| John Heneage Jesse - 1855 - 568 páginas
...Beggared by fools, who still he found too late, lie had his jest, and they had his estate. He laughed himself from court : then sought relief By forming...ne'er be chief : For, spite of him, the weight of business fell On Absalom and wise Acliitophel : Thus, wicked but in will, of means bereft, He left... | |
| John Heneage Jesse - 1855 - 570 páginas
...squandering wealth was his peculiar art ; Nothing went unrewarded but desert. Beggared by fools, who still he found too late, He had his jest, and they had his estate. He laughed himself from court : then sought relief By forming parties, but could ne'er be chief : For,... | |
| Abraham Mills - 1856 - 590 páginas
...him was God 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...could ne'er be chief; For, spite of him, the weight of business fell On Absalom and wise Achitophel; Thus, wicked but in will, of means bereft, THE HIND AND... | |
| John Dryden - 1856 - 592 páginas
...was God 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. Ho laugh'd himself from court, then sought relief 3y forming parties, but could ne'er be chief: For,... | |
| John Dryden - 1856 - 568 páginas
...or Devil In squandering wealth was his peculiar art ; Nothing went unrewarded but desert. Bsggar'd by fools, whom still he found too late ; He had his jest, and they had his estate. Ho laugh 'd himself from court, then sought relief By forming parties, but could ne'er be chief: For,... | |
| Henry Reed - 1857 - 424 páginas
...him was god 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...relief By forming parties, but could ne'er be chief." The finest skill of the satirist was shown in his choice of the minerable points of character. Buckingham... | |
| Thomas Ewing - 1857 - 428 páginas
...extremes. In squandering wealth was his peculiar art, Nothing went unrewarded but desert ; Beggared by fools, whom still he found too late, He had his jest, and they had his estate ; He laughed himself from court, then sought relief By forming parties, but could not be chief. For, spite... | |
| John Seely Hart - 1857 - 394 páginas
...devil. 19* In squandering wealth was his peculiar art; Nothing went unrewarded but desert: Beggared by fools, whom still he found too late, He had his jest, and they had his estate; He laughed himself from court, then sought relief By forming parties, but could ne'er be chief; For, spite... | |
| Abraham Mills - 1858 - 594 páginas
...him was God 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...could ne'er be chief; 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... | |
| Anthony Hamilton (Count), Charles II (King of England) - 1859 - 568 páginas
...peculiar art ; Nothing went unrewarded but desert. Beggar'd by fools, whom still he found too iate; He had his jest, and they had his estate : He laugh'd...ne'er be chief; 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... | |
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