 | Alexander Pope, Thomas Park - 1808 - 328 pages
...and that soul of whim ? Gallant and gay, in Cliveden's proud alcove, The bower of wanton Shrewsbury and love ; Or just as gay at council, in a ring Of...merry king. No wit to flatter, left of all his store I No fool to laugh at, which he valued more. There, victor of his health, of fortune, friends, And... | |
 | John Dryden - 1808 - 476 pages
...mimicked sratesraen, and a merry king; No wit to fla'.ter lett of all his store, No fool to lant;h at, which he valued more; There, victor of his health,...friends, And fame, this lord of useless thousands ends J Note XIX. . Balaam.— P. 234. The Earl of Huntington. A coarse reason is given by Luttrel, in his... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1808 - 702 pages
...and that soul of whim ! Gallant and gay, in Cliveden's prond alcove, The bower of wanton Shrewsbury and love ; Or just as gay at council, in a ring Of mimic statesmen, and their merry king. No wit to natter, lefI all his store ! No fool to langh at, which he valued more. There, victor of his health,... | |
 | Anthony Hamilton (Count) - France - 1809 - 344 pages
...proud alcove, The bower of wanton Shrewsbury and love; Or just as gay, at council, in a ring Of mimic'd statesmen, and their merry king. No wit to flatter,...friends, And fame, this lord of useless thousands ends.' Moral Essays, Epist. 3. 1.22§. He died 16th April, 1688, at the house of a tenant at Kirby Moor Side,... | |
 | David Simpson - Apologetics - 1809 - 410 pages
...Great Villiers 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...friends, And fame, this lord of useless thousands ends." Dryden describes this nobleman as being, " A man so various, that he seem'dto be Not one, but all mankind's... | |
 | British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 526 pages
...and that soul of whim ? Gallant and gay, in Cliveden's prond alcove, The bow'r of wanton Shrewsbury and love; Or just as gay at council, in a ring Of...wit to flatter, left of all his store ' No fool to langh at, which he valued more. There, victor of his health, of fortune, friends. And fame, this lord... | |
 | 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...fate sage Cutler could foresee, And well (he thought) advis'd him, " Live like me !" As well his grace reply'd, " Like you, sir John ? That I can do, when... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Thomas Hinderwell - Scarborough (England) - 1811 - 458 pages
...and that 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...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...ends. His grace's fate sage Cutler could foresee, 315 And well (he thought) advis'd him, " Live like me." As well his grace reply'd, " Like you, Sir... | |
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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. 
