 Heavens! was I born for nothing but to write? Has life no joys for me? or (to be grave) Have I no friend to serve, no soul to save? "I found him close with Swift — Indeed? no doubt (Cries prating Balbus) something will come out.  The Works of Alexander Pope Esq - Page 21de Alexander Pope - 1751 - 341 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | John Matthews Manly - 1907 - 654 pages
...know, if Dennis be alive or dead. 370 Why am I asked what next shall see the light? Heavens ! was I born for nothing but to write ? Has life no joys for me? or (to be grave) Have I no friend to serve, no soul to save? "I found him close with Swift." — "Indeed? no doubt," 375 Cries prating Balbus,... | |
 | Margaret Lynn - 1907 - 506 pages
...am I asked what next shall see the light ? Heavens ! was I born for nothing but to write ? Has lif e no joys for me ? or (to be grave) Have I no friend to serve, no soul to save ? "I found him close with Swift — Indeed? no doubt 275 (Cries prating Balbus)... | |
 | Walter Cochrane Bronson - 1908 - 562 pages
...Nor know if Dennis be alive or dead. 270 Why am I asked what next shall see the light? Heav'ns! was I born for nothing but to write? Has life no joys for me? or (to be grave) Have I no friend to serve, no soul to save? "I found him close with Swift." "Indeed? no doubt," 275 Cries prating Balbus,... | |
 | Walter Cochrane Bronson - 1908 - 562 pages
...Nor know if Dennis be alive or dead. 270 Why am I asked what next shall see the light? Heav'ns! was I born for nothing but to write? Has life no joys for me? or (to be grave) Have I no friend to serve, no soul to save? "I found him close with Swift." "Indeed? no doubt," 275 Cries prating Balbus,... | |
 | Grace Eleanor Hadow, William Henry Hadow - 1908 - 440 pages
...know if Dennis 3 be alive or dead. 270 Why am I asked what next shall see the light ? Heavens ! was I born for nothing but to write ? Has life no joys for me? or (to be grave) Have I no friend to serve, no soul to save ? ' I found him close with Swift ' — ' Indeed ? no doubt,' (Cries prating... | |
 | William Stanley Braithwaite - 1909 - 892 pages
...Nor know, if Dennis, be alive or dead. Why am I ask'd what next shall see the light ? Heav'ns! was I born for nothing but to write ? Has Life no joys for me ? or, (to be grave) Have I no friend to serve, no soul to save ? 'I found him close with Swift' — 'Indeed? no doubt,' (Cries prating Balbus}... | |
 | Lucius Hudson Holt - 1915 - 956 pages
...know if Dennis be alive or dead. 270 Why am I ask'd what next shall see the light ? Heav'ns ! was I r < Y 5 f. 9* 2 #. ٖ) U ]P pۍ K ( *3_ I r u p ȉ0. serve, no soul to save ? ' I found him close with Swift ' — ' Indeed ? no doubt (Cries prating Balbus)... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1916 - 160 pages
...know, if Dennis be alive or dead. 270 Why am I ask'd what next shall see the light? Heav'ns ! was I born for nothing but to write? Has Life no joys for me? or, (to be grave) Have I no friend to serve, no soul to save? 'I found him close with Swift' — "Indeed? no doubt, (Cries prating Balbus)... | |
 | Caroline Mabel Goad - 1918 - 678 pages
...of the Latin phrase. (3.262) 271-274. Why am I asked what next shall see the light ? Heavens ! was I born for nothing but to write ? Has life no joys for me? or (to be grave) Have I no friend to serve, no soul to save? The same thought is differently expressed in Horace's Epode 14. 1-5. (3. 263-264)... | |
 | Caroline Mabel Goad - 1918 - 662 pages
...of the Latin phrase. (3. 262) 271-274. Why am I asked what next shall see the light? Heavens! was I born for nothing but to write? Has life no joys for me? or (to be grave) Have I no friend to serve, no soul to save? The same thought is differently expressed in Horace's Epode 14. 1-5. (8. 263-264)... | |
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