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...vex'd, I found that the musician's hand Had o'er the dancer's mind too great command. I drank; I lik'd it not: 'twas rage; 'twas noise • An airy scene...revel and protracted feast Wild dreams succeeded, and disordcr'd rest • And as at dawn of morn fair reason's light Broke through the fumes and phantoms...

...Had o'er the dancer's mind too great command. I drank; I lik'd it not : 'twas rage ; 'twas noise j An airy scene of transitory joys. In vain I trusted that the flowing howl Would banish sorrow and enlarge the soul. To the late revel and protracted feast Wild dreams succeeded,...

...— The effect of intemperate drinking is well described in the Solomon of Prior; I drank, I lik'd it not — 'twas rage, 'twas noise, An airy scene of transitory joys : of wine, and that this made him mad. The Scythian Nomades, after the invasion of their country by...

...containing the best definition of a pun I have ever seen either in prose or verse : " I drank ; I liked it not. 'Twas rage, 'twas noise, An airy scene of...revel, and protracted feast, Wild dreams succeeded, and disordered rest ; And, as at dawn, of morn fair Reason's light Broke through the fumes and phantoms...

...loving couples, or warmer friends in all Kent. THE SPENDTHRIFT. THE SPENDTHRIFT. I drank ; I lik'd it not ; 'twas rage, 'twas noise . An airy scene of...revel and protracted feast, Wild dreams succeeded, and disordered rest. PRIOR. It was a remark of an old and intelligent friend ot'mine, that, he would rather...

...Scythis. The effect of intemperate drinking is well described in the Solomon of Prior: I drank, I liked it not — 'twas rage, 'twas noise. An airy scene...protracted feast Wild dreams succeeded and disorder'd rest. * * * # * A4d yet unnamber'd ills that lie unseen In the pernicious draught ; the word obscene Or harsh,...

...vex'd I found, that the musician's hand Had o'er the dancer's mind too great command. I drank; I lik'd it not: 'twas rage; 'twas noise: An airy scene of transitory joys. In rain I trusted, that the flowing bowl Would banish sorrow, and enlarge the soul. To the late revel,...

...strong liquors ; and he might have said, as that king is made to do by Prior, — " I drank, I liked it not ; ' twas rage, ' twas noise, An airy scene of transitory joys." 298. Rapid Composition. He asserted, and valued himself upon it, that he •wrote the "Life of Savage"...