Poetical Works, Volume 2Lefevre, 1822 |
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... to the chief ; To kings presumption , and to crowds belief : That , virtue's ends from vanity can raise , Which seeks no interest , no reward but praise ; And build on wants , and on defects of mind 28 V. 223 . ESSAY ON MAN .
... to the chief ; To kings presumption , and to crowds belief : That , virtue's ends from vanity can raise , Which seeks no interest , no reward but praise ; And build on wants , and on defects of mind 28 V. 223 . ESSAY ON MAN .
Page 70
... praise . When flattery glares , all hate it in a queen , While one there is who charms us with his spleen . But these plain characters we rarely find ; Though strong the bent , yet quick the turns of mind : Or puzzling contraries ...
... praise . When flattery glares , all hate it in a queen , While one there is who charms us with his spleen . But these plain characters we rarely find ; Though strong the bent , yet quick the turns of mind : Or puzzling contraries ...
Page 71
... praise Patricio's high desert , His hand unstain'd , his uncorrupted heart , His comprehensive head , all interests weigh'd , All Europe saved , yet Britain not betray'd ? He thanks you not , his pride is in piquet , Newmarket - fame ...
... praise Patricio's high desert , His hand unstain'd , his uncorrupted heart , His comprehensive head , all interests weigh'd , All Europe saved , yet Britain not betray'd ? He thanks you not , his pride is in piquet , Newmarket - fame ...
Page 75
... praise ; Born with whate'er could win it from the wise , Women and fools must like him , or he dies : Though wondering senates hung on all he spoke , The club must hail him master of the joke . Shall parts so various aim at nothing new ...
... praise ; Born with whate'er could win it from the wise , Women and fools must like him , or he dies : Though wondering senates hung on all he spoke , The club must hail him master of the joke . Shall parts so various aim at nothing new ...
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... praise . Lucullus , when frugality could charm , Had roasted turnips in the Sabine farm . In vain the observer eyes the builder's toil , But quite mistakes the scaffold for the pile . In this one passion man can strength enjoy , As fits ...
... praise . Lucullus , when frugality could charm , Had roasted turnips in the Sabine farm . In vain the observer eyes the builder's toil , But quite mistakes the scaffold for the pile . In this one passion man can strength enjoy , As fits ...
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Balaam Bavius beast beauty Behold bless'd blessing bliss breath Cæsar CARDELIA Catiline charms Chartres court cries curse dear divine e'en e'er ease EPISTLE eyes fair fame fate flatter folly fool give glory gold grace grave groat happiness hate heart Heaven hecatombs honest honour Horace JOHN DONNE kings knave laugh laws learn'd live lord LORD BOLINGBROKE Lord Fanny man's mankind mind moral muse nature nature's ne'er never numbers o'er once Parnassian parterre passion Pindaric pleased pleasure poet poor praise pride proud quincunx rage reason rhyme rich rise round rules Sappho satire scarce self-love sense shade shine Shylock sigh slave smile SMILINDA soft soul spleen taste tell thee things thou town truth Twas verse Vex'd vice virtue wealth whate'er Whig whole whore wife wise wretched write