That till we see what's what in fact, we 're far From much improvement with that virtuous plough Which skims the surface, leaving scarce a scar Upon the black loam long manured by Vice, Only to keep its corn at the old price. The Poetical Works of Lord Byron - Page 219by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1873Full view - About this book
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1824 - 346 pages
...in most places, Which puts my Pegasus to these grave paces. XL. But now I'm going to be immoral; DOW I mean to show things really as they are, Not as they...virtuous plough Which skims the surface, leaving scarce a scat Upon the black loam long manured by Vice, Only to keep iU corn at the old price. XLI. Bat first... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1825 - 916 pages
...people, at all times, and in most places, Which puts my Pegasus to these grave paces. XL. But now I 'm going to be immoral; now I mean to show things really...as they ought to be : for I avow, That till we see what 's what in fact, we're far From much improvement with that virtuous plough Which skims the surface,... | |
| George Gordon Noël Byron - 1826 - 804 pages
...mrnns to mend All people, at all times, and in most places. Which puts my Pegasus to these grave paces. But now I'm going to be Immoral ; now I mean to show things really as they arc, Not as they ought to be : for I avow, That till wesee what's what in fact, we're far From much... | |
| Robert Montgomery - London (England) - 1827 - 344 pages
...living line, The best of monuments for fame like thine ! END OF PART I. 160 AGE REVIEWED. PART II. now I mean to show things really as they are, Not as they ought to be : for 1 avow, That, till we see what's what, — we're far From much improvement with that virtuous plough... | |
| Stendhal - Rome (Italy) - 1829 - 474 pages
...l'ennemi ( on compte trois cent vingt-deux triomphes de Romulus à l'empereur Probus ). L'opinion publi1 But now i'm going to be immoral; now I mean to show...things really as they are , Not as they ought to be. Oh, pardon me digression! DON JCAK, canto xn , stanzu 4o. \ que gouvernait donc à Rome. Les famines... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1832 - 542 pages
...people, at all times, and in most places, Which puts my Pegasus to these grave paces. XL. But now I 'in going to be immoral ; now I mean to show things really...as they ought to be : for I avow, That till we see what 's what in fact, we 're far From much improvement with that virtuous plough Which skims the surface,... | |
| George Gordon Noël Byron - 1832 - 456 pages
...All people at all times, and in most places, Which pnts my Pegasns to these grave paces. XXxv. Bnt now I'm going to be immoral; now I mean to show things really as they are, Not as they onght to be : for I avow, That till we see what's what in faet, we're far From mnrh improvement with... | |
| 1842 - 796 pages
...William Carleton. A nrw edition with Introductory Preface and Notes by the Author. 8vo. Dublin: 1842. f " But now I'm going to be immoral ; now I mean to show things really as thy are. Not as they ought to be." — LORD BTBOH. upwards to be an angel, he is assuredly sinking... | |
| Quotations, English - 1847 - 540 pages
...must tell the truth, howe'er you blame it. BYRON'S Don Juan. 19. I mean to show things as they really are, Not as they ought to be ; for I avow That till we see what 's what in fact, we 're far From much improvement. BYRON'S Don Juan. 20. First, I would have thee... | |
| Quotations, English - 1847 - 526 pages
...must tell the truth, howe'er you blame it. BYRON'S Don Juan. 19. I mean to show things as they really are, Not as they ought to be ; for I avow That till we see what 's what in fact, we 're far From much improvement. BYRON'S Don Juan. 20. First, I would have thee... | |
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