 | John Dryden - 1811 - 626 sidor
...Ragoufts for Tereus or Thyeftes dreft ; 25 'Tis tafk enough for thee to expofe a Roman feaft. PERSIUS. "Tis not, indeed, my talent to engage In lofty trifles, or to fwell my page Ver. 11. Progne was wife to Tereus, king of Thracia : Tereus fell in love with Philomela, After to... | |
 | John Dryden - 1811 - 628 sidor
...for Tereus or Thyeftes dreft ; 25 'Tis tafk enough for thee to expofe a Roman feaft. PERSIUS. JTis not, indeed, my talent to engage In lofty trifles, or to fwell my page Ver. 11. Progne was wife to Tereus, king of Tbracia: Tercus foil in love with Philomela, fitter to... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1821 - 444 sidor
...Ragouts for Tereus or Thyestes drest ; 'Tis task enough for thee t' expose a Roman feast. PERSIUS. 'Tis not, indeed, my talent to 'engage In lofty trifles, or to swell my page With wind and noise ; but freely to impart, As to a friend, the secrets of my heart,... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 316 sidor
...feet, Ragouts for Tereus or Thyestes dress'd; Tis task enough for thee to' expose a Roman feast. PERS. 'Tis not, indeed, my talent to engage In lofty trifles, or to swell my page With wind and noise; but freely to impart, As to a friend, the secrets of my heart; And,... | |
 | British essayists - 1823 - 886 sidor
...equidem hoc studeo bullatis vt mihi nugis Pagina turgescat, dare fxnulus idaneafumO. PE»s. SAT. v. 19. 'Tis not indeed my talent to engage In lofty trifles, or to swell my page With wind and noise. — THERE is no kind of false wit which has been so recommended... | |
 | 1824 - 284 sidor
...Addison. ffral equidem sludm, bullatis ut mihi nugit Pagina turgescat, dare pondus idanca fumo. FEUS. 'Tis not indeed my talent to engage In lofty trifles, or to swell my page 'With wind and noise. DRTOXBT. • THERE is no kind of false wit which has been so recommended... | |
 | Tertius T C. Kendrick - 1825 - 744 sidor
...shouldered his fusil, and strode out of the room witli a happy and: satisfied countenance. CHAP. IX. 'Tis not, indeed, my talent to engage In lofty trifles, or to swell my page With wind and noise; but freely to impart, As to a friend, the secrets of my heart: And... | |
 | George Crabb - 1826 - 768 sidor
...mimicry, of dramatic acting, and of imitation in general, is what distinguishes one man from the other ; 'Tis not, indeed, my talent to engage In lofty trifles, or to swell my page With wind and noise. DRYDEN. These terms are all used in the plural, agreeably to the... | |
 | 1827 - 556 sidor
...compared to a bad cork in a bottle of good wine. It spoils the flavour of every thing. The Poet says, " 'Tis not, indeed, my talent to engage In lofty trifles, or to swell my page With wiad and noise ;" nevertheless, having been indulged with a licence of now and then... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1828 - 446 sidor
...equidem hoc studeo, bullatis ut mihi nugis Pagina turgescat, dare pondus idonea fumo. i Pen. Sat. v. 1 9. 'Tis not indeed my talent to engage In lofty trifles, or to swell my page With wind and noise. Dryden, THERE is no kind of false wit which has been so recommended... | |
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Tis not, indeed, my talent to 'engage In lofty trifles, or to swell my page With wind and noise... 
