| Mrs. Inchbald - 1808 - 416 páginas
...and love; " Or just as gay in council, in the ring " Of mimick'd statesmen, and their merry king. " No wit to flatter left of all his store ! " No fool...which .he valued more ; " There, victor of his health, his fortune, friends, " And fame, this lord of useless thousands ends," DRAMATIS PERSONS. DRURY LANE;... | |
| John Dryden - 1808 - 476 páginas
...mimicked sratesraen, and a merry king; No wit to fla'.ter lett of all his store, No fool to lant;h at, which he valued more; There, victor of his health,...friends, And fame, this lord of useless thousands ends J Note XIX. . Balaam.— P. 234. The Earl of Huntington. A coarse reason is given by Luttrel, in his... | |
| John Dryden - 1808 - 482 páginas
...in a ring Ol mimicked statesmen, and a merry king; No wit ii il.i'it i li'it ot all his store, JNo fool to laugh at, which he valued more; There, victor of his health, of fortune, friends, And fume, this lord of useless thousands ends '. . Note XIX. . Balaam. — P. 234. The Earl of lluntington.... | |
| Edward Pugh - 1808 - 572 páginas
...Shrewsbury and Love. Or just as gay, at council, in a ring Of mimic statesmen, and their merry king. No wit to flatter left of all his store! No fool to laugh at, which lie valued more. There, victor of his health, of fortune, friends. And fame, this lord of useless thousands... | |
| Anthony Hamilton (Count) - 1809 - 344 páginas
...Shrewsbury and love; Or just as gay, at council, in a ring Of mimic'd statesmen, and their merry king. No wit to flatter, left of all his store ! No fool...friends, And fame, this lord of useless thousands ends.' Moral Essays, Epist. 3. 1.22§. He died 16th April, 1688, at the house of a tenant at Kirby Moor Side,... | |
| David Simpson - 1809 - 410 páginas
...Great Villiers lies. Alas ! how chang'd from him ; That life of pleasure, and that soul of whim !— No wit to flatter left of all his store ! No fool...friends, And fame, this lord of useless thousands ends." Dryden describes this nobleman as being, " A man so various, that he seem'dto be Not one, but all mankind's... | |
| Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 páginas
...council, in a ring Of mimic statesmen, nnd their merry king, No wit to flatter left of all his store ! Xo al spring : 'Tis thine the trembling heart to warm, And soften to an his fortune, friends. And fame — this lord of useless thousands end*. His grace's fate sage Culler... | |
| British poets - 1809 - 526 páginas
...Shrewsbury and love; Or just as gay at council, in a ring Of mimic statesmen and their merry king. No wit to flatter, left of all his store ' No fool to langh at, which he valued more. There, victor of his health, of fortune, friends. And fame, this lord... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 546 páginas
...just as gay, at council, in a ring Of mimick'il statesmen, and their merry king. 31O No wit tn natter, left of all his store ! No fool to laugh at, which...lord of useless thousands ends. His grace's fate sage Cutler could foresee, And well (he thought) advis'd him, " Live like me !" As well his grace reply'd,... | |
| David Simpson - 1810 - 422 páginas
...Great VILHERS lies; Alas! how chang'd from him; That life of pleasure, and that soul of whim ! — • No wit to flatter left of all his store! No fool to laugh at, which he valued more! 33. We have also an uncommon alarm given us in a Tetter from another Noblema?i, but whose name is concealed... | |
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