 Let him rail on, let his invective muse Have four and twenty letters to abuse, Which, if he jumbles to one line of sense, Indict him of a capital offence. 450 In fireworks give him leave to vent his spite—- Those are the only serpents he can write;...  The Poetical Works of John Dryden - Sida 139efter John Dryden - 1855Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | John Bell - 1777 - 644 sidor
...four-and-twenty letters to ahuse, Which if he jumbles to one line of sense, 450 Indict him of a capital offence. In fireworks give him leave to vent his spite, Those...the only serpents he can write : The height of his amhition is, we know, But to be master of a puppet-show; 455 On that one stage his' works may yet appear,... | |
 | John Dryden, Edmond Malone - 1800 - 608 sidor
...Court was more gallant and more polite ~ " In fire-works give him leave to vent his spite, " These are the only serpents he can write : " The height of his ambition is, we know,. " But to be master of a puppet-shew." Second Part of ABSALOM and ACHITOPHF.L. than ever the English... | |
 | John Dryden, Edmond Malone - 1800 - 601 sidor
...Court was more gallant and more polite i " In fire-works give him leave to vent his spite, " These are the only serpents he can write : " The height of his ambition is, we know, " But to be master of a puppet-skew." 126 THE LIFE OF than ever the English Court perhaps had been... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 564 sidor
...solemnisation, Dryden alludes in the lines to which Elkanah's subsequent disasters gave an air of prophecy: " In fire-works give him leave to vent his spite, Those are the only serpents he can >vrite; The height of his ambition is, we know, But to be master of a puppet-show; On that one stage... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 652 sidor
...Heaven's gate a lock to its own key : Let him rail on, let his invective Muse i Have four-and-twenty letters to abuse, Which, if he jumbles to one line of sense, Indict him of a capital offence. In fire-works give him leave to vent his spite, Those are the only serpents he can write ; The height... | |
 | John Dryden, Joseph Warton, John Warton - 1811 - 642 sidor
...his invective mufe Have four and twenty letters to abufe, Which, if he jumbles to one line of fenfe, Indict him of a capital offence. 450 In fire-works give him leave to vent his fpight, Thofe are the only ferpents he can write ; The height of his ambition is, we know, But to be... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 412 sidor
...Heaven's gate a lock to its own key. Let him rail on : let his invective muse Have four-and-twenty letters to abuse, Which if he jumbles to one line of sense, Indict him of a capital offence. In fireworks give him leave to vent his spite, Those are the only serpents he can write ; The height... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 410 sidor
...Heaven's gate a lock to its own key. Let him rail on : let his invective muse Have four-and-twenty letters to abuse, Which if he jumbles to one line of sense, Indict him of a capital offence. In fireworks give him leave to vent his spite, Those are the only serpents he can write ; The height... | |
 | 1820 - 756 sidor
...the slime thou leav'st behind." Medal. The next would be out of taste in any thing but a satire. *' In fireworks give him leave to vent his spite, Those are the unly tcrptntt he can write. Ab»alont if Achltophel. The passages that follow are not a little Cowleian,... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1821 - 488 sidor
...rail on, let his invective muse Who makes heaven's gate a lock to its own key. Have four-and-twenty letters to abuse, Which if he jumbles to one line of sense, Indict him of a capital offence. In fire-works give him leave to vent his spite, Those are the only serpents he can write ; The height... | |
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