 | John Dryden - 1897 - 764 páginas
...Devil. In squandering wealth was his peculiar art ; Nothing went unrewarded but desert, 560 Beggared by fools whom still he found too late, He had his jest, .and they had his estate. He laughed himself from Court ; then sought relief By forming parties, but could ne'er be chief : For... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1872 - 396 páginas
...and the Panther" (from which our extract is taken), "Annus Mirabilis," and numerous odes and Beggared by fools, whom still he found too late; He had his jest, and they had his estate. z H Q E Q ^ O J H E 1 1 X g Q plays, the satire of " Mac Flecknoe," and an English translation of Yirgil.]... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1873 - 444 páginas
...was God or devil. In squandering wealth was his peculiar art; Nothing went unrewarded but désert : Beggar'd by fools, whom still he found too late, He...had his jest, and they had his estate; He laugh'd nimself from court, then sought relief BY forming parties, but could ne'er be chief ; For, spite of... | |
 | Frederick A. Laing - 1873 - 262 páginas
...long; Bat, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon; Beggared by fools, whom still he found too late, He had his jest, and they had his estate." Absalom and AchUopheL FROM " All human things are subject to decay; And, when Fate summons, monarchs... | |
 | Joseph Butterworth Owen - 1873 - 400 páginas
...squandering wealth was his peculiar art, Nothing went unrewarded but desert. Beggard by fools, when still he found too late, HE had his jest, and THEY had his estate. Little Chelsea was the residence of the celebrated philosopher and chemist, Boyle, who was born the... | |
 | John Dryden - 1874 - 376 páginas
...Devil. In squandering wealth was his peculiar art ; Nothing went unrewarded but desert. 560 Beggared by fools whom still he found too late, He had his jest, and they had his estate. He laughed himself from Court; then sought relief By forming parties, but could ne'er be chief: For spite... | |
 | John Dryden - 1874 - 388 páginas
...Devil. In squandering wealth was his peculiar art ; Nothing went unrewarded but desert. 560 Beggared by fools whom still he found too late, He had his jest, and they had his estate. He laughed himself from Court ; then sought relief By forming parties, but could ne'er be chief: For spite... | |
 | Francis Redfern - 1875 - 80 páginas
...in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ; ******* Beggared by fools. whom still he found too late, He had his jest, and they had his estate." " After crosses and losses, men grow humbler and wiser." " Licientious writers may be very chaste persons;... | |
 | Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - 1876 - 870 páginas
...or devil. In squandering wealth was his peculiar art ; Nothing went unrewarded but desert : Beggared by fools, whom still he found too late, He had his jest, and they had his estate ; He laughed himself from court, then sought relief By forming parties, but could ne'er be chief; For, spite... | |
 | Thomas Arnold - 1876 - 554 páginas
...to enjoy! In squandering wealth was his peculiar art; Nothing went unrewarded but desert. Beggared by fools, whom still he found too late, He had his jest, and they had his estate. He laughed himself from court; then sought relief By forming parties, but could ne'er be chief: For, spite... | |
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For, spite of him, the weight of business fell On Absalom and wise Achitophel: Thus, wicked but in will, of means bereft, He left not faction, but of that was left. 
