Abstruse and mystic thoughts you must express With painful care, but seeming easiness; For truth shines brightest thro' the plainest dress.
The last loud trumpet's wondrous sound, Shall thro' the rending tombs rebound, And wake the nations under ground. - Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl Of Roscommon
The last loud trumpet's wondrous sound, Shall thro' the rending tombs rebound, And wake the nations under ground.
- Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl Of Roscommon
The men, who labour and digest things most, Will be much apter to despond than boast; For if your author be profoundly good, 'Twill cost you dear bef… - Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl Of Roscommon
The men, who labour and digest things most, Will be much apter to despond than boast; For if your author be profoundly good, 'Twill cost you dear bef…
Tis I that call, remember Milo's end, Wedged in that timber which he strove to rend. - Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl Of Roscommon
Tis I that call, remember Milo's end, Wedged in that timber which he strove to rend.
Praise Him, each savage furious beast That on His stores do daily feast; And you tame slaves, of the laborious plough, Your weary knees to your Creat… - Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl Of Roscommon
Praise Him, each savage furious beast That on His stores do daily feast; And you tame slaves, of the laborious plough, Your weary knees to your Creat…
You must not think that a satiric style allows of scandalous and brutish words; the better sort abhor scurrility. - Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl Of Roscommon
You must not think that a satiric style allows of scandalous and brutish words; the better sort abhor scurrility.
Truth and fiction are so aptly mixed that all seems uniform and of a piece. - Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl Of Roscommon
Truth and fiction are so aptly mixed that all seems uniform and of a piece.
Choose an author as you would a friend. - Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl Of Roscommon
Choose an author as you would a friend.
The multitude is always wrong. - Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl Of Roscommon
The multitude is always wrong.
What you keep by you, you may change and mend but words, once spoken, can never be recalled. - Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl Of Roscommon
What you keep by you, you may change and mend but words, once spoken, can never be recalled.
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