Now night descending, the proud scene was o'er,
But lived in Settle's numbers one day more.
-- Alexander Pope (1688-1744)
-- The Dunciad, Book i, Line 89
But lived in Settle's numbers one day more.
-- Alexander Pope (1688-1744)
-- The Dunciad, Book i, Line 89
Related:
- And proud his mistress' order to perform,
Rides in the whirlwind and directs the storm.
Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -- The Dunciad, Book iii... - Silence, ye wolves! while Ralph to Cynthia howls,
And makes night hideous;
Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -- The Dunciad, Book iii... - Or where the pictures for the page atone,
And Quarles is sav'd by beauties not his own.
Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -- The Dunciad, Book i... - How index-learning turns no student pale,
Yet holds the eel of science by the tail.
Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -- The Dunciad, Book i... - While pensive poets painful vigils keep,
Sleepless themselves to give their readers sleep.
Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -- The Dunciad, Book i... - O thou! whatever title please thine ear,
Dean, Drapier,
Bickerstaff, or Gulliver! Whether thou choose Cervantes'... - And gentle Dulness ever loves a joke.
-- Alexander Pope (1688-1744)
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The Dunciad, Book ii, Line... - All crowd, who foremost shall be damn'd to fame.
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Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -- The Dunciad, Book iii... - Another, yet the same.
-- Alexander Pope (1688-1744)
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The Dunciad, Book iii, Line...
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- America,
where you park on the driveway... - Some might say that I'm a pretty shallow guy, but shallow guy with a
great ass.
Cat, justifying himself. -- Red Dwarf... - Tag-line! You're it! (C) 1993,
All Rights Reserved... - Luck can't last a lifetime, unless you die young.
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Russell... - A day without sunshine is like a day without orange
juice...
