 | William Shakespeare - 1818 - 424 pàgines
...ornament ; A virtue that was never seen in you. Hot. Marry, and I'm glad of it with all nfly heart ; I had rather be a kitten, and cry — mew, Than one...turn'd, Or a dry wheel grate on an axle-tree ; And that would set my teeth nothing on edge, Nothing so much as mincing poetry ; 'Tis like the forc'd gait... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1819 - 80 pàgines
...L'IMPERATRIGE. DUNTED BY DEMAKETj RUE DES BOGAF.DS. I8l9. ^ J ENGLISH BARDS. AND SCOTCH REVIEWERS; A. SATIRE. I had rather be a kitten , and cry , mew ! Than one of these same metre ballad-mongers. Shakespeare* Such shameless Bards we have; and yet 'tis true, There are as mad, abandon1 d Critics... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens - 1820 - 348 pàgines
...ornament ; A virtue that was never seen in you. Hot. Marry, and I 'm glad of it with all my heart ; I had rather be a kitten, and cry — mew, Than one...ballad-mongers : I had rather hear a brazen canstick turn'd,7 Or a dry wheel grate on the axle-tree ; And that would set my teeth nothing on edge, Nothing... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1820 - 260 pàgines
...vies. t For the received accounts of the cause of Raphael's death, see his SCOTCH REVIEWERS. A SATIRE. I had rather be a kitten, and cry mew ! Than one of these same metre ballad-mongers. Skakapeare. Such shameless bards we have; and yet 'tis true There are as mad, abandon'd critics too.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 460 pàgines
...ornament ; A virtue that was never seen in you. HOT. Marry, and I'm glad of it with all my heart ; I had rather be a kitten, and cry — mew, Than one...ballad-mongers : I had rather hear a brazen canstick turn'd 7, Or a dry wheel grate on an axle-tree ; And that would set my teeth nothing on edge, Nothing so much... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 486 pàgines
...FOREIGN LIBRARY, E DO COQ SAINT- IIOMOBE, S°. f). 1821. ENGLISH BARDS, SCOTCH REVIEWERS; A SATIRE. I had rather be a kitten, and cry, mew! Than one of these same metre ballad- mongers. SHAKESPEARE. Such shameless Bards we have ; and yet 'tis true, There are as mad, abandon'... | |
 | 1821 - 746 pàgines
...reason why your professed critic is generally poor and ragged ; and well does he deserve to be so. I had rather be a kitten, and cry — mew, Than one of the«e sanie loathed critiquemongers. The opera is essentially intellectual, as well аз elegantly... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1822 - 102 pàgines
...PUBLISHED BY LE ROY-BERGER, EOOKSEIXEB GRANDE1 RUE. o. . ' ENGLISH BARDS SCOTCH REVIEWERS; A SATIRE. I had rather be a kitten, and cry mew! Than one of these same metre ballad-mongers. ShakespeareSuch shameless Bards we have; and yet 'tis true> There are as ma<l, abaudon'd Critics too.... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1822 - 106 pàgines
...PUBLISHED BY LE ROY-BERGER, BOOKSELLER, 664, GRANDE ROE. ' 9 ENGLISH BARDS AND SCOTCH REVIEWERS; A SATIRE. I had rather be a kitten, and cry mew! Than one of these same metre ballad-mongcu. Shakespeare. Such shameless BaitU we have; and yet'tis true, There are as mail, abandon'd... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1822 - 498 pàgines
...the giver, nor look the gift horse in the mouth. ENGLISH BARDS AND SCOTCH REVIEWERS; A SATIRE. . ] had rather be a kitten, and cry mew ! Than one of these same metre ballad-mongers. Shakespeare. Sach shameless Bards we have ; and yet, 'tis true, There are as mad, abandon'd Critics... | |
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I had rather be a kitten, and cry mew, Than one of these same metre ballad-mongers ; I had rather hear a brazen canstick turn'd, Or a dry wheel grate on the axle-tree ; And that would set my teeth nothing on edge, Nothing so much as mincing poetry ; —... 
