 On two unequal crutches propt he came, Milton's on this, on that one Johnston's name. The decent Knight retir'd with sober rage, Withdrew his hand, and clos'd the pompous page. But...  Lives of Scottish Poets - Page 56by Joseph Robertson - 1822 - 378 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1916 - 160 pages
...side to side: But as in graceful act, with awful eye Compos'd he stood, bold Benson thrust him by: HO On two unequal crutches propt he came, Milton's on this, on that one Johnston's name. The decent Knight retir'd with sotfcr rage, Withdrew his hand, and clos'd the pompous... | |
 | John E. Sitter - Verse satire, English - 1971 - 146 pages
...In the Dunciad the appropriate miniature allegory of "support" is compressed into a single couplet: On two unequal crutches propt he came, Milton's on this, on that one Johnston's name. (IV, 111-112) The same principle operates in the portrait of Italian Opera, who Pope... | |
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