...studco bullatis ut mihi nugis Pagina turgescat, dare pondus idonea fumo. — Pers. Sat. V. 19. "Pis not indeed my talent to engage In lofty trifles, or to swell my page With wind and noise. — Dryden. THERE is no kind of false wit which has been so recommended by the practice of all ages...

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...Ragonsts for Tereus or Thyestes dress'd; 'T is task enough for thee t' expose a Roman feast. PER. 'T is not, indeed, my talent to engage In lofty trifles,...to impart, As to a friend, the secrets of my heart; 30 And, in familiar speech, to let thee know How much I love thee, and how much I owe. Knock on my...

...Kagousts for Tereus or Thyestes dress'd; 'T is task enough for thee t ' expose a Roman feast. PER. 'T is not, indeed, my talent to engage In lofty trifles,...noise ; but freely to impart, As to a friend, the secrete of my heart; 30 And, in familiar speech, to let thee know How much I love thee, and how much...

...compared to a bad cork in a bottle of good wine. It spoils the flavour of everything. The Poet says, " 'Tis not, indeed, my talent to engage In lofty trifles, or to swell my page With wind and noise ; " and this is very good advice : nevertheless, having been indulged with a licence of now and then...

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