 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 páginas
...or Devil. In squandering wealth was his peculiar art: Nothing went unrewarded but desert. Beggsr'd drooping head, And tricks his beams, and with new-spangled...Through the dear might of him that walk'd the Where ot business fell On Absalom, and wise Achitophel : Thus, wicked but in will, of means bereft, He left... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1825 - 600 páginas
...him was God or Devil. In squandering wealth was his peeuliar art: Nothing went unrewarded but desert. eourt ; then sought relief By forming parties, but eould ne'er be ehief: For spite of him the weight... | |
 | John Dryden - 1832 - 342 páginas
...God or Devil. In squandering wealth was his peculiar art : Nothing went unrewarded but desert. 56o Beggar'd by fools, whom still he found too late ; He had his jest, and they had his estate. He laugh 'd himself from court ; then sought relief By forming parties, but could ne'er be chief: For,... | |
 | 1833 - 270 páginas
...that died in thinking. In squandering wealth was his peculiar art, Nothing went unrewarded but desert. He laugh'd himself from court; then sought relief By forming parties, but could ne'er be chief. He had great liveliness of wit, with a peculiar faculty of turning all things into ridicule, but he... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1834 - 486 páginas
...wealth was his peculiar art ; Nothing went unrewarded but desert. . A; Beggar'd by fools, « horn st 11 he found too late ; He had his jest, and they had his estate. Helaugh'd hrnself fiom Court ; then sought relief By forming parties, but could ne'er be chief ; Bethel,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1837 - 338 páginas
...extremes: In squandering wealth was his peculiar art: Nothing went unrewarded but desert. Beggar d by fools whom still he found too late ; He had his...relief By forming parties, but could ne'er be chief: Thus wicked but in will, of means bereft, He left not faction, but of that was left. The difference... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1837 - 342 páginas
...extremes: In squandering wealth was his peculiar art: Nothing went unrewarded but desert. Beggar d by fools whom still he found too late ; He had his...relief By forming parties, but could ne'er be chief: Thus wicked but in will, of means bereft, He left not faction, but of that was left. The difference... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1837 - 294 páginas
...extremes : In squandering wealth was his peculiar art : Nothing went unrewarded but desert. Beggar 'd by fools whom still he found too late ; He had his...sought relief By forming parties, but could ne'er he chief: Thus wicked but in will, of means bereft, He left not faction, but of that was left. The... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1837 - 350 páginas
...peculiar art: Nothing went unrewarded but desert. Beggard by fools whom still he found too late ; He nad his jest, and they had his estate. He laugh'd himself...relief By forming parties, but could ne'er be chief: Thus wicked but in will, of means bereft, He left not faction, but of that was left. The difference... | |
 | John Dryden - 1837 - 482 páginas
...or Devil. In squandering wealth was his peculiar art : Nothing went unrewarded but desert. Beggar' d by fools, whom still he found too late ; He had his jest and they had his estate, [relief He laugh'd himself from court ; then sought By forming parties, but could ne'er be chief :... | |
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For, spite of him, the weight of business fell On Absalom and wise Achitophel: Thus, wicked but in will, of means bereft, He left not faction, but of that was left. 
