 I want a hero: an uncommon want, When every year and month sends forth a new one, Till, after cloying the gazettes with cant, The age discovers he is not the true one: Of such as these I should not care to vaunt, I'll therefore take our ancient friend...  The works of ... lord Byron - Page 7by George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1821Full view - About this book
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1826 - 566 pages
...— Twelfth Night; or W^atyon. Will.' SHAKSPEARE. DON JUAN. CANTO l. L I WANT a hero : an nncommon want, When every year and month sends forth a new one, Till, after cloying the gnzcttes with cant, The age discovers he is not the trne one; Of snch as these I shonld not care to... | |
 | 1826 - 488 pages
...absurd, and it certainly oughi to be prohibited as a disturber of the public peace. CHOICE OF A HERO. ' I want a hero ; an uncommon want, When every year and month sends forth anew one ; Till, after cloying the gazettes with cant, The age discovers he is not the true one.' Thus... | |
 | George Clinton - 1828 - 888 pages
...bitter than the tongues of serpents. The following is the abrupt beginning of this singular poem : I want a hero : an uncommon want, When every year and month sends forth a new out, Till, after cloying the Gazeltes with cant, The age discovers he is not the true one; Of such... | |
 | Samuel Beazley - 1828 - 266 pages
...one, Till, after cloying the Gazette with cant, The age discovers he is not the true nne ; Of such us these I should not care to vaunt, I'll therefore take our ancient friend, Don Juan. BTROK BY this time we little doubt but many of our readers artwondering where the hero of the tale... | |
 | Samuel Beazley - 1828 - 514 pages
...alive the romance which had been already woven in {he imagination of Agnes. CHAPTER XIV. THE FAUX PAS. I want a hero : an uncommon want, When every year and month scuds forth a new one. Till, after cloymg the Gazette with cant, The age discovers he it not the true... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 809 pages
...though the con/ of hypocrites may be the worst, the cant of criticism is the most tormenting. Sterne. V pw)8n [ @ ts B\ c R'1 o X] M :_ B 9 Y `...g.N ? ̏ xK $ P / eѾ + U } h Qq x G ] Byron. Dun Juan. The primum mobile of England is canl. Id. CANT, s. ) A side, an edge; Goth, and CAN'TER,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1832 - 542 pages
...be hut i' the mouth, too !— SHAKSPHAIIR, Tivetfth Night; or What you Will. DON JUAN. CANTO I. I. 1 WANT a hero : — an uncommon want, When every year...one : Of such as these I should not care to vaunt, I 'll therefore take our ancient friend Don Juan; We all have seen him in the pantomime Sent to the... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - 1833 - 358 pages
...Count Julian, but to Gibbon's hero, vulgarly yclept " The Apostate." DON JUAN. CANTO THE FIRST. r. I WANT a hero : an uncommon want, When every year...Don Juan — We all have seen him, in the pantomime, Sent to the devil somewhat ere his time. (1) [Remodelled under the names of " Don Juan," " The Libertine,"... | |
 | James Fenimore Cooper - 1842 - 484 pages
...sprang upon the head- land. At the same instant, Mildred fell senseless on the grass. CHAPTER III. " I want a hero : — an uncommon want, When every year and month send forth a new one; vTill, after cloying the gazettes with cant, The age discovers he is not the... | |
 | James Fenimore Cooper - 1843 - 492 pages
...senseless on the grass. CHAPTER ILL ' I want a hero:—an uncommon want, When every year and month send forth a new one; . 'Till, after cloying the gazettes...cant, The age discovers he is not the true one;—" BYRON. IN consequence of the unsteadiness of the father's nerves, the duty of raising Mildred in his... | |
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