 The truth once told (and wherefore should we lie?) The Queen of Midas slept, and so may I. You think this cruel ? take it for a rule, No creature smarts so little as a fool. Let peals of laughter, Codrus ! round thee break, 85 Thou unconcern'd canst hear...  The Works of Alexander Pope Esq - Page 10by Alexander Pope - 1751 - 341 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Alexander Pope - 1751 - 278 pages
...told, by fame, of his Barber, but by Chaucer of his Queen. See Wife of Bath's Tale in Dryden's Fables. The truth once told (and wherefore fhould we lie ?)...box, and gall'ry in convulfions hurl'd, Thou ftand'ft unfhook amidft a burfting world. Who flumes a Scribler ? break one cobweb thro', Hefpins the flight,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1751 - 286 pages
...'That fecret to each fool, that bis a* /Js :] ie that his ears (his marks of folly) are vifible. ' The truth once told (and wherefore fhould we lie ?)...peals of laughter, Codrus ! round thee break, 85 Thou unconcerned canft hear the mighty crack : Pit, box, and gall'ry in convulfions hurl'd, Thou ftand'ft... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1752 - 434 pages
...he's an Afs : 80 The truth once told (and wherefore fhould we lie ?) The queen of Midas flept, and fo may I. You think this cruel ? take it for a rule,...Let peals of laughter, Codrus ! round thee break, 8 5 Thou unconcern'd canft hear the mighty crack i Pit, box, and gall'ry in convulfions hurPd, Thou... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1754 - 278 pages
...he's an Afs : 80 The truth once told (and wherefore fhould we lie ?) The queen of Midas flept, and fo may I. You think this cruel ? take it for a rule, No creature fmarts fo little as a fool. JL,et peals of laughter, Codrus! round thee break, 85 Thou unconcern'd canft hear the mighty crack... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English literature - 1757 - 272 pages
...he's an Afs : 80 The truth once told (and wherefore mould we lie ?) The queen of Midas flept, and fo may I. You think this cruel ? take it for a rule,...unconcern'd canft hear the mighty crack : Pit, box, and g.ill'ry in convulfions hurl'd, Thou ftand'ft unfhook amidft a burfting world. Who fharnes a Scribler... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1760 - 360 pages
...that he's an Afs : 80 The truth once told (andwhereforefhouldwelie?) The Queen of Midas flept, and fo may I. You think this cruel? take it for a rule, No creature fmarts fo little as a fool. 84 Let peals of laughter, Codrus! round thee break, Thou unconcern'd canft hear the mighty crack :... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1778 - 392 pages
...he's an afs : 80 The truth once told (and wherefore ihould we lie ?) The queen of Midas fiept, and fo may I. You think this cruel ? take it for a rule,...Pit, box, and gall'ry in convulfions hurl'd, Thou ftand*!! unfhook amidft a burning world. Who ihames a fcribler ? break one cobweb thro', He fpins the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 1154 pages
...he's an Afs : 80 The truth once told (and wherefore ihould we lie ?) The Queen of Midas flept, and fo may I. You think this cruel ? Take it for a rule,...Thou unconcern'd canft hear the mighty crack : Pit, VARIATION. Ver. 60. in the former Ed. . Cibber and I are luckily no friends. Pit, box, and gallery,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 414 pages
...he's an Afs : go The truth once told (and wherefore mould we lie ?) The Queen of Midas flept, and fo may I. . You think this cruel ? Take it for a rule, No creature finarts fo little as a foo"l. • Let peals of laughter, Codrus ! round thee break, 85 Thou unconcern'd... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1787 - 396 pages
...he's an Afs : 80 The truth once told (and wherefore fhould we lie ?) The Queen of Midas flept, and fo may I. You think this cruel ? take it for a rule,...canft hear the mighty crack : Pit, box, and gall'ry in convuliions hurl'd, Thou ftand'ft unfhook amidft a burfting world. Who (names a Scribler? break one... | |
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