 In Pope I cannot read a line, But with a Sigh I wish it mine ; When He can in one Couplet fix More Sense than I can do in six; It gives me such a jealous Fit, I cry "Pox take him and his Wit!  The Literary Character - Page 51by Isaac Disraeli - 1822Full view - About this book
 | James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1786 - 552 pages
...himself a great condenser, says — ' In Pope I cannot read a line But with a sigh I wish it mine ; When he can in one couplet fix More sense than I can do in six.' P. CUNNINGHAM. 1 He is described by Walpole in his Letters, viil. 5. 394 Johnson s description of a... | |
 | English poetry - 1787 - 446 pages
...you sink I seem the higher. In Pope I cannot read a line But, with a sigh, I wish it mine t . When he can in one couplet fix, More sense than I can do in six, 50 It gives me such a jealous fit, I cry, Pox take him and his wit. I grieve to be outdone by Gay In... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1803 - 386 pages
...when you sink, I seem the higher, In Pope I canuot read a line, But with a sigh I wish it mine : When he can in one couplet fix, More sense than I can do in sis ; It gives me such a jealous fit, I cry, " Pox take him and his wit I" I grieve to be outdone by... | |
 | John Aikin - Books and reading - 1806 - 346 pages
...such passages that Swift had in his eye, when he said with the candour of true friendship, When Pope can in one couplet fix More sense than I can do in six. On the other hand, his illustrations and amplifications are often given with all that splendour of... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1808 - 558 pages
...when you sink, I seem the higher. In Pope I cannot read a line, But with a sigh I wish it mine ; When he can in one couplet fix More sense than I can do in six ; It gives me such a jealous fit, 1 cry, " Pox take him and his wit !'" I grieve to be outdone by Gay... | |
 | British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 512 pages
...when you sink I seem the higher. In Pope I cannot read a line But, with a sigh, I wish it mine : When he can in one couplet fix: More sense than I can do in six, It gives me such a jealous fit, I cry, ' Pox take him and his wit.' I grieve to be outdone by Gay In... | |
 | Helvétius - Education - 1810 - 452 pages
...when you sink I seem the higher : In Pope I cannot read a line, But with a sigh I wish it mine ; When he can in one couplet fix More sense than I can do in six, It gives me such a jealous fit, I cry, pox take him and his wit ! T. SWIFT. •J- How many men extol... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 562 pages
...when you sink, I seem the higher. In Pojic I cannot read a lino, But with a sigh ! wish it mine: When he can in one couplet fix More sense than I can do in six ; It gives me such a jealous fit, I cry, " Pox take him and his wit !" I grieve to be outdone by Gay... | |
 | Helvétius - Education - 1810 - 438 pages
...when you sink I seem the higher : In Pope I cannot read a line, But with a sigh I wish it mine ; When he can in one couplet fix More sense than I can do iusix, It gives me such a jealous fit, I cry, pox take him and bis wit! T. SWIFT. f How many men extol... | |
 | William Somervile - 1811 - 312 pages
...when you sink, I seem the higher. In Pope I cannot read a line but with a sigh I wish it mine: when he can in one couplet fix more sense than I can do in six ; it gives me such a jealous fit, I cry, " Pox take him and his wit 1" I grieve to be outdone by Gay... | |
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