 Are what ten thousand envy and adore : All, all look up with reverential awe, At crimes that 'scape or triumph o'er the law; While truth, worth, wisdom, daily they decry: Nothing is sacred now but villainy.  The Works of Alexander Pope - Page 9by Alexander Pope - 1738Full view - About this book
 | Alexander Pope - 1872 - 192 pages
...See, all our fools aspiring to be knaves ! The wit of cheats, the courage * * * Are what ten thousand envy and adore : All, all look up, with reverential awe, At crimes that 'scape, or triumph o'er the law: While truth, worth, wisdom, daily they decry — 'Nothing is sacred... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English drama (Comedy) - 1876 - 474 pages
...av'rice all, ambition is no more ! See all our nobles begging to be slaves ! See all our fools aspiring to be knaves ! The wit of cheats, the courage of a whore, , Are what ten thousand envy and adore : All, all look up with reverential awe, At crimes that 'scape or triumph o'er... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1881 - 176 pages
...See, all our fools aspiring to be knaves I The wit of cheats, the courage * * * Are what ten thousand envy and adore: All, all look up, with reverential awe, At crimes that 'scape, or triumph o'er the law: While truth, worth, wisdom, daily they decry— 'Nothing is sacred... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1881 - 196 pages
...See, all our fools aspiring to be knaves 1 The wit of cheats, the courage * * * Are what ten thousand envy and adore: All, all look up, with reverential awe, At crimes that 'scape, or triumph o'er the law: While truth, worth, wisdom, daily they decry — 'Nothing is saqred... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Poets, English - 1881 - 572 pages
...to the scarlet whore of Walpole's system of parliamentary the Apocalypse. — WAKBUETOK. corruption. The wit of cheats, the courage of a whore, Are what ten thousand envy and adore : All, all look up, with reverential awe, At crimes that 'scape, or trinmph... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1899 - 534 pages
...avarice all, ambition is no more ! See all our nobles begging to be slaves ! See all our fools aspiring to be knaves ! The wit of cheats, the courage of a whore, Are what ten thousand envy and adore : All, all look up, with reverential awe, At crimes that 'scape, or triumph... | |
 | Alexander Pope, Sir Adolphus William Ward - 1893 - 588 pages
...our Fools aspiring to be Knaves! The Wit of Cheats, the Courage ef a Whore, r6s Are what ten thousand envy and adore; All, all look up, with reverential Awe, At Crimes that 'scape, or triumph o'er the Law; While Truth, Worth, Wisdom, daily they decry — "Nothing is Sacred... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1893 - 566 pages
...Av'rice all, Ambition is no more! See, all our Nobles begging to be Slaves! See, all our Fools aspiring to be Knaves ! The Wit of Cheats, the Courage of a Whore, 165 Are what ten thousand envy and adore; All, all look up, with reverential Awe, At Crimes that 'scape,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English essays - 1902 - 444 pages
...av'rice all, ambition is no more ! See all our nobles begging to be slaves ! See all our fools aspiring to be knaves ! The wit of cheats, the courage of a whore, Are what ten thousand envy and adore : All, all look up with reverential awe, At crimes that 'scape or triumph o'er... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1903 - 704 pages
...Av'riee all, Amhition is no more! See all our nobles begging to be slaves! See all our fools aspiring to be knaves! The wit of cheats, the courage of a whore, Are what ten thousand envy and adore: AH, all look up with reverential awe, At crimes that 'scape, or trinmph o'er... | |
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