 But use them for your private ends ; Stint not to truth the flow of wit, Be prompt to lie, whene'er .tis fit ; Bend all your force to spatter merit ; Scandal is conversation's spirit ; Boldly to ev'ry thing pretend, And men your talents shall commend.  Fables by the Late Mr. Gay. In One Volume Complete - Side 40av John Gay - 1792 - 232 siderUten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | John Gay - 1728 - 218 sider
...days, Convers'd with men, and learnt their ways: Their drefs, their courtly manners fee; Reform your ftate, and copy me. Seek ye to thrive ? In flatt'ry...ends, Stint not to truth the flow of wit, Be prompt to lye, whene'er 'tis fit; Bend all your force to fpatter merit; Scandal is converfation's fpirit; Boldly... | |
 | Complete fabulist - 1732 - 402 sider
...• Convers'd with men, >nd learnt their ways : Their drefs, their courtly manners fee, Reform your ftate, and copy me. Seek ye to thrive ? In flatt'ry deal, Your fcorn, your hate, with that conceal i Seem only te regard your friends, But ufe them for your private ends; Stint Stint not to truth your... | |
 | John Gay - 1772 - 308 sider
...days, Convert'd with men, and learn'd their ways. Their drefs, their courtly manners fee; Reform your ftate, and copy me. Seek ye to thrive ? in flatt'ry...that conceal. Seem only to regard your friends, But ufc them for your private ends. Stint not to truth the flow of wit ; Be prompt to lie whene'er 'tis... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 312 sider
...? In flattery deal; Your feorn, your hate, with that conceaL'. Seem only to regard your friends, 4^ But ufe them for your private ends. . Stint not to truth the flow of wit ; Ee prompt to lie whene'er 'tis fit.. Bend all your foree to fpatter merit ; Scandal is convsrfation's... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 316 sider
...drefs, their courtly manners fee ; Reform your ftate, and copy me. Seek ye to thrive ? In flattery deal ; Your fcorn, your hate, with that conceal. Seem only to regard your friends, 45 But ufe them for your private ends. E 4 Stint Stint not to truth the flow of wit ; Be prompt to... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1791 - 510 sider
...days, Convcrs'd with men, and learn'd their ways. Their drefs, their courtly manners fee 5 Reform your ftate, and copy me. ; Seek ye to thrive ? in flatt'ry...conceal. •Seem only to regard your friends ; But ufc them for your private ends. Stint not to truth the flow of wit , Be prompt to lye whene'er 'tis... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1791 - 966 sider
...courtly manners fee j Reform your (late, and copy me. Seek ye to thrive ? in flatt'ry deal ; Your (corn, Nor let thy Emma die in vain : Time (hall adminilter its wonted ba ule them for your private ends. Stint not to truth the flow of wit ; Be prompt to lye whene'er 'tis... | |
 | John Gay - 1793 - 356 sider
...Convers'd with men, and learnt their ways. Their drefs, their courtly manners fee ; Reform your (late and copy me. Seek ye to thrive ? in flatt'ry deal ; Your fcorn, your hate, with that conceal. D 4 Seem Seem only to regard your friends, But ufe them for your private ends. Stint not to truth the... | |
 | Robert Anderson - 1795 - 906 sider
...Your fcorn, your hate, with that •• Set m only to regard your friend», £ut ufe them for jour private ends. Stint not to truth the flow of wit ; Be prompt i L tie whene'er 'tis fit. Fend all your force to fpatter merit ; Scandal is converfation's fpirit,... | |
 | Thomas Sheridan - 1796 - 292 sider
...days, Convers'd with men, and learn'd their ways. Their dreft, their courtly manners fee, Reform your ftate, and copy me. Seek ye to thrive? in flatt'ry...friends, But ufe them for your private ends. Stint Stint not to truth the flow of wit; Be prompt to lie, whene'er 'tis fit. Bend all your force to fpatter... | |
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