 | Owen Ruffhead - 1769 - 578 páginas
...in the epiftle above mentioned, that he broke no duty, nor difobeyed any parent by commencing poet " I left no calling for this idle trade, " No duty broke, no father difobey'd." By the time he was fifteen, having made a very refpe&able proficiency in the learned languages,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1777 - 195 páginas
...let me know Great Homer dy'd three thoufand years ago. Why did I write ? what fin to me unknown Dipt me in ink, my parents, or my own ? As yet a child, nor yet a fool to fame, I hfp'd in numbers, for the numbers came. 1 left no calling for this idle trade, No duty broke, no father... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1778
...unknown 125 Dipt me in ink, my parents', or my own ? As yet a child, nor yet a fool to fame, I lifp'd in numbers, for the numbers came. I left no calling for this idle trade, No duty broke, no father difobey'd. 133 The Mufebut ferv'd to eafe fome friend, not wife, To help me thro' this long difeafe,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779
...me know Great Homer dy'd three thoufand years ago. Why did I write ? what f:n to me unknown 125 Dipt me in ink, my parents', or my own ? As yet a child, nor yet a fool to fame, I lifp'd in numbers, for the numbers came. I left no calling for this idle trade, No duty broke, no father... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779
...unknown 1z5 Dipt me in ink, my parents', or my own ? As yet a child, nor yet a fool to fame, I lifp'd in numbers, for the numbers came. I left no calling for this idle trade, No duty broke, no father difobeyVI:' 13o The VARIATIONS. Time, praife, or money, is the leaft they crave ; Yet each declares... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1782
...maturam fere ztatem vel paulo proclivior. p. 81. ' * 9. Why did I write? what fin, to me unknown, Dipt me in ink, my parents or my own ? As yet a child, nor yet a fool to fame, I lifp'd in numbers, for the numbers came. Heft I left no calling for this idle trade, No duty broke,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1890 - 550 páginas
...Dipt me in ink, my parents', or my own ? As yet a child, nor yet a fool to fame, I lisped in numl'ers, for the numbers came,' I left no calling for this idle trade, No duty broke, no father disobeyed. The muse but served to ease some friend, not wife, To help me through this long disease,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1787
...three thoufand years ago. Why did I write ? what fin to me unknown 125 Dipt me in ink, my parent's, or my own ? As yet a child, nor yet a fool to fame, 1 lifp'd in numbers, for the numbers came. I left no calling for this idle trade,No duty broke, no... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787
...In verfe fpontaneous flow'd my native ftrain, Forc'd by no fweat or labour of the brain. F. LEWIS* I left no calling for this idle trade ; No duty broke, no father difobey'd ; While yet a child, ere yet a fool to fame, I lifp'd in numbers, for the numbers came'*... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Sir John Hawkins - 1787
...In verfe fpontaneous flow'd my native ftrain, Forc'd by no fweat or labour of the brain. F. LEW1I. I left no calling for this idle trade ; No duty broke, no father difobey'd ; While yet a child, ere yet a fool to fame, I lifp'd in numbers, for the numbers came. PoPE.... | |
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And when I die, be sure you let me know Great Homer died three thousand years ago. Why did I write? what sin to me unknown Dipt me in ink, my parents', or my own? As yet a child, nor yet a fool to fame, I lisp'd in numbers, for the numbers came... 
