 | Alexander Pope - 1867 - 520 pages
...me dead. Seized and tied down to judge, how wretched I ! Who can't be silent, and who will not lie : To laugh, were want of goodness and of grace, And to be grave, exceeds all power of face. I sit with sad civility, I read With honest anguish, and an aching head; And drop at last, but in unwilling... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - Quotations - 1867 - 752 pages
...Barham, Ingold. Leg. 35. LAUGHTEB. They laugh that win. Sh. Othello, iv. 1. LAUGHTEB — continued. To laugh were want of goodness and of grace ; And to be grave, exceeds all power of face. Pope, Prol. 35. LAW, LAWVEKS— see Patriotism. We must not make a scare-crow of the law, Setting it... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1867 - 626 pages
...me dead. Seized and tied down to judge, how wretched I ! Who can't he silent, and who will not lie : To laugh, were want of goodness and of grace ; And to be grave, exceeds all power of face. I sit with sad civility, I read With honest anguish and an aching head ; And drop at last, but in unwilling... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1867 - 540 pages
...me dead. Seized and tied down to judge, how wretched I ! Who can't be silent, and who will not lie. To laugh were want of goodness and of grace, And to be grave exceeds all power of face. I sit with sad civility, I read With honest anguish and an aching head, And drop at last, but in unwilling... | |
 | Goold Brown - English language - 1862 - 362 pages
...character. To spring up from bed at the first moment of waking, is easy enough for people habituated to it. To laugh were want of goodness and of grace, And to be grave exceeds all power of face. EXERCISE II.— THE OBJECT PHRASE. EXAMPLE ANALYZED. " Can a youth who refuses to yield obedience to... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1869 - 512 pages
...me dead. Seized and tied down to judge, how wretched I ! Who can't be silent, and who will not lie : To laugh, were want of goodness and of grace, And to be grave, exceeds all power of iace. I sit with sad civility, I read With honest anguish, and an aching head ; And drop at last, but... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1872 - 744 pages
...me dead. Seized and tied down to judge, how wretched I ! Who can't be silent, and who will not lie : To laugh, were want of goodness and of grace, And to be grave, exceeds all power of face. I sit with sad civility, I read With honest anguish, and an aching head ; And drop at last,, but in... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1872 - 168 pages
...me dead. Seiz'd and ty'd down to judge, how wretched I ! Who can't be silent, and who will not lye : To laugh, were want of goodness and of grace, And to be grave, exceeds all pow'r of face. I sit with sad civility, I read With honest anguish, and an aching head ; And drop at... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1872 - 192 pages
...me dead. Seiz'd and ty'd down to judge, how wretched I! Who can't be silent, and who will not lye : To laugh, were want of goodness and of grace, And to be grave, exceeds all pow'r of face. I sit with sad civility, I read With honest anguish, and an aching head ; And drop at... | |
 | American poetry - 1872 - 900 pages
...me deadSeized and tied down to judge, how wretched I ! Who can't be silent, and who will not lie : They climb up into my turret, O'er the arms and back of my chair ; I nil power of hice. I sit with sad civility, 1 read With honest anguish and an aching head ; And drop... | |
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I sit with sad civility, I read With honest anguish, and an aching head; And drop at last, but in unwilling ears, This saving counsel, 'Keep your piece nine years. 
