Defoe. Bentley. - Brown. DANIEL DEFOE. 1663-1731. Wherever God erects a house of prayer, 255 The True-Born Englishman. Part i. Line 1. Great families of yesterday we show, And lords, whose parents were the Lord knows Ibid. Lin. ult. who. RICHARD BENTLEY. 1662-1742. It is a maxim with me that no man was ever written out of reputation but by himself. Monk's Life of Bentley. p. 90. I do not love thee, Doctor Fell, I do not love thee, Doctor Fell.2 1 See Proverbial Expressions. 2 A slightly different version is found in Brown's Works collected and published after his death. Non amo te, Sabidi, nec possum dicere quare; Hoc tantum possum dicere, non amo te. Martial, Ep. 1. xxxii. Je ne vous aime pas, Hylas; Bussy, Comte de Rabutin, Epistle 33, Book i. MATTHEW PRIOR. 1664–1721. All jargon of the schools. On Exodus iii. 14. Be to her virtues very kind; Be to her faults a little blind. An English Padlock. Abra was ready ere I call'd her name; And, though I call'd another, Abra came. Solomon on the Vanity of the World. Book ii. Line 364. For hope is but the dream of those that wake.1 Ibid. Book iii. Line 102. Who breathes, must suffer, and who thinks, must mourn; And he alone is bless'd who ne'er was born. Till their own dreams at length deceive 'em, This thought is ascribed to Aristotle by Diogenes Laertius, Lib. v. § 18. Ερωτηθεὶς τί ἐστιν ἐλπίς ; Εγρηγορότος, εἶπεν, ἐνύπνιον. Menage, in his Observations upon Laertius, says that Stobæus (Serm. cix.) ascribes it to Pindar, whilst Ælian (Var. Hist. xiii. 29) refers it to Plato: 'Eλɛyɛv ó Пλúrwv, τὰς ἐλπίδας ἐγρηγορότων ἀνθρώπων ὀνείρους εἶναι. Now fitted the halter, now travers'd the cart, And thought the nation ne'er would thrive Paulo Purganti. Nobles and heralds, by your leave, Here lies what once was Matthew Prior; The son of Adam and of Eve: Can Bourbon or Nassau claim higher? 2 Epitaph on Himself. Odds life! must one swear to the truth of a song? A Better Answer. That air and harmony of shape express, Fine by degrees, and beautifully less.3 Henry and Emma. I As men that be lothe to departe do often take their leff. John Clerk to Wolsey. — Ellis's Letters, Third se ries, i. 262. See Tarl A loth to depart was the common term for a song, or a tune played, on taking leave of friends. ton's News out of Purgatory (about 1689); Chapman's Widow's Tears; Middleton's, The Old Law, Act iv. Sc. 1; Beaumont and Fletcher's Wit at several Weapons, Act ii. Sc. 2. ? The following epitaph was written long before the time of Prior : Johnnie Carnegie lais heer. Descendit of Adam and Eve, Gif ony con gang hieher, Ise willing give him leve. Fine by defect, and delicately weak. - Pope, Moral Essays, Epistle ii. Line 43. Our hopes, like tow'ring falcons, aim To the Hon. Charles Montague. From ignorance our comfort flows. They never taste who always drink; Ibid. His cogitative faculties immers'd In cogibundity of cogitation. Ibid. Acti. Sc. 1. 1 But all the pleasure of the game 2 Is afar off to view the flight. Variations in a copy printed 1692. Where ignorance is bliss, 'Tis folly to be wise. Gray, Eton College, St. 10. Let the singing singers With vocal voices, most vociferous, In sweet vociferation, out-vociferize Ev'n sound itself. Chronon. Act i. Sc. 1. To thee, and gentle Rigdom Funnidos, Ibid. Acti. Sc. 3. Go call a coach, and let a coach be called, gods! Ibid. Act ii. Sc. 4. Genteel in personage, Conduct, and equipage; Noble by heritage, Generous and free. The Contrivances. Acti. Sc. 2. What a monstrous tail our cat has got! The Dragon of Wantley. Act ii. Sc. 1. Of all the girls that are so smart, Sally in our Alley. Of all the days that 's in the week I dearly love but one day, And that's the day that comes betwixt A Saturday and Monday. 1 Of all the girls that e'er was seen, There's none so fine as Nelly. Ibid. Swift, Ballad on Miss Nelly Bennet. |