 Of mimic'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, victor of his health, of fortune, friends, And fame, this lord of useless thousands ends.  Memoirs of the Court of Charles the Second - Página 362de Anthony Hamilton (Count), Charles II (King of England), Thomas Blount - 1846 - 546 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | John Sabine - 1810 - 308 páginas
...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 páginas
...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 - 1810 - 536 páginas
...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... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1812 - 348 páginas
...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...fortune, 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,... | |
 | John Britton, John Hodgson - 1812 - 1036 páginas
...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...of fortune, friends, And fame, this lord of useless thousands ends." In these celebrated lines, however, Pope has either used a poetical license, or been... | |
 | John Bigland - 1815 - 1038 páginas
...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 - 1816 - 532 páginas
...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...of fortune, friends, And fame, this lord of useless thousands ends." (Epistle on the Use of Riches, 297.)* The character of Buckingham may be collected... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 536 páginas
...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...of fortune, friends, And fame, this lord of useless thousands ends." (Epistle, on tht Use.af-JtfchftK 3$')*.The character of Buckingham may be collected... | |
 | James Norris Brewer - 1801 - 1208 páginas
...proud alcove, The bow'r of wanton Shrewsbury and Love.* Or just as gay at council in a ring Of mimic statesmen and their merry King. No wit to flatter...of fortune, 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,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1849 - 638 páginas
...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... | |
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