 | British essayists - 1802 - 330 str.
...expressly against him, so remarkabl. for their excellence and their cruelty, repeating this couplet: ' Cunt be the verse, how well soe'er it flow, That tends to make one worthy nun my foe.' The ingenuous critic insisted on his taking them again: ' for,' said he, ' my associates... | |
 | Rachel Hunter - 1803 - 260 str.
...more solemn than any in this world, to adhere to the poet's honest and laudable deprecation : • " Curst be the Verse, how well soe'er it flow, " That tends to make one worthy man my foe 5 " Give Virtue scandal, Innocence a fear, " Or from the soft-eyed virgin steal a tear!" BAC&EL HUNTER.... | |
 | Rachel Hunter - 1803 - 260 str.
...than any in this world, to adhere to the poet's honest and laudable deprecation: 9 " Curst be l.he verse, how well soe'er it flow, " That tends to make one worthy man my foe; " Give Virtue scandal, Innocence a fear, " Or from the soft-eyed virgin steal a tear!" RACHEL HUNTER.... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1804 - 190 str.
...makes. 280 Poor guiltless I ! and can I chuse but smile, When ev'ry coxcomb knows me by my Style .' Curst be the verse, how well soe'er it flow, That tends to make one worthy man my foe, Give virtue scandal, innocence a fear, 285 v Or from the soft-ey'd virgin steal a tear ! But he who... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1806 - 440 str.
...his death. The Duchess of Queensberry would not have so betrayed her poetical friend Gay. 24. Curs'd be the verse, how well soe'er it flow, That tends to make one worthy man my foe, Give virtue scandal, innocence a fear, Or from the soft-ey'd virgin steal a tear !* M. DESPREAUX s'applaudissoit... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1807 - 288 str.
...280 Poor guiltless I ! and can I chuse but smile, When every coxcomb knows me by my style ? Curst he the verse, how well soe'er it flow, That tends to make one worthy man my foe, Give virtue scandal, innocence a fear, 285 Or from the soft-ey'd virgin steal a tear ! But he who hurts... | |
 | James Boswell - 1807 - 562 str.
...is a trifle. To please others by drinking wine, is something only, if there be nothing against it. I should, however, be sorry to offend worthy men : " Curst be the verse, how well so e'er it flow, " That tends to make one worthy man my foe." BOSWELL. " Curst be the spring, the water."... | |
 | John Bell - 1807 - 562 str.
...makes. 280 Poor guiltless I ! and can I chuse but smile, When ev'ry coxcomb knows me by my Style ? Curst be the verse, how well soe'er it flow, That tends to make one wortby man my foe, Give virtue scandal, innocence a fear, 283 But he who hurts a harmless neighbor's... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1807 - 228 str.
...is a trifle. To please others by drinking wine is something only if there be nothing against it. I should, however, be sorry to offend worthy men: Curst be the verse, how well so e'er it flow, That tends to make one worthy man my foe." —•B. " Curst be the spring, the water.'"—J.... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1808 - 702 str.
...Bubo makes. Poor, guiltless I ! and can T choose but smile, \Vhen every coxcomb knows me by my style { Curst be the verse, how well soe'er it flow, That tends to make one worthy man my foe. Give virtue scandal, iunocence a fear, Or from the soft-ey'd virgin steal A tear! But he who hurts... | |
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Curst be the verse, how well soe'er it flow, That tends to make one worthy man my foe, Give virtue scandal, innocence a fear, Or from the soft-eyed virgin steal a tear ! But he who hurts a harmless... 
