 Thou hast the ponds that pay thee tribute fish, Fat aged carps that run into thy net, And pikes, now weary their own kind to eat, As loth the second draught or cast to stay, Officiously at first, themselves betray ; Bright eels that emulate them, leap...  Thirteen Satires of Juvenal - Page 404by Juvenal - 1886 - 525 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Robert Anderson - English poetry - 1795 - 912 pages
...kill'd. And if the high-fwoll'n Medway fail thy difli. Thou haft thy ponds, that pay thee tribute fifl^ Fat aged carps, that run into thy net. And pikes, now weary their own kind to eat, As Inth the fecond draught, or caft to Hay, Officioufly atfirft thcmfelves betray. Bright eels that emuhte... | |
 | Juvenal - 1806 - 578 pages
...unnatural thought, (unnatural, when seriously addressed to a man of sense,) and expanded it thus: " Fat aged carps, that run into thy net, " And pikes,...to stay, " Officiously at first themselves betray." VER. 99. When to divine #c.] Forest, Lib. II. 2. " O what js it proud slime will not believe " Of his... | |
 | Juvenal - Satire, Latin - 1806 - 582 pages
...unnatural thought, (unnatural, when seriously addressed to a man of sense,) and expanded it thus : " Fat aged carps, that run into thy net, " And pikes,...to stay, " Officiously at first themselves betray." Forest, Lib. II. 2. VER. 99. When to divine SfC.] " O what is it proud slime will not believe " Of... | |
 | Juvenal - Satire, Latin - 1806 - 576 pages
...unnatural thought, (unnatural, when seriously addressed to a man of sense,) and expanded it thus : ?' Fat aged carps, that run into thy net, " And pikes, now weary their own kind to eat, V As loth the second draught, or cast to stay, " Officiously at first themselves betray." Forest, Lib.... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 746 pages
...kill'd. And if the high-swolne Medway faile thy dish, Thou bast thy ponds, that pay tbee tribute fish, Fat aged carps, that run into thy net, And pikes, now weary their own kinde to eat, As loth the second draught, or cast to stay, Officiously at first themselves betray.... | |
 | Perse, Juvénal - Latin poetry - 1817 - 596 pages
...round : In ihis distress, he calls the chiefs of state, At once the objects of his scorn and hate, " Fat aged carps, that run into thy net, " And pikes,...to stay, " Officiously at first themselves betray." Forest, Lib. ht VER. 99. When to dirine, #c.] " O what is it proud slime will not believe " Of his... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1836 - 390 pages
...thee tribute fish, Fat, aged carps, that runne into thy net, And pikes, now weary their owne kinde to eat, As loth, the second draught, or cast to stay, Officiously, at first, themselves betray. Bright eeles, that emulate them, and leape on land, Before the fisher, or into his hand. Then hath thy orehard... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1836 - 336 pages
...thee tribute fish, Fat, aged carps, that runne into thy net, And pikes, now weary thcir owne kinde to eat, As loth, the second draught, or cast to stay, Officiously, at first, themselves betray. Bright eeles, that emulate them, and leapc on land, Before the fisher, or into his hand. Then hath thy orehard... | |
 | Juvenal - Verse satire, Latin - 1839 - 572 pages
...got the better of his judgement and betrayed him into absurdities, has expanded the thought thus: " Fat aged carps, that run into thy net, And pikes,...to stay, Officiously at first themselves betray;" Forest, ii. 2. G. ' What fialtery was ever more grossly palpable?' LU. Illi see 73. iii. 264. 70. The... | |
 | Scotland - 1839 - 894 pages
...high-swoln M»dw»y fail thy dish, Thou hast thy ponds, that pay tb.ee tribaU fish, Fat aged crabs that run into thy net, And pikes, now weary their own kind to eat, As loth the second draught or ca*t to May, Officiously at first themselves betray. Bright eels that emulate them, and leap on land,... | |
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