 the air as nimbly as a star, Turn short as doth a swallow, and be here, And there, and here, and yonder all at once; Present to any humour, all occasion, And change a visor swifter than a thought; This is the creature had the art born with him. Lucian's...  The British Essayists: The Looker-on - Seite 105von Alexander Chalmers - 1802Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Thomas Hayward - 1738 - 324 Seiten
...together; like an arrow Shoot through the air as nimbly as a ftar : Turn fhort, as doth a fwallow ; and be here, And there; and here, and yonder, all at once; Prefent to any humour, all occafion ; And change a vizor, fwifter than a thought! This is the creature... | |
 | William Oldys - 1740 - 328 Seiten
...almoll together; like an arrow Moot through the air as nimbly as a Mar : Tumfhort, as doth a fwallow ; and be here, And there; and here, and yonder, all at once; 1'refent to any humour, all occafion ; And change a vizor, fwifter than a thought! This is the creature... | |
 | Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - 1806 - 796 Seiten
...an ariow, Shoot through the air as nimbly ш a atar ; Turn short, as doth a swallow ¡ and be hentt And there, and here, and yonder all at once ; Present...occasion : And change a visor, swifter than a thought I This is the creature had the art born with hia, Toils not to Icam it, but doth practice it Out of... | |
 | David Phineas Adams, William Emerson, Samuel Cooper Thacher - 1806 - 788 Seiten
...stoop (almost together) like an arrow. Shoot through the air a» nimbly a» a »tar; Turn short, a» doth a swallow ; and be here. And there, and here, and yonder all at once ; Prêtent to any humour, all occasion t And change a visor, swifter than a thought I Thl» I» the... | |
 | British drama - 1811 - 696 Seiten
...star; f ;im short, as doth a swallow; and be here Ar J there, and here and yonder, nil at once; Pnsent to any humour, all occasion ; And change a visor, swifter than a thought ! ГЬ>* is the creature, had the art bora with him ; Tous not to learn it, but doth practise it 0;i:... | |
 | Ben Jonson, William Gifford - 1816 - 518 Seiten
...But your fine elegant rascal, that can rise, And stoop, almost together, like an arrow; Shoot through the air as nimbly as a star; Turn short as doth a...thought! This is the creature had the art born with him; Toils not to learn it, but doth practise it Out of most excellent nature : and such sparks Are the... | |
 | British essayists - 1823 - 754 Seiten
...And there, and here, and yonder all at once; Present to any humour all occasion, And change a vizor swifter than a thought; This is the creature had the...him. Lucian's Parasite, which is a master-piece of laracter and comic writing, and Horace's dialogue itween Tircsias and Ulysses, which is the fifth 252... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - 316 Seiten
...like an arrow, Turn short as doth a swallow, and be here, Shoot thro' the air as nimbly as a star, And there and here, and yonder all at once ; Present to any humour, all occasion, This is the creature had the art born with him. And change a vizor swifter than a thought; Eupolis,... | |
 | Richard Cumberland - 1826 - 360 Seiten
...lint your fine elegant rascal, that can rise, And stoop almost together like an arrow, Shoot through the air as nimbly as a star, Turn short as doth a swallow, and be here, Aiid there and here, and yonder all at once -, Present to any humour, all occasion, And change a vizor... | |
 | Laconics - 1829 - 352 Seiten
...But your fine elegant rascal, that can rise, And stoop almost together; like an arrow, Shoot through air as nimbly as a star: Turn short, as doth a swallow, and be here Present to any humour, all occasion; And there, and here, and yonder all at once; And change a vizor,... | |
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