| John Bell - 1796 - 480 páginas
...rage, I gave them but their due. A man's true merit 'tis not hard to find; 175 That casting-weight pride adds to emptiness. This who can gratify ? for who can guess ? The bard whom pilfer'd pastorals renown, Who turns a Persian tale for half-a-crown, 180 Just writes... | |
| Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 496 páginas
...true merit 'tis not hard to find ; But each man's secret standard in his mind, That casting-weight pride adds to emptiness, This who can gratify ? for who can guess ? The wretch *, whom pilfer'd pastorals renown, Who turns a Persian tale for half a crown, Just writes... | |
| Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 498 páginas
...true merit 'tis not hard to find ; But each man's secret standard in his mind, That casting-weight pride adds to emptiness, This who can gratify ? for who can guess ? The wretch *, whom pilfer'd pastorals renown, "Who turns a Persian tale for half a crown, Just writes... | |
| Jonathan Swift - 1803 - 434 páginas
...true merit 'tis not hard to find ; But each man's secret standard in his mind, That casting-weight pride adds to emptiness, This who can gratify ? for who can guess ? The wretch t, who pilfer'd pastorals renown, Who turns a Persian tale } for half a crown, for Pope's... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1804 - 190 páginas
...their due. A man's true merit 'tis not hard to find, 175 But each man's secret standard in his mind. That casting weight pride adds to emptiness, This who can gratify ? for who can guess ? The bard whom pilfer'd pastorals renown, Who turns a Persian tale for half-a-crown, 180 Just writes... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1807 - 288 páginas
...their due. A man's true merit 'tis not hard to find, ' 17* But each man's secret standard in his mind. That cas.ting weight pride adds to emptiness, This who can gratify? for who can guess? The bard whom pilfer'd pastorals renown, Who turns a Persian tale for half a-crown, 180 Just writes... | |
| John Bell - 1807 - 562 páginas
...true merit 'tis not hard to find ; 175 But each man's secret standard in his mind, That casting-weight pride adds to emptiness, This who can gratify ? for who can guess ? The bard whom pilfer'd pastorals renown, Who turns a Persian tale for half-a-crown, 180 Just writes... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1807 - 474 páginas
...true merit 'tis not hard to find ; But each man's secret standard in his mind, That casting-weight pride adds to emptiness, This who can gratify? for who can guess? The bard whom pilfer'd pastorals renown, Who turns a Persian tale for halt-a-crown, Just writes to... | |
| Alexander Pope, Thomas Park - 1808 - 388 páginas
...true merit 'tis not hard to find ; But each man's secret standard in his mind, That casting-weight pride adds to emptiness, This who can gratify ? for who can guess ? The hard whom piltbr'd pastorals renown, Who turns a Persian talc for hall-a-crown, Just writes to... | |
| Martin Archer Shee - 1809 - 466 páginas
...who have neither the spirit to perform, nor the virtue to revere, the higher achievements of genius ; who sunk in hopeless insignificance, shew all the...Persons of this description have no interest in the advancement of the Art, except as it may concern themselves ; they feel no desire for advantages of... | |
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