1728 · Skopia

Showing 6 quotes from 1728

The body of B. Franklin, Printer; Like the cover of an old Book, Its Contents torn out, And stript of its lettering and gilding, Lies here, food for worms. But the work shall not be wholly lost: For it will, as he believ’d, appear once more, In a new & more perfect edition, Corrected and amended By the Author.

Benjamin Franklin

1728

★ 7.0

Delightful task! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot.

1728

★ 3.5

Youth's the season made for joys, Love is then our duty.

The Beggar's Opera · 1728

★ 1.9

Women and wine should life employ. Is there ought else on earth desirous?

The Beggar's Opera · 1728

★ 1.9

The great mistake is that of looking upon men as virtuous or thinking that they can be made so by laws.

Henry St. John, Lord Bolingbroke

1728

★ 1.9

If the heart of a man is depressed with cares, The mist is dispelled when a woman appears.

The Beggar's Opera · 1728

★ 1.9