 | Alexander Pope - English literature - 1797 - 400 pages
...fuccefibr, Mr. Gibber ; and is further ftrengthened in the following Epigram, made on that occafion : " In merry Old England it once was a rule, The King...now we're fo frugal, I'd have you to know it, That Gibber can ferve both for Fool and for Poet." Of Blackmore, fte Book ii. Of Philips, Book i. ver. 262.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1800 - 496 pages
...Succeffor, Mr. Gibber ; and i> further ftrengtheiicd in the fol•wing Epigram made oa that occasion : In merry Old England it once was a rule, The King...Poet, and alfo his Fool ; But now we're fo frugal, I'd-have you to know it, Thit Gibber can feive both for f o4 and for Poet. Of Blackmore, fer.Book ii.... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1804 - 496 pages
...Foul ; But now we're fo frugal, I'd have yoti to know it, ThatCibler can ferve both for Fo;,! and fur Poet. Of Blackmore, fee Book ii. Of Philips, Book i ver. 262. and Book iii prooe fin. Nahum Tatc was Poet Laureat, a cold writer, o no invention j but fomctimcs tranf, itcd tolerably... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 492 pages
..._Succeffor, Mr. Cibber ; and is further ftrengthened in the fel•wing Epigram mad« on that occaîoa : In merry Old England it once was a rule, The King had hii Poet, and alfo hi; Fool ; But now we're fo frugal, I'd have you to know it, That Cibber can ferve... | |
 | Nathan Drake - English essays - 1805 - 420 pages
...humour, if no great poet, experienced similar treatment, the following epigram will abundantly prove : In merry Old England it once was a rule, The King had his poet and also his fool: But now we're so frugal, I'd have you to know it, That Gibber can serve both for fool... | |
 | Nathan Drake - English literature - 1805 - 424 pages
...humour, if no great poet, experienced similar treatment, the following epigram will abundantly prove : In merry Old England it once was a rule, The King had his poet and also his fool: But now we're so frugal, I'd have you to know it, That Gibber can serve both for fool... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Lisle Bowles - 1806 - 440 pages
...fucceflbr, Mr. Cibber ; and is further ftrengthened in the following Epigram, made on that occafion : " In merry Old England it once was a rule, The King...for Poet." Of Blackmore, fee Book ii. Of Philips, Booki. ver. 262. and Book iii. propt fin. Nahum Tate was Poet Laureate, a cold writer, of no invention... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1806 - 468 pages
...fucceffor, Mr. Gibber ; aod is further ftrengthened in the following Epigram, made on that occafion : " In merry Old England it once was a rule, The King...now we're fo frugal, I'd have you to know it, That Gibber can ferve both for Fool and for Poet." Of Blackmore, fee Book ii. Of Philips, Book i. ver. 262.... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1806 - 448 pages
...fucceflbr, Mr. Gibber ; and is further ftrengthened in the following Epigram, made ea that occafion : " In merry Old England it once was a rule, The King...now we're fo frugal, I'd have you to know it, That Gibber can ferve both for Fool and for Poet." Of Blackmore, fee Book ii. Of Philips, Book!, ver. 262.... | |
 | Albin-Joseph-Ulpien Hennet - English poetry - 1806 - 360 pages
...strike at folly in a single line. * GAY , épis tic to Bernard Lintott. ON CIBBER, THE POET-LAURKAT (i). In merry old England, it once was a rule, The king had his poet and also his fool ; But now we're'so frugal, l'd have you to knotv it: Poor Cibber must serve both for... | |
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In merry old England it once was a rule, The King had his Poet, and also his Fool : But now we're so frugal, I'd have you to know it, That Cibber can serve both for Fool and for Poet. 
