 | Lady Theresa Lewis - 1852 - 470 páginas
...him was God or devil. In squandering wealth was his peculiar art: Nothing went unrewarded but desert. Beggar'd by fools, whom still he found too late ;...could ne'er be chief; 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... | |
 | John Dryden - 1852 - 378 páginas
...or devil. In squand'ring wealth was his peculiar art: Nothing went unrewarded but desert. Beggar' d by fools, whom still he found too late; He had his jest, and they had his estate. He laugh' d himself from court; then sought relief By forming parties, but could ne'er be chief: For spite... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1853 - 838 páginas
...it us im injury. If I hail rfiiled. I might пате Buffered for it justly : but I managed my own Beggar'd by fools, whom still he found too late ;...could ne'er be chief; For spite of him the weight of business fell On Absalom and wise Aehitophel : Thus, wicked but in will, of means bereft, He left not... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1853 - 716 páginas
...vanity ; to a want of judgment and principle, not an excess of wit. FROM 16'4Э JOHN DRY OF*. , Begcar'd by fools, whom still he found too late, He had his jest, and they had his estate ; lie laugh'd himself from court, then sought relief Вт forming parties, but could ne'er be chief;... | |
 | W. Thomas - 1978 - 248 páginas
...Devil. In squandring Wealth was his peculiar Art: [560] Nothing went unrewarded, but Desert: Begger'd by Fools, whom still he found too late: He had his Jest, and they had his Estate. He laught himself from Court, then sought Releif By forming Parties, but coud ne're be Chief: For, spight... | |
 | Denys Thompson - 1978 - 252 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. (I. 544-62) The poem was an immediate success, 'for while Dryden unhappily pandered too slavishly and... | |
 | Palgrave Macmillan Ltd - 1990 - 622 páginas
...Devil. In squandering wealth was his peculiar art: 560 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; 565 For,... | |
 | Richard Jenkyns - 1992 - 526 páginas
...Nothing went unrewarded, but Desert. Begger'd by Fools, whom still he found too late: He had hisJust, and they had his Estate. He laugh'd himself from Court; then sought Relief By forming Parties, but could ne'r be Chief: For, spight of him, the Weight of Business fell On Absalom and wise Arhitophei. Thus... | |
 | Elly Groenenboom-Draai - 1994 - 662 páginas
...Villiers luidt daar: "in squand'ring wealth was his peculiar art:/ Nothing went unrewarded but desert./ Beggar'd by fools. whom still he found too late./ He had his jest. and they had his estate."'" inde RH speelt Dryden verder bij mijn weten geen rol. maar in de Zeldzaame Leevens-bgzonderheden wordt... | |
 | Connie Robertson - 1998 - 686 páginas
...Achitophel 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. 3028 Absalom and Achitophel Youth, beauty, graceful actlon seldom fail: But common interest always... | |
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Beggar'd by fools, whom still he found too late; He had his jest, and they had his estate. He laugh'd himself from court; then sought relief By forming parties, but could ne'er be chief: For, spite of him the weight of business fell On Absalom and wise... 
