Peace to all such ! but were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires; Blest with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease : Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the... The Collected Writings of Thomas De Quincey - Page 280by Thomas De Quincey - 1890 - 439 pagesFull view - About this book
| English poetry - 1796 - 500 pages
...Tate. 190 How did they fume, and stamp, and roar, and chafe! And swear, not Addison himself was safe. Peace to all such! But were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires, Bless'd with each talent and each art to please, io,5 And born to write, converse, and live with ease... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1804 - 190 pages
...Tate, 190 How did they fume, and stamp, and roar, and chafe ! And swear not Addison himself was safe. Peace to all such ! But were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires, Bless'd with each talent and each art to please, 195 And born to write, converse, and live with ease... | |
| Joseph Warton - 1806 - 440 pages
...says, with equal pleasantry, of the same Nahum Tate, He's now a scribbler, who was once a »mn.\ 20. Peace to all such ! but were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires; Blest with each talent, and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease : Should... | |
| John Bell - 1807 - 562 pages
...Tate. 190 How did they fume, and stamp, and roar, and chafe 1 And swear, not Addison himself was safe. Peace to all such ! But were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires, 194 Bless'd,with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease... | |
| Alexander Pope, Thomas Park - 1808 - 388 pages
...a Tate. How did_they fume,and stamp, and roar, and chafe ! And swear not Addison himself was safe. Peace to all such ! But were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires, Bless'd with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease; Should... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1812 - 220 pages
...poetical triflersof the times, who had declared against him, he makes a sudden transition to Addison. Peace to all such ! But were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires, Blest with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease ; Should... | |
| Francis Wrangham - Great Britain - 1816 - 530 pages
...wrote the following keen and polished lines, forming part of his ' Prologue to the Satires : ' f ' Were there one, whose fires True genius kindles and fair fame inspires ; Blest with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease :... | |
| John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 402 pages
...Tate. How did they fume, and stamp, and roar, and chafe ! And swear, not Addison himself was safe. Peace to all such ! but were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires ; Blest with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease :... | |
| Alexander Pope - Poets, English - 1822 - 452 pages
...earth. How did they fume, and stamp, and roar, and chafe ! And swear, not ADDISON himself was safe. Peace to all such ! but were there One whose fires True Genius kindles, and fair Fame inspires ; NOTES. Ver. 192. And swear, not ADDISON himself was safe.] This is an artful preparative for the... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1822 - 452 pages
...birth, How did they fume, and stamp, and roar, and chafe ! And swear, not ADD i SON himself was safe. Peace to all such ! but were there One whose fires True Genius kindles, and fair Fame inspires ; Ver. 192. And swear, not ADDISON himself was safe.] This is an artful preparative for the following... | |
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