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At this every lady drew up her mouth as if going to pronounce the letter P. - Letter to Robt. Bryanton [Words] On the stage he was natural, simple, affecting 'Twas only that when he was off, he was acting. - Retaliation (l. 101) [Acting] He cast off his friends, as a huntsman his pack; For he knew, when he pleas'd, he could whistle them back. - Retaliation (l. 107) [Friends] Of praise a mere glutton, he swallow'd what came, And the puff a dunce, he mistook it for fame; Till his relish grown callous, almost to displease, Who pepper'd the highest was surest to please. - Retaliation (l. 109) [Flattery] Our Garrick;s a salad; for in him we see Oil, vinegar, sugar, and saltness agree. - Retaliation (l. 11) [Character] His pencil was striking, resistless, and grand; His manners were gentle, complying, and bland; Still born to improve in every part, His pencil out faces, his manners are heart. - Retaliation (l. 139) [Art] When they talk'd of their Raphaels, Correggios, and stuff, He shifted his trumpet, and only took snuff. - Retaliation (l. 145) [Contempt] Who mix'd reason with pleasure, and wisdom with mirth; If he had any faults, he has left us in doubt. - Retaliation (l. 24) [Faults] Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such We scarcely can praise it or blame it too much; Who, born for the universe, narrow'd his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind. - Retaliation (l. 29) [Genius] Who, born for the universe, narrow'd his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind. - Retaliation (l. 31) [Politics] Though equal to all things, for all things unfit; Too nice for a statesman, too proud for a wit. - Retaliation (l. 37) [Character] His conduct still right with his argument wrong. - Retaliation (l. 46) [Argument] A flattering painter, who made it his care To draw men as they ought to be, not as they are. - Retaliation (l. 63) [Painting] As a wit, if not first, in the very first line. - Retaliation (l. 96) [Wit] Thou best-humour'd man with the worst-humour'd muse. - Retaliation (postscript) [Poets] I love everything that's old; old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wine. - She Stoops to Conquer (act I, sc. 1) [Age] The very pink of perfection. - She Stoops to Conquer (act I, sc. 1) [Perfection] Let schoolmasters puzzle their brain, With grammar, and nonsense, and learning; Good liquor, I stoutly maintain, Gives genius a better discerning. - She Stoops to Conquer (act I, sc. 1, song) [Liquor] I'll be with you in the squeezing of a lemon. - She Stoops to Conquer (act I, sc. 2) [Haste] Ask me no questions, and I'll tell you no fibs. - She Stoops to Conquer (act III) [Curiosity] They say women and music should never be dated. - She Stoops to Conquer (act III) [Age] As for murmurs, mother, we grumble a little now and then, to be sure; but there's no love lost between us. - She Stoops to Conquer (act IV, l. 255) [Love] One writer, for instance, excels at a plan, or a title-page, another works away the body of the book, and a third is a dab at an index. - The Bee (no. 1) [Authorship] The true use of speech is not so much to express our wants as to conceal them. - The Bee (no. 3) [Speech] What cities, as great as this, have . . . promised themselves immortality! Posterity can hardly trace the situation of some. The sorrowful traveller wanders over the awful ruins of others others. . . . Here stood their citadel, but now grown over with weeds; there their senate-house, but now the haunt of every noxious reptile; temples and theatres stood here, now only an undistinguished heap of ruins. - The Bee (no. IV, A City Night-Piece) [Ruin] Displaying page 8 of 13 for this author: << Prev Next >> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 [8] 9 10 11 12 13
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