...ornament ; A virtue that was never seen in you. Hot. Marry, and I'm glad of it with all my heart ; I had rather be a kitten, and cry — mew, Than one of these same metre ballad-mongers : I had rather hear a brazen canstick turn'd,3 Or a dry wheel grate on an axle-tree...

...endeavours at the falsetto ! " So swells each windpipe, sss intones to ass Discordant twang." POPE. •' I had rather be a kitten, and cry mew, Than one of these same stupid silly songsters." i SHAKESPEARE. These quotations apply to a more miserable set, not imitators,...

...Shakes the old beldame J'.arth, and topples down Steeples and moss-grown towers. On miserable Rhymeri. \ had rather be a kitten and cry — mew. Than one of these same metre-ballad-mongers j I had rather hear a brazen canstick tura'd, Or a dry wheel grate on the axle-tree; And that would...

...century, they had so far fallen as to excite the indignation of the " Sweet Swan of Avon," who exclaims, " I had rather be a kitten, and cry, Mew, Than one of these same metre balladmongers : I had rather hear a brazen canstick turn'd, Or a dry wheel grate on an axle-tree."...

...L'IMPERATRIGE. DUNTED BY DEMAKETj RUE DES BOGAF.DS. I8l9. ^ J ENGLISH BARDS. AND SCOTCH REVIEWERS; A. SATIRE. I had rather be a kitten , and cry , mew ! Than one of these same metre ballad-mongers. Shakespeare* Such shameless Bards we have; and yet 'tis true, There are as mad,...

...ornament ; A virtue that was never seen in you. Hot. Marry, and I 'm glad of it with all my heart ; I had rather be a kitten, and cry — mew, Than one of these same metre ballad-mongers : I had rather hear a brazen canstick turn'd,7 Or a dry wheel grate on the axle-tree...

...vies. t For the received accounts of the cause of Raphael's death, see his SCOTCH REVIEWERS. A SATIRE. I had rather be a kitten, and cry mew ! Than one of these same metre ballad-mongers. Skakapeare. Such shameless bards we have; and yet 'tis true There are as mad,...

...FOREIGN LIBRARY, E DO COQ SAINT- IIOMOBE, S°. f). 1821. ENGLISH BARDS, SCOTCH REVIEWERS; A SATIRE. I had rather be a kitten, and cry, mew! Than one of these same metre ballad- mongers. SHAKESPEARE. Such shameless Bards we have ; and yet 'tis true, There are as...

...ornament ; A virtue that was never seen in you. HOT. Marry, and I'm glad of it with all my heart ; I had rather be a kitten, and cry — mew, Than one of these same metre ballad-mongers : I had rather hear a brazen canstick turn'd 7, Or a dry wheel grate on an axle-tree...

...reason why your professed critic is generally poor and ragged ; and well does he deserve to be so. I had rather be a kitten, and cry — mew, Than one of the«e sanie loathed critiquemongers. The opera is essentially intellectual, as well аз elegantly...