops... | |
| John Moore - 1820 - 476 pągines
...am entirely disposed to believe were sincere ; for Altho' the candy'd tongue lick absurd pomp, And crook the pregnant hinges of the knee, Where thrift may follow fawning . — ~ — Why should the poor be flattered » • ' • • Just as I was returning, we heard the... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1821 - 558 pągines
...clothe thee ? Why should the poor be flatter'd ? No, let the candied tongue lick absurd pomp ; And crook the pregnant hinges of the knee *, Where thrift may follow fawning *. Dost thou hear ? Since my dear soul 9 was mistress of her choice, And could of men distinguish her... | |
| Johann Jacob Engel, Henry Siddons - 1822 - 552 pągines
...and clothe thee 1 Why should the poor be flatter'dt No, let the candied tongue lick absurd pomp ; And crook the pregnant hinges of the knee, Where thrift may follow fawning. Dost thou hear? Since my dear soul was mistress of her choice, And could of men distinguish her election,... | |
| William Shakespeare, William Dodd - 1824 - 428 pągines
...and clothe thee? Why should the poor be flatter'd? No, let the candied tongue lick absurd pomp; And crook the pregnant-)" hinges of the knee, Where thrift may follow fawning. Dost thou hear? Since my dear soul was mistress of her choice, And could of men distinguish her election,... | |
| Mrs. Inchbald - 1824 - 486 pągines
...feed and clothe thee ? Should the poor be flatter'd ? No, let the candied tongue lick absurd pomp, And crook the pregnant hinges of the knee, Where thrift may follow fawning. Dost thou hear ? Since my dear soul was mistress of her choice, And could of men distinguish, her election... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1824 - 486 pągines
...ami clothe thee? Why should the poor be flattert) Ī No, let the candied tongue lick absurd pomp; Ana crook the pregnant* hinges of the knee, Where thrift may follow fawning. Dost tbou hear? Since my dear soul was mistress of her choice, And conttl of men distinguish her election,... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1824 - 370 pągines
...clothe thee ? Why should the poor be flatter'd ? No, let the candied tongue lick absurd pomp ; And crook the pregnant* hinges of the knee, Where thrift may follow fawning. Dost thou hear I Since my dear soul was mistress of her choice, And could of men distinguish her election,... | |
| 1824 - 720 pągines
...thorough Self-esteem, however, will learn to stomach this dislike to serve their own ends, and to " crook the pregnant hinges of the knee, where thrift may follow fawning." They will generally, however, endeavour, if they can, to revenge themselves for this on their own inferiors,... | |
| British poets - 1824 - 676 pągines
...clothe thee ? Why should the poor be flatter'd ? No, let the candy'd tongue lick absurd pomp ; And crook the pregnant hinges of the knee, Where thrift may follow fawning. Why, what a deal of candied courtesy, This fawning greyhound then did proffer me ! Look, — when his... | |
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