ISBN: 1235944832

[EAN: 9781235944833], Neubuch, SAMUEL JOHNSON,SUBJECTS,NEW AND USED TEXTBOOKS, This item is printed on demand. Paperback. This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purc… Mehr…

[EAN: 9781235944833], Neubuch, SAMUEL JOHNSON,SUBJECTS,NEW AND USED TEXTBOOKS, This item is printed on demand. Paperback. This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1779 Excerpt: . . . thief to the dog, let me into your door. And I 11 give you these delicate bits. Quoth the dog, I sttatl then be more villain than you re, . And besides must be out of my wits. Your delicate bits will not serve me a meal, But my master each day gives me bread; You 11 fly, when you get what you came here to steal. And I must be hangd in your stead. The stock-jobber thus from Change-alley goes down, And tips )qu the freeman a wink; Let me have but yourvote to serve for the town, And here is a guinea to drink. Says the freeman, your guinea to-night would be spent I Your offers df bribery cease: i 11 vote for my landlord, to whom I pay rent, Or else I may forfeit my lease. From London they come, silly people to chouse. Their lands and their faces unknown: Who d vote a rogue into the parliament-house, That would turn a man out of his own ADVICE A D V I C TO THE GRUB-STREET VERSE-WRITERS. I71IS, 7 E poets Tagged and forlorn, -. Down from your garrets haste j Ye rhymers dead as seen as born, Not yet consignd to paste; I know a trick to make you thrive j Of tis a qunint device: Your still-barn poems mail revive, And scorn to wrap up spice. Get all yeur verses printed fair, Then let them well be dried; And Curll must have a special care To leave the margin wide. Lend these to paper-sparing Popej And when he sits to write, No letter with an envelope Could give him more delight. When Pope has silld the margins round, Why then recall your loan; Sell them to Curll for sifty pound, And swear they arc your own. The original copy of Mr. Popes celebrated tranfla-tion of Homer (preserved in the Britifh Museum) is almost entirely written on the covers of letters, and sometimes between the lines of the letters themselves. N. TO TO A LADY, Who desire. . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN.<

2012, ISBN: 1235944832

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[EAN: 9781235944833], Neubuch, [PU: Rarebooksclub.com, United States], Brand New Book ***** Print on Demand *****.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1779 Excerpt: .thief to the dog, let me into your door. And I 11 give you these delicate bits. Quoth the dog, I sttatl then be more villain than you re, . And besides must be out of my wits. Your delicate bits will not serve me a meal, But my master each day gives me bread; You 11 fly, when you get what you came here to steal. And I must be hang d in your stead. The stock-jobber thus from Change-alley goes down, And tips )qu the freeman a wink; Let me have but yourvote to serve for the town, And here is a guinea to drink. Says the freeman, your guinea to-night would be spent I Your offers df bribery cease: i 11 vote for my landlord, to whom I pay rent, Or else I may forfeit my lease. From London they come, silly people to chouse. Their lands and their faces unknown: Who d vote a rogue into the parliament-house, That would turn a man out of his own? ADVICE A D V I C TO THE GRUB-STREET VERSE-WRITERS. I71IS, 7 E poets Tagged and forlorn, -. Down from your garrets haste j Ye rhymers dead as seen as born, Not yet consign d to paste; I know a trick to make you thrive j Of tis a qunint device: Your still-barn poems mail revive, And scorn to wrap up spice. Get all yeur verses printed fair, Then let them well be dried; And Curll must have a special care To leave the margin wide. Lend these to paper-sparing Popej And when he sits to write, No letter with an envelope Could give him more delight. When Pope has sill d the margins round, Why then recall your loan; Sell them to Curll for sifty pound, And swear they arc your own. The original copy of Mr. Pope s celebrated tranfla-tion of Homer (preserved in the Britifh Museum) is almost entirely written on the covers of letters, and sometimes between the lines of the letters themselves. N. TO TO A LADY, Who desire.<

ISBN: 1235944832

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ISBN: 9781235944833

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