 ... forced to begin a minuet pace, with an air and a grace, swimming about, now in and now out, with a deal of state, in a figure of eight, without pipe, or string, or any such thing ; and now I have writ, in a rhyming fit, what will make you dance, and,...  The Monthly review. New and improved ser - Page 2471804Full view - About this book
 | William Cowper - 1851 - 624 pages
...of my sense, and by hook or crook, write another book, if I live and am here, another year. I have c a [T ː,O " * zN-< Nշ > C 3 # k>S 诀 9>S m R 32 ... 4̲6 ^#G d i W \ZL s% /Q 1uo bvQ 1EI щ ]u ř eight, without pipe or string, or any such thing; and now I have writ, in a rhyming fit, what will... | |
 | 1851 - 552 pages
...better than by citing a paragraph from Cowper's famous rhyming letter to the Rev. John Newton : " I have heard before of a room with a floor laid upon springs...and now out, with a deal of state, in a figure of eight, without pipe or string, or any such thing; and now I have writ, in a rhyming fit, what will... | |
 | William Cowper - 1851 - 624 pages
...of my sense, and by hook or erook, write another book, if 1 live and am here, another year. I have heard before, of a room with a floor, laid upon springs,...art, in every part, that when you went in, you was foreed to begin a minuet pace, with an air and a grace, swimming about, now in and now out, with a... | |
 | Theology - 1851 - 592 pages
...my sense, and by hook or by crook, write another book, if 1 live and am here another year. " I have heard before, of a room with a floor, laid upon springs,...with so much art, in every part, that when you went m, you were forced to begin a minuet pace, with an air and a grace, swimming about, now in and now... | |
 | William Cowper - 1851 - 620 pages
...of my sense, and by hook or crook, write another book, if I live and am here, another year. 1 have heard before, of a room with a floor, laid upon springs,...such like things, with so much art, in every part, ^hat when you went in, you was forced to begin a minuet pace, with an air and a grace, ewimming about,... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1851 - 790 pages
...my sense, and by hook or crook, write .•mother book, if I live and am here, another year. I have heard before, of a room with a floor laid upon springs, and such like tilings, with so much art in every part, that when you went in you was forced to begin a minuet pace,... | |
 | English essays - 1852 - 782 pages
...heard before of л room, with a floor laid "рол springs, and such (ike things, with so much *rt, in every part, that when you went in, you was forced...a grace, swimming about, now in and now out. with * rhyming fit. what win make you dance, and us you advance, will keep you still, though against your... | |
 | Society for promoting Christian knowledge - 1852 - 652 pages
...which we quote the concluding paragraph as a specimen, for the amusement of our readers : — " I have heard before of a room, with a floor laid upon springs,...things, with so much art, in every part, that when you were in, you were forced to begin a minuet pace, with an air and a grace, swimming about, now in, now... | |
 | English essays - 1852 - 782 pages
...paragraph, containing a simile, of which we think they must immediately feel the propriety. " I hove heard before of a room, with a floor laid upon springs, and such like things, with go much »rt, in every part, that when you went in, you was torced to begin a minuet puce, with an... | |
 | William Cowper, Robert Southey - 1853 - 518 pages
...of my sense, and by hook or crook, write another book, if I live and am here, another year. I have heard before, of a room with a floor, laid upon springs,...and now out, with a deal of state, in a figure of eight, without pipe or string, or any such thing; and now I have writ, in a rhyming fit, what will... | |
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