 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!  The Saturday Magazine - Strana 2381833Úplné zobrazení - Podrobnosti o knize
 | John Sabine - 1810 - 308 str.
...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,...And fame — this lord of useless thousands ends. POPK. Belinda. Not with more glories, in th' ethereal plain, The sun first rises o'er the purpled main,... | |
 | David Simpson - 1810 - 422 str.
...all the earth. In a few days at most, perhaps in a few hours, the inevitable sentence will be past, There, victor of his health, of fortune, friends And fame, this Lord of useless thousands ends." Mr. DRYDEN describes this Nobleman as being — " A man so various, that he seem'd to be Not one, but... | |
 | Thomas Hinderwell - 1811 - 458 str.
...council, in a ring 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...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... | |
 | John Britton, John Hodgson - 1812 - 1036 str.
...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,...And fame, this lord of useless thousands ends." In these celebrated lines, however, Pope has either used a poetical license, or been misinformed, respecting... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1812 - 348 str.
...ring Of mimick statesmen, and their merry king. 310 No wit to flatter, left of all his store ! • No fool to laugh at, which he valued more. There,...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."... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 536 str.
...in a ring Of mirnick'd statesmen and their merry king: No wit to flatter left, of all his, store ; No fool to laugh at, which he valued more ! There,...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... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 532 str.
...council, in a ring Of mimick'd statesmen and their merry king: No wit to flatter left, of all his store; No fool to laugh at, which he valued more! There,...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... | |
 | James Norris Brewer - 1801 - 1208 str.
...council in a ring 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,...friends, And fame, this Lord of useless thousands, ends. MORAL Eis.iyi. * This line alludes to the Duke's intrigue with the Countess of Shrewsbury, which occasioned... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1849 - 638 str.
...No wit to flatter, left of all his store; No fool to laugh at, which he valu'd more , There, vietor of his health, of fortune, 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.s As... | |
 | James Norris Brewer - 1820 - 516 str.
...in a ring " Of mimic statesmen and tbeir merry king. " No wit to flatter, left of all his store, " No fool to laugh at, which he valued more. " There,..." And fame, this lord of useless thousands ends." I It is observed by a recent writer that, in these celebrated lines, " Pope has either used a poetical... | |
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