 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
 | 1847 - 644 pàgines
...advancement, from sensible men, by means of flattery. " No, let the candied tongue lick absurd pomp; And crook the pregnant hinges of the knee. Where thrift may follow fawning." But, on the other hand, perhaps no people in the eastern world possess points of interest so many to... | |
 | 1847 - 648 pàgines
...advancement, from sensible men, by means of flattery. " No, let the candied tongue lick absurd pomp ; And crook the pregnant hinges of the knee, Where thrift may follow fawning." But, on the other hand, perhaps no people in the eastern world possess points of interest so many to... | |
 | 1848 - 398 pàgines
...apply for schools, who are willing to stand as weathercocks of the public will, who will cringe, " And crook the pregnant hinges of the knee Where thrift may follow fawning," who are qualified only to plan and contrive so as to offend as few as possible. It puts the office... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1849 - 582 pàgines
...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 my choice, And could of men distinguish, her election... | |
 | Elias Lyman Magoon - 1849 - 446 pàgines
...highest sense be free. Educated slaves abound as well as ignorant ones, and quite as disposed to " crook the pregnant hinges of the knee, where thrift may follow fawning ; " indeed, they are generally the most degraded, for there are rugged energies in the ignorant which... | |
 | 1849 - 470 pàgines
...complimenting ; for— " Why should the poor be flattered ? 1*1 o, let the candy tongue lick absurd pomp ; And crook the pregnant hinges of the knee, Where thrift may follow fawning." abjure it. Merit ! oh dainty word, forged by self-love and friends, to mock us to ourselves. I know... | |
 | Pliny Miles - 1850 - 374 pàgines
...ALMIGHTY. 69. — Why should the poor be flattered ? No, let the candied tongue lick absurd pomp ; And crook the pregnant hinges of the knee, Where thrift may follow fawning. Hamlet— Act 3, Sc. 2. MONEY. 60. Wo unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites ! for y« devour... | |
 | 1850 - 230 pàgines
...and clothe thee ? Why should the poor.he flattered. 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... | |
 | Pliny Miles - 1850 - 372 pàgines
...ALMIGHTY. 69. — Why should the poor be nattered ? No, let the candied tongue lick absurd pomp ; And crook the pregnant hinges of the knee, Where thrift may follow fawning. Hamlet — Act 3, Sc. 2. MONEY. 60. Wo unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites ! for ye devour... | |
 | Daniel Scrymgeour - 1851 - 424 pàgines
...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... | |
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