AUTHORITY intoxicates, And makes mere sots of magistrates ; The fumes of it invade the brain, And make men giddy, proud, and vain : By this the fool commands the wise, The noble with the base complies, The sot assumes the rule of wit, And cowards make... The Works of the English Poets: Butler - Página 289por Samuel Johnson - 1779Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Henry George Bohn - 1883 - 782 páginas
...232 Shaks. : King Lear. Act iv. Sc. 6, Authority Intoxicates, And makes mere sots of magistrates ; The fumes of it invade the brain, And make men giddy, proud and vain : By this the fool commands the wise, The noble with the base complies, The sot assumes the rule of wit, And cowards make the brave... | |
| Robert Kidd - 1883 - 518 páginas
...either; therefore gently move. AUTHORITY. AUTHORITY intoxicates, And makes mere sots of magistrates; The fumes of it invade the brain, And make men giddy, proud, and vain; By this the fool commands the wise, The noble with the base complies, The sot assumes the role of wit, And cowards make the base... | |
| Robert Kidd - 1883 - 518 páginas
...either; therefore gently move. AUTHORITY. AUTHORITY intoxicates, And makes mere sots of magistrates; The fumes of it invade the brain, And make men giddy, proud, and vain; By this the fool commands the wise, The noble with the base complies, The sot assumes the role of wit, And cowards make the base... | |
| 1891 - 556 páginas
...fruits present. Denham. INTOXICATION OF. Authority intoxicates. And makes mere sots of magistrates* The fumes of it invade the brain, And make men giddy, proud and vain ; By this the fool commands the wise, The noble with the base compliesThe sot assumes the rule of wit, And cowards make the base submit.... | |
| 1895 - 768 páginas
...present. DenJiaat, AUTHOBITY— continual. Authority intoxicates, And makes mere sots of magistrates ; The fumes of it invade the brain, And make men giddy, proud and rain : By this the fool commands the wise, The noble with the base complies, The sot assumes the rule... | |
| 1896 - 1224 páginas
...Touching emission of immateriate virtues, etc. Authority intoxicates, And makes mere sots of magistrates ; r a ribbon to stick in his coat ; Found the one gift of which Fortune s. BUTLER — Miscellaneous Thoughts. L. 283. And though authority be a stubborn bear, yet he is oft... | |
| W. V. Byars - 1901 - 616 páginas
...Shakespeare : * Measure for Measure ,'» Act II. Authority intoxicates, And makes mere sots of magistrates ; The fumes of it invade the brain, And make men giddy, proud, and vain : By this the fool commands the wise, The noble with the base complies, The sot assumes the rule of wit, And cowards make the brave... | |
| William Vincent Byars - 1901 - 614 páginas
...Shakespeare: "Measure for Measure,* Act II. Authority idtoxicates. And makes mere sots of magistrates ; The fumes of it invade the brain. And make men giddy, proud, and vain : By this the fool commands the wise, The noble with the base complies, The got assumes the rule of wit, And cowards make the brave... | |
| John Vance Cheney, Sir Charles G. D. Roberts, Charles Francis Richardson, Francis Hovey Stoddard, John Raymond Howard - 1904 - 930 páginas
...Iliad, Bk. II. HOMER. Trans, of BRYANT. Authority intoxicates, And makes mere sots of magistrates : The fumes of it invade the brain, And make men giddy, proud, and vain. Miscellaneous Thoughts. s. BUTLER. Thou hast seen a farmer's dog bark at a beggar, And the creature... | |
| 1910 - 832 páginas
...Something : don't give it abuse ! — Life. Authority intoxicates, And makes mere sots of magistrates; The fumes of it invade the brain, And make men giddy, proud, and vain. — BUTI.ER. '•FEAR not to die, but fear a coward's death." "Anytus and Meletus are able to kill... | |
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