In rush'd the bulk of Peter. — Muse benign, Still louder swell that penny-trump of thine ; For ne'er did tilt of prowess'd Charlemagne, Or craz'd Orlando, claim a nobler strain ; Though his mad capers meet the general view In half a hundred cantos,... The Harp of Erin: Containing the Poetical Works - Page 23by Thomas Dermody - 1807Full view - About this book
| James Grant Raymond - 1806 - 364 lehte
...prodigies, vide Homer, Virgil, Statius, and Aristotle's Masteipiece. Wing's Almanac is not amiss." In rush'd the bulk of Peter. Muse benign, Still louder...strain ; Though his mad capers meet the general view In half-a-hundred cantoes, mine in two." u Peter's Theban uncle, and Mllo the bullock-bruiser, noticed.... | |
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...hit tail I XIT> But »mt aw»«:i CITY-SCHOLIASTS differ in opinion. » THE MONTHLY MIRROR. • 173 In rush'd the BULK of Peter! Muse benign. Still louder...Charlemagne, Or craz'd Orlando claim a nobler strain ; Tim' hU mad capers meet tHe general view, In half a hundred CANTOS, mine in TWO. « Is Giflbrd here?"... | |
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