In swims CURIOSITY, beckoning to her damsels to follow--they dive into the centre of the current----
FANCY sits musing upon the bank, and with her eyes following the stream, turns straws and bulrushes into masts and bowsprits ----And DESIRE, with vest held up to the knee in one hand, snatches at them, as they swim by her with the other----
O ye water-drinkers! is it then by this delusive fountain, that ye have so often governed and turn'd this world about like a mill-wheel-- grinding the faces of the impotent--bepowdering their ribs--bepeppering their noses, and changing sometimes even the very frame and face of nature----
If I was you, quoth _Yorick_, I would drink more water, _Eugenius_ --And, if I was you, _Yorick_, replied _Eugenius_, so would I.
Which shews they had both read _Longinus_----
For my own part, I am resolved never to read any book but my own, as long as I live.
In swims Curiosity with her damsels - they dive into the centre of the current-
Fancy sits musing upon the bank, and, watching the stream, turns straws and bulrushes into masts and bowsprits. And Desire, with her vest held up in one hand, snatches at them with the other, as they swim by-
O ye water-drinkers! is it by this delusive fountain, that ye have so often turned this world around like a mill-wheel - grinding the faces of the impotent - bepeppering their noses, and changing the very face of nature-
'If I was you,' quoth Yorick, 'I would drink more water, Eugenius.'
'And, if I was you, Yorick,' replied Eugenius, 'so would I.'
Which shows they had both read Longinus-
For my own part, I am resolved never to read any book but my own, as long as I live.