 | Alexander Pope - 1751 - 278 pages
...three thoufand years ago. Why did I write ? what fin to me unknown 125 Dipt me in ink, my parents') or my own? As yet a child, nor yet a fool to fame, I lifp'd in numbers, for the numbers came. I left no calling for this idle trade, No duty broke, no father difobey'd. 130 The Mufe but ferv'd... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English literature - 1751 - 288 pages
...three thoufand years ago. Why did I write ? what fin to me unknown 125 Dipt me in ink, my parents', or my own ? As yet a child, nor yet a fool to fame, I lifp'd in numbers, for the numbers came. I left no calling for this idle trade, No duty broke, no father difobey'd. 130 The Mufe but ferv'd... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1751 - 286 pages
...three thoufand years ago. Why did I write ? what fin to me unknown 125 Dipt me in ink) my parents'* or my own? As yet a child, nor yet a fool to fame, I lifp'd in numbers, for the numbers came. I left no calling for this idle trade, No duty broke, no father difobey'd. 13© The Mufe but ferv'd... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1752 - 434 pages
...three thoufand years ago. Why did I write ? what fin to me unknown 125 Dipt me in ink, my parents', or my own ? As yet a child, nor yet a fool to fame, I lifp'd in numbers, for the numbers came. VARIATIONS. After f 1 24. in the MS. But, friend, this fhape, which You and Curl ' admire, Came not... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English literature - 1757 - 272 pages
...three thoufand years ago. Why did I wfhe ? what fm to me unknown 125 Dipt me in ink, my parents', or my own ? As yet a child, nor yet a fool to fame, I lilp'd in numbers, for the numbers came. VARIATIONS. After VER. 124. in the MS. But friend, this fhape,... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1762 - 362 pages
...I left no calling for this idle trade, No duty broke, no father difobey'd; While yet a child, e'er yet a fool to fame, I lifp'd in numbers, for the numbers came. POPE. This plain floor, Believe me reader, can fay more * See the fruidefs and impudent attack of Lauder... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1777 - 262 pages
...dy'd three thoufand years ago. Why did I write ? what fin to me unknown Dipt me in ink, my parents, or my own ? As yet a child, nor yet a fool to fame, I hfp'd in numbers, for the numbers came. 1 left no calling for this idle trade, No duty broke, no father... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 414 pages
...three thoufand years ago. Why did I write ? what f:n to me unknown 12 j Dipt me in ink, my parents', or my own? As yet a child, nor yet a fool to fame, I lifp'd in numbers, for the numbers came. I left no calling for this idle trade, No duty broke, no father difobey'd: 130 The VARIATIONS. . Time,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 416 pages
...I left no calling for this idle trade ; No duty broke, no father difobey'd ; While yet a child, ere yet a fool to fame, I lifp'd in numbers, for the numbers came'* PdPE. This plain floor, Believe me, reader, can fay more Than many a braver marble can, Here lies a... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - English literature - 1787 - 422 pages
...I left no calling for this idle trade ; No duty broke, no father difobey'd ; While yet a child, ere yet a fool to fame, I lifp'd in numbers, for the numbers came. PoPE. »• This plain floor, Believe me, reader, can fay more Than many a braver marble can, Here... | |
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And when I die, be sure you let me know Great Homer died three thousand years ago. Why did I write ? what sin to me unknown Dipt me in ink, my parents', or my own? 
