 | George Atherton Aitken - 1898 - 476 sidor
...this you gain those meagre looks, And sacrifice your dinner to your books ? 61. PERS., Sat. v. 19. 'Tis not indeed my talent to engage In lofty trifles, or to swell my page With wind and noise. — Dryden. 62. HOR., Ars Poet. 309. Sound judgment is the ground... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1901 - 208 sidor
...equidem hoc studco buUatis ut mihi nugis fayina turgcscat, dan potidus idonca fumo. PEHS., Sat. v. 19. 'Tis not indeed my talent to engage In lofty trifles, or to swell my page With wind and noise. DRTDEN. THERE is no kind of false wit which has been so recommended... | |
 | David Josiah Brewer - 1900 - 476 sidor
...hoc studeo bullatis ut mihi nugis Pagina turgescat, dare pondus idonea fumo. — Pers. Sat. V. 19. 'Tis not indeed my talent to engage In lofty trifles, or to swell my page With wind and noise. — Dry den. THERE is no kind of false wit which has been so recommended... | |
 | Nimrod - 1926 - 374 sidor
...compared to a bad cork in a bottle of good wine. It spoils the flavour of everything. The Poet says, " 'Tis not, indeed, my talent to engage In lofty trifles, or to swell my page With wind and noise ; " and this is very good advice : nevertheless, having been indulged... | |
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Tis not, indeed, my talent to 'engage In lofty trifles, or to swell my page With wind and noise... 
