 Of mimic statesmen, and their merry king. No wit to flatter, left of all his store! No fool to laugh at, which he valued more. There, victor of his health, of fortune, friends, And fame, this lord of useless thousands ends!  Mr. Pope, His Life and Times - Page 443by George Paston - 1909 - 6 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 546 pages
...just as gay, at council, in a ring Of mimick'il statesmen, and their merry king. 31O No wit tn natter, left of all his store ! No fool to laugh at, which...friends, And fame, this lord of useless thousands ends. His grace's fate sage Cutler could foresee, And well (he thought) advis'd him, " Live like me !" As... | |
 | John Sabine - Elocution - 1810 - 308 pages
...The bow'r of wanton Shrewsbury and love ; Or just as gay, at council, in a ring Of mimic statasmen, and their merry king. No wit, to flatter, left of all his store; No fool to laugh at, which he valu'd more. There, — victor of his health, of fortune, friends, And fame — this lord of useless... | |
 | David Simpson - 1810 - 422 pages
...Great VILHERS lies; Alas! how chang'd from him; That life of pleasure, and that soul of whim ! — • No wit to flatter left of all his store! No fool to laugh at, which he valued more! 33. We have also an uncommon alarm given us in a Tetter from another Noblema?i, but whose name is concealed... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 536 pages
...ring Of mimick'd statesmen, and their merry king. 310 No wit to flatter, left of all his store ! Xo fool to laugh at, which he valued more. There, victor of his health, of. fortune, friends, Aud fame, this lord of useless thousands end*. His grace's (ate sage Cutler could foresee, And well... | |
 | Thomas Hinderwell - Scarborough (England) - 1811 - 458 pages
...soul of whim ! Gallant and gay in Cliefden's proud alcove, The bower of wanton Shrewsbury f and love; Or just as gay at council, in a ring Of mimic statesmen...friends, And fame, this lord of useless thousands ends." * Ancestor of the three Sisters, Mrs. Arthur Cayley jun., Mrs. Wrangham, and Mrs. Smith, the present... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1812 - 348 pages
...Shrewsbury and love ; Or just as gay, at council, in a ring Of mimick statesmen, and their merry king. 310 No wit to flatter, left of all his store ! • No...friends, And fame ; this lord of useless thousands ends. His grace's fate sage Cutler could foresee, 315 And well (he thought) advis'd him, " Live like me."... | |
 | John Britton, John Hodgson - Architecture - 1812 - 1036 pages
...whim! Gallant and gay in Cliefilen's proud alcove, The bower of wanton Shrewshury and love ; Or jmt as gay at council in a ring Of mimic statesmen and their merry kiig. N« wit to flatter, left of all his store, No fool to laugh at, which he valued more. There,... | |
 | John Bigland - 1815 - 1038 pages
...Cliefden's proud alcove, Tlic bower of wanton Shrewsbury and love ; Or just as gay at council in a ring i if mimic statesmen and their merry king. No wit to flatter,...left of all his store, N'o fool to laugh at, which lie valued more. There, victor of his health, of fortune, friends, And fume, this lord of useless thousands... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - Great Britain - 1816 - 532 pages
...proud alcove, The bower of wanton SHREWSBURY and love; Or just as gay at council, in a ring Of mimick'd statesmen and their merry king: No wit to flatter...friends, And fame, this lord of useless thousands ends." (Epistle on the Use of Riches, 297.)* The character of Buckingham may be collected from the accurate... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - Great Britain - 1816 - 536 pages
...alcove, The bower of wanton SHREWSBURY and love; Or just as gay at council, in a ring Of mirnick'd statesmen and their merry king: No wit to flatter...friends, And fame, this lord of useless thousands ends." (Epistle, on tht Use.af-JtfchftK 3$')*.The character of Buckingham may be collected from the accurate... | |
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