 | Jonathan Swift, John Hawkesworth - 1754
...To the court it was fitter to pay his devoSince God had no hand in his lordfhip's promotion. SI R, I admit your gen'ral rule, That ev'ry poet is a fool : But you yourfelf rnay ferve to fhow it, That ev'ry fool is not a poet. .. * EPITAP H. WELL then, poor GW —... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, John Hawkesworth - 1754
...promotion. • , '!..: »? •/: - !.-. .'.' '•" '• * ^ P 1-..Q RAM * EPIGRAM from the French. SI R, I admit your gen'ral rule, That ev'ry poet is a fool : But you yourfelf may ferve to fhow it, • That ev'ry fool is not a poet. .. > # EPITAPH. WELL then, poor G... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1768
...court it was fitter to pay his devoSince God had no hand in his lordfhip's • '-promotion* •. SI R, I admit your gen'ral rule, That ev'ry poet is a fool : But you yourfelf may ferve to fhow it, That ev'ry fool is not a poet. 11 .A':* EPITAPH. :.."-."\TTELL then,... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1801
...soul she met here; And now she's in t'other, she thinks it but queer. EPIGRAM FROM THE FRENCH. SIR, I admit your gen'ral rule, That ev'ry poet is a fool:...WELL then, poor G lies under ground ! So there's an end of honest Jack. So little justice here he found, 'Tis ten to one he'll ne'er come back. EPIGRAM... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1803
...sonl she met here; And now she's in t'other, she thinks it but queer. EPIGRAM FROM THE FRENCH. SIR, I admit your gen'ral rule, That ev'ry poet is a fool : But you yourself may serve to (how it, That every fool it not a poet. EPITAPH. \VELL then, poor G lies under ground i So there's... | |
 | 1806
...promotion. CLXXXV. FROM THE FRENCH. Sir, I admit your general rule, That every poet is a fool : But yon yourself may serve to show it, That every fool is not a poet. 87 CLXXXVI. THE FEMALE PEDANT. Tho' Artimesia talks by fits, Of councils, fathers, classics, wits ;... | |
 | 1807 - 184 pages
...what's the matter ? You love not to hear truth, nor I to flatter. EPIGRAM. [FROM THE FRENCH.} SIR, I admit your gen'ral rule, That ev'ry poet is a fool ; But you yourself will serve to show it, That ev'ry fool is not a poet. ON WOMAN. [PABQTJHAB.] NATURE'S chief gifts unequally... | |
 | Panorama - 1809
...thing from you— but potion or pill." FROM THE FRENCH. SIR, I admit your gen'ral rule, That every poet is a fool: But you yourself may serve to show it, That every fool is not a poet. A MAN OF COURAGE. SlR Prim, a donghty man of war, Who likes to sec the toe from far, Once, being in... | |
 | 1812 - 131 pages
...mate > Quoth Dick, " I only mean to prop-a-gate." CXCIII. Sir, I admit your general rule, That every poet is a fool : But you yourself may serve to show it, That every fool is not a poet. CXCIV. jcarce had five months expir'd since John did wed, When Kate, his fruitful wife, was brought... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, Walter Scott - 1814
...she met here; And now she's in t'other, she thinks it but queer. EPIGRAM FROM THE FRENCH. PRIOR. SIR, I admit your gen'ral rule, That ev'ry poet is a fool...WELL then, poor G lies under ground! So there's an end of honest Jack. So little justice here he found, 'Tis ten to one he'll ne'er come back.* * It is... | |
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SIR, I admit your general rule, That every poet is a fool : But you yourself may serve to show it, That every fool is not a poet. 
