A voyage to the moon by 1619-1655 Cyrano de Bergerac

Author:1619-1655 Cyrano de Bergerac [Cyrano de Bergerac, 1619-1655]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: New York : Doubleday and McClure Co.
Published: 1899-10-15T00:00:00+00:00

ioo A Voyage to the Moon

Transcribed them? He made answer, No, and so went on: " When an Author has Composed any, he carries them to the Mint, where the sworn Poets of the Kingdom sit in Court. There these versifying Officers essay the pieces; and if they be judged Sterling, they are rated not according to their Coyn; that'~s to say, That a Sonnet is not always as good as a Sonnet; but according to the intrinsick value of the piece; so that if any one Starve, he must be a Blockhead: For Men of Wit make always good Chear." With Extasie I was admiring the judicious Policy of that Country, when he proceeded in this manner:

" There are others who keep Publick-house after a far different manner: When one is about to be gone, they demand, proportionably to the Charges, an Acquittance for the other World; and when that is given them, they write down in a great Register, which they call Doomsday's Book, much after this manner: Item, The value of so many

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