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" Sick of his civil pride from morn to eve ; I curse such lavish cost and little skill, And swear no day was ever pass'd so ill. Yet hence the poor are clothed, the hungry fed; Health to himself, and to his infants bread, The labourer bears : what his hard... "
The Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart: Periodical criticism - Page 79
by Walter Scott - 1836
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New description of Blenheim [&c., by W.F. Mavor.]. [on large paper. cm.22].

William Fordyce Mavor - 1803 - 166 pages
...wherever they can contribute to the beauty or the luxuriance of the scene. —Hence the poor are cloath'd, the hungry fed, Health to himself, and to his children bread The labourer bears. During the vernal season, the profusion of blossomed hawthorns, in all the wild luxuriance of nature,...
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The Quarterly Journal, Volume 7

1819 - 452 pages
...ourselves, — not to the drones of society, but amongst our most estimable artizans. " Hence are the naked clothed, — the hungry fed. Health to himself, and to his children bread, The labourer brings" But that effect is only temporary ; the eternal interest of this expense will be paid by the...
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The Quarterly Journal of Literature, Science, and the Arts, Volume 7

Arts - 1819 - 452 pages
...ourselves, — not to the drones of society, but amongst our most estimable artizans. " Hence are the naked clothed, — the hungry fed. Health to himself, and to his children bread, The labourer brings" But that effect is only temporary ; the eternal interest of this expense will be paid by the...
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The British poets, including translations, Volume 41

British poets - 1822 - 276 pages
...from morn to eve ; I curse such lavish cost and little skill, And swear no day was ever pass'd so ill. Yet hence the poor are clothed, the hungry fed; Health to himself, and to his infants bread, The labourer bears : what his hard heart denies, His charitable vanity supplies. Another...
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The Works of Alexander Pope: Esq. with Notes and Illustrations by ..., Volume 5

Alexander Pope - English literature - 1824 - 424 pages
...morn to eve ; I curse such lavish cost, and little skill, And swear no day was ever pass'd so ill. Yet hence the poor are clothed, the hungry fed ; Health to himself, and to his infants bread 170 The labourer bears. What his hard heart denies, His charitable vanity supplies. Another...
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The Works of Alexander Popekesq., with Notes and Illustrations by ..., Volume 5

Alexander Pope - 1824 - 422 pages
...to eve ; I curse such lavish cost, and little skill, And swear no day was ever pass'd so ill. Y§t hence the poor are clothed, the hungry fed ; Health to himself, and to his infants bread 170 The labourer bears. What his hard heart denies, His charitable vanity supplies. Another...
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The British anthology; or, Poetical library, Volumes 3-4

British anthology - 1825 - 460 pages
...from morn to eve : I curse such lavish cost and little skill, And swear no day was ever pass'd so ill. Yet hence the poor are clothed, the hungry fed ; Health to himself, and to his infants bread, The labourer bears : what his hard heart denies, His charitable vanity supplies. Another...
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The Poetical Works of Alex. Pope: With a Sketch of the Author's Life

Alexander Pope - 1825 - 536 pages
...from morn to eve ; I curse such lavish cost and little skill, And ewear no day was ever pass'd so ill. Yet hence the poor are clothed, the hungry fed ; Health to himself, and to his infants bread, 170 The labourer bears ; what his hard heart denies, Hie charitable vanity supplies....
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Almack's: A Novel, Volume 1

Marianne Spencer Stanhope Hudson - Almack's, London - 1826 - 414 pages
...contemptible use of it : but the poet has justly observed, on this sort of lavish expenditure — ' Yet hence the poor are clothed, the hungry fed ; Health to himself, and to his infants hread, The labourer bears : what his hard heart denies, His charitable vanity supplies.' "...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope ...: To which is Prefixed the Life of ...

Alexander Pope - 1826 - 396 pages
...from morn to eve ; [ curse such lavish cost and little skill, And swear no day was ever pass'd so ill. Yet hence the poor are clothed, the hungry fed ; Health to himself, and to bis infants bread, 170 The labourer bear i : what his hard heart denies, His charitable л anity supplież....
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