 | William Cullen Bryant - 1925 - 412 páginas
...(can you pardon my presumption 0 — I. No wit, no genius, yet for once will tiy. Various the paper various wants produce, — The wants of fashion, elegance,...right I scan, Each sort of paper represents some man. Fray note the fop, htilf powder and half lace ; Nice, as a bnmlbox were his dwelling-place ; He 's... | |
 | Thomas Augustine Daly - 1926 - 172 páginas
...pertinent, and true; Methinks a genius might the plan pursue. I (can you pardon my presumption ?) I— No wit, no genius, yet for once will try. Various...powder and half lace — Nice as a band-box were his dwelling place: He's the gilt paper, which apart you store, And lock from vulgar hands in the 'scrutoire.... | |
 | Albert Bushnell Hart, Mabel Hill - 2000 - 332 páginas
...pertinent, and true; Methinks a genius might the plan pursue. I (can you pardon my presumption?) I— No wit, no genius, yet for once will try. Various...Each sort of paper represents some man. Pray note the fop—half powder and half lace— Nice as a band-box were his dwelling-place: He's the gilt paper,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin, Alfred Howard - 1834 - 206 páginas
...pertinent, and true ; Methinks a genius might the plan pursue. I (can you pardon my presumption ?) I — No wit, no genius, yet for once will try. Various...lace.... Nice as a band-box were his dwelling-place : He 's the gilt paper, which apart you store, And lock from vulgar hands in the 'scrutoire. Mechanics,... | |
 | 1900 - 408 páginas
...pertinent, and true; Methintcs a genius might the plan pursue, I (can you pardon my presumption). I — No wit, no genius— yet for once will try. Various...some man. Pray note the fop— half powder and half laceNice as a bandbox were his dwelling-place; He's the gilt paper, which apart you store, And lock... | |
 | 1899 - 336 páginas
...(can you pardon my presumption), I — No wit, no genius — yet for once will try. Various the paprrs various wants produce. The wants of fashion, elegance,...— • Nice as a bandbox were his dwelling-place ; He's the gilt paper, which apart you store, And lock from vulgar hands in th' escritoire. Mechanics,... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1867 - 466 páginas
...+pertinent, and true ; Methinks a genius might the plan pursue. 2. I, (can you pardon my presumption ?) I, No wit, no genius, yet, for once, will try. Various...right I scan, Each sort of paper represents some man. 4. Mechanics, servants, farmers, and so forth, Are copy-paper, of inferior worth ; Less prized, more... | |
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Where still, as opening sense her dictates wrote, Fair virtue put a seal, or vice a blot. The thought was happy, pertinent, and true; Methinks a genius might the plan pursue. I (can you pardon my presumption?) I — No wit, no genius, yet for once will... 
