 | 1866 - 314 sayfa
...the poet: " In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold ; Alike fantastic if too new or old ; Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside." As we have now seen that prepositions are expressive of the relations which nouns, as the... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1867 - 520 sayfa
...doublets drest. En words, as feshions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old : Be not the first by whom the new are tried Nor yet the last to lay the old aside. These equal syllables alone require, Though, oft the ear the open vowels tire;While expletives... | |
 | Michael A. Bernstein - 1987 - 292 sayfa
...a value greater than that in the depression years. 4. Technical change during the interwar years Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside. - Alexander Pope For "Schumpeterian pessimists" such as Hansen, Kalecki, and Weintraub,... | |
 | William Safire, Leonard Safir - 1990 - 436 sayfa
...moral suasion you can. — Dr. Thomas Gamble (See Children, Mothers Advice, Parenthood) Fashion Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside. — Alexander Pope Take great care always to be dressed like the reasonable people of your... | |
 | Bernard Marie Dupriez - 1991 - 572 sayfa
...authors used and abused antithesis: it made the construction of periods easier (see period*, R2). Ex: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside. A. Pope, 'An Essay on Criticism,' 2.335-6 Albalat, who gives it two chapters in La Formation... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 sayfa
...like leaves; and where they most abound, Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found. (Fr. II) 39 Be w on the broad-backed wave! Here is a fitting spot to dig Love's gra old aside. (Fr. II) 40 These equal syllables alone require. Though oft the ear the open vowels tire;... | |
 | Bob Phillips - 1993 - 372 sayfa
...cold. Ogden Nash FANATICS The worst of madmen is a saint run mad. Alexander Pope FAREWELLS FASHION Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside. Alexander Pope It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds. Aesop FATHER No one is... | |
 | Kenneth George Wilson - 1993 - 508 sayfa
...Introduction xi In words as fashions the same rule will hold, Alike fantastic if too new or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside. An Essay on Criticism, II. 133-136. The Columbia Guide This guide to Standard American usage... | |
 | Milton Hindus - 180 sayfa
...attained its aim) when Alexander Pope wrote in some memorable verses of his Essay on Criticism: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside. The trouble with this way of stating it is that the advice may be interpreted in the spirit... | |
 | Richard Lederer - 1995 - 262 sayfa
...conventional usage. In both fashion and writing, prudent people will heed the advice of Alexander Pope: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside. Of all the parts of speech, pronouns assume the greatest variety of forms. Thus, they present... | |
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In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold, Alike fantastic, if too new, or old : Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside. 
