 What? Touch-paper to be sure. What are our poets, take them as they fall, Good, bad, rich, poor, much read, not read at all? Them and their works in the same class you'll find; They are the mere waste-paper of mankind.  The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin, Consisting of Essays, Humorous, Moral ... - Página 147por Benjamin Franklin - 1839 - 224 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | John Nichol - 1882 - 492 páginas
...spendthrift race is clenched in one of several stanzas on various sorts of paper — " What are the poets, take them as they fall, Good, bad, rich, poor, much...youll find, They are the mere waste-paper of mankind." Of a somewhat later date, the following more consecutive 1 Compare the advices of Sir Walter Raleigh... | |
 | John Nichol - 1882 - 496 páginas
...spendthrift race is clenched in one of several stanzas on various sorts of paper — " What are the poets, take them as they fall, Good, bad, rich, poor, much...you'll find, They are the mere waste-paper of mankind." Of a somewhat later date, the following more consecutive 1 Compare the advices of Sir Walter Raleigh... | |
 | 1884 - 780 páginas
...jest, or hint, or look endure, — What 's he ? What 1 Touch-paper, to be sure. AVhat are our poeta,— take them as they fall, — Good, bad, rich, poor,...of mankind. Observe the maiden, innocently sweet; She 's fair while paper, an unsullied sheet ; On which the happy man, whom fate ordains, May write... | |
 | Eric Sutherland Robertson - 1887 - 204 páginas
...acquaintance with poets, we know not; but this was his estimate of their genius : " What are the poets, take them as they fall, Good, bad, rich, poor, much...find ; They are the mere waste-paper of mankind." Franklin was born only three years later than Jonathan Edwards ; and the two thinkers form a curious... | |
 | 1891 - 208 páginas
...want no type his weakness to proclaim While such a thing as fool's cap has a name. What are the poets, take them as they fall, Good, bad, rich, poor, much...works in the same class you'll find; They are the mere waste paper of mankind. Observe the maiden, innocently sweet; She's fair white paper, an unsullied... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Rufus Edmonds Shapley - 1894 - 464 páginas
...can'ta jest, or hint, or look endure, — What 's he? What? Touch-paper, to be sure. What are our poets, take them as they fall, Good, bad, rich, poor, much read, not read at all 7 Them and their works in the same class you'll find; They are the mere waste paper of mankind. Observe... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - 1898 - 556 páginas
...can'ta jest or hint or look endure — What's he ? What ? Touch-Paper, to be sure. What are our Poets, take them as they fall — Good, bad, rich, poor,...Observe the Maiden, innocently sweet ; She's fair White Paper — an unsullied sheet, On which the happy man, whom fate ordains, May write his name,... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - 1899 - 526 páginas
...can'ta jest or hint or look endure — What's he ? What ? Touch-Paper, to be sure. What are our Poets, take them as they fall — Good, bad, rich, poor,...Observe the Maiden, innocently sweet ; She's fair White Paper — an unsullied sheet, On which the happy man, whom fate ordains, May write his name,... | |
 | Brander Matthews - 1904 - 344 páginas
...can'ta jest, or hint, or look endure : What is he ? What ? Touch-paper to be sure. What are our poets, take them as they fall, Good, bad, rich, poor, much...read at all? Them and their works in the same class you 'll find ; They are the mere waste-paper of mankind. Observe the maiden, innocently sweet, She... | |
 | 1904 - 876 páginas
...jest, a hint, or look endure, — What is he? — what? Touch-paper, to be sure. What are our poets, take them as they fall, Good, bad, rich, poor, much read, not read at all? They and their works in the same class you 'II find; They are the mere ivastc-paper of mankind. Observe... | |
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