 And when I die, be sure you let me know Great Homer dy'd three thousand years ago. Why did I write? what sin to me unknown Dipt me in Ink, my parents, or my own? As yet a child, nor yet a fool to fame, I lisp'd in numbers, for the numbers came. I left...  Elements of the Philosophy of the Human Mind - Page 174by Dugald Stewart - 1866 - 490 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1843 - 624 pages
...left no calling for this idle trade ; No duty broke, no father disobey 'd ; While yet a child, ere yet a fool to fame, I lisp'd in numbers, for the numbers саше.— ГОГЕ. • This plain floor, Bi'hrvc me, reader, can say more Than many a braver marble... | |
 | Samuel Bailey - 1845 - 104 pages
...fortune's hands the bonds that held him sever, And make him, changeless doom ! a bard for ever. * " As yet a child, nor yet a fool to Fame, I lisp'd in numbers, for the numbers came." Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot. What trivial things may rouse the dormant wit, And teach our minds the sciences... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1847 - 666 pages
...the narrow limits within which his choice of expression is confined. One proof of this is, that if there appear any mark of constraint, either in the...nor yet a fool to fame, I lisp'd in numbers, for the numberi came." • This facility of versification, it is true, may be, and probably is, in most cases,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1847 - 524 pages
...ago. Why did I write ? what sin to me unknown 125 Dipp'd me in ink ? my parents', or my own ? As yet a child, nor yet a fool to fame, I lisp'd in numbers, for the numbers came. I left no calling for this idle trade, No duty broke, no father disobey'd. 130 NOTES. with his usual... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Charles Macready - 1849 - 646 pages
...Butcher Row. Why did I write 1 what sin to me unknown Dipp'd me in ink, my parents', or my own ? As yet a child, nor yet a fool to fame, I lisp'd in numbers, for the numbers came. I left no calling for this idle trade, No duty broke, no father disobey'd. The Muse but served to ease... | |
 | 1852 - 874 pages
...years ago. Why did I write ' what sin to me unknown Dipp'd me in ink, my parents', or my own ? As yet $ , j e N ҍ > C0 [ P҅ r ; ޔf !:)# ͆ g6 / " | I left no calling for this idle trade, No duty broke, no father disobey'd ; The Muse but serv'd to... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1854 - 338 pages
...ago."17 Why did I write? what sin to me unknown 125 Dipp'd me in ink, my parents', or my own ? As yet a child, nor yet a fool to fame, I lisp'd in numbers, for the numbers came. " In the MS.— " For song, for silence some expect a bribe : And others roar aloud, " Subscribe, subscribe!... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1855 - 610 pages
...Why did I write ? what sin to me unknown Dipp'd me in ink, my parents' or my own ! As yet a ehild, nor yet a fool to fame, I lisp'd in numbers, for the numbers eame. Pope's Epistle to Dr. AMvJ. Commas and pointa they set exaetly right, And Ч were a sin to rob... | |
 | Alexander Pope, George Gilfillan - 1856 - 356 pages
...b«hdaettm Why did I write ? what sin to me unknown 125 Dipp'd me in ink, my parents', or my own ? As yet a child, nor yet a fool to fame, I lisp'd in numbers, for the numbers came. I left no calling for this idle trade, No duty broke, no father disobey'd. iso The Muse but served... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1856 - 352 pages
...h«*J«ciict Why did I write ? what sin to me unknown 125 Dipp'd me in ink, my parents', or my own 1 As yet a child, nor yet a fool to fame, I lisp'd in numbers, for the numbers came. I left no calling for this idle trade, No duty broke, no father disobey'd. iso The Muse but served... | |
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