 | James Boswell - 1791 - 608 pages
...againft it. I fhould, however, be forry to offend worthy men : c Curft be the verfe, how well foe'er it flow, ' That tends to make one worthy man my foe." BOSWELL. " Curft be the ffring, the water." JOHNSON. " But let us confider what a fad thing it would be, if... | |
 | British essayists - 1802 - 330 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...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... | |
 | James Boswell - 1807 - 562 pages
...man has brought himself to relinquish the great personal pleasure which arises from drinking wine, any other consideration is a trifle. To please others...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."... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1807 - 228 pages
...man has brought himself to relinquish the great personal pleasure which arises from drinking wine, any other consideration is a trifle. To please others...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 - 1807 - 288 pages
...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... | |
 | John Bell - 1807 - 562 pages
...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... | |
| |
Curst be the verse, how well soe'er it flow, That tends to make one worthy man my foe... 
