...forgive him, and here it is. " The truth is, that in these days the grand primian mobile of £ngland is cant; cant political, cant poetical, cant religious,...those who can only exist by taking the tone of the times. I say cant, because it is a thing of words, without the smallest influence upon human actions;...

...following invective. " The truth is, that in these days the grand " primum mobile" in England is cant j cant political, cant poetical, cant religious, cant...cant, multiplied through all the varieties of life." " Quis tulerit Gracchos, &c." But to resume the argument. Lord Byron having resolved to magnify the...

...appropriate motto of this poem should be this sentence of Lord Byron in his letter to Murray : '— « The truth is , that in these days the grand « primum mobile » of England is cant; cant political, cant-poetical, cant religous , cant moral ; but always cant, multiplied through all the varieties of...

...cette tartuferie morale , politique, religieuse et littéraire dénoncée dans la lettre à Murray. « The truth is , that in these days the grand « primum mobile » of England is cant ç cant political , cant poetical , cant religions, cant moral, cant always , cant multiplîed through...

...willing to believe him a good man, almost as good a man as Pope, but no better. The truth is, that iu these days the grand «primum mobile» of England is cant; cant political, cant portical, cant religious, cant moral; but always cant, multiplied through all the varieties of life....

...cant; cant political, cant poetical, cant religions, cant moral; hnt always cant, mnltiplied throngh all the varieties of life. It is the fashion, and while it lasts will he too powerfnl for those who can only exist hy taking,the tone of the time. I saycnnl, hecanse it...

...the poor. " The truth is," as Lord Byron has well observed, " that in these days the grand prinatm mobile of England, is cant; cant political, cant poetical,...while it lasts, will be too powerful for those who only exist by taking the tone of the time. I say cant,' his lordship adds, " because it is a thing...

...No such thing ; I am willing to believe him a good man, almost as good a man as Pope, but no better. The truth is, that in these days the grand " primum mobile" of England is cant; c«nt political, cant poetical, cant religious, cant moral ; but always cant, multiplied through all...

...No such thing; I am willing to believe him a good man, almost as good a man as Pope, but no better. The truth is, that in these days the grand "primum mobile" of England is cants cant political, cant poetical, cant religious, cant moral ; but always cant, multiplied through...

...No such thing; I am willing to believe him a good man, almost as good a man as Pope, but no better. The truth is, that in these days the grand " primum...while it lasts will be too powerful for those who can VOL. VI. AA only exist by taking the tone of the time. I say cant, because it is a thing of words,...