 A mind well skill'd to find or forge a fault ; A turn for punning, call it Attic salt ; To JEFFREY go, be silent and discreet, His pay is just ten sterling pounds per sheet : 70 Fear not to lie, 'twill seem a lucky hit; Shrink not from blasphemy, 'twill...  English Bards, and Scotch Reviewers: A Satireby George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1809 - 85 pagesFull view - About this book
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1819 - 80 pages
...well skilled to find or forge a fault , A turn for punning, call it Attic salt; To JEFFREY go , he silent and discreet , His pay is just ten sterling...from blasphemy, 'twill pass for wit; Care not for feeling — pass your proper jest, And stand a Critic hated , yet caressed. And shall we own such judgment?... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1820 - 260 pages
...it Attic salt; To JEFFREY go, be silent and discreet, His pay is just ten sterling pounds per sheet; Fear not to lie, 'twill seem a lucky hit, Shrink not...feeling—pass your proper jest, And stand a critic hated yet caress'd. And shall we own such judgment? no—as soon Seek roses in December—ice in June ; Hope... | |
 | 1820 - 562 pages
...Attic salt ; To JEFFREY go, be silent and discreet, His pay is just ten sterling pounds per sheet : Fear not to lie, 'twill seem a lucky hit, Shrink not...from blasphemy, 'twill pass for wit ; Care not for feeling— pass your proper jest, And stand a critic hated yet caressed. And shall we own such judgment... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English literature - 1821 - 486 pages
...Attic salt ; To JEFFREY go, be silent and discreet, His pay is just ten sterling pounds per sheet: Fear not to lie, 'twill seem a lucky hit ; Shrink not from blasphemy, 'twill pass for wit ; (1) This ingenious youth is mentioned more particularly, with his produition, in another place. (2)... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1822 - 498 pages
...hackney'd jokes from MILLER, got by rote, With just enough of learning to misquote , A mind well skill'd to find or forge a fault ; A turn for punning, call...from blasphemy, 'twill pass for wit ; Care not for feeling — pass your proper jest, And stand a critic, hated yet caress'd. And shall we own such judgment?... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1822 - 102 pages
...ingenious yonth is mentioned more particularly, 'with his production, in another place, **In the EDINBURGH To JEFFREY go, be silent and discreet, His pay is...hit; Shrink not from blasphemy, 'twill pass for wit j Care not for feeling — pass your proper jest, And stand a Critic hated, yet caressed. And shall... | |
 | John Mathew Gutch - 1822 - 584 pages
...to merited contempt, And scorn remunerate the mean attempt.' Раде 1 8. Entfall Bards. 3d Edit, " Fear not to lie, 'twill seem a lucky hit ; Shrink not from blasphemy, 'twill pass for wit." Page 6, ditto. • The muse must still be just Mor spare melodious advocates for dust." Page 28, ditto.... | |
 | William Collins, Thomas Gray, James Beattie, George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1824 - 478 pages
...ready-made. Take hackneyed jokes from Miller, got by rote, With just enough of learning to misquote ; A mind well skilled to find or forge a fault, A turn...from blasphemy, 'twill pass for wit ; Care not for feeling — pass your proper jest, And stand a critic, hated yet caressed* And shall we own such judgment?... | |
 | George Clinton (biographer of Byron.) - 1825 - 314 pages
...Attic salt; To Jeffrey go, be silent and discreet, His pay is just ten sterling pounds per sheet : Fear not to lie, 'twill seem a lucky hit; Shrink not...from blasphemy, 'twill pass for wit; Care not for feeling — pass your proper jest, And stand a critic, hated, yet caressed. And shall we own such judgment... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1826 - 852 pages
...Attic salt; To JEFFREY go, be silent and discreet, His pay is just ten sterling pounds per sheet : Fear not to lie, 'twill seem a lucky hit; Shrink not...from blasphemy, 'twill pass for wit; Care not for feeling— pass your proper jest, And stand a critic, hated yet carees'd. And shall we own ench judgment?... | |
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