 Blest madman ! who could every hour employ With something new to wish or to enjoy ! Railing and praising were his usual themes, And both (to show his judgment) in extremes ; So over violent, or over civil, That every man, with him, was God or devil.  The Town: Its Memorable Characters and Events - Seite 363von Leigh Hunt - 1859 - 449 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | John Bell - 1777 - 644 Seiten
...god or devil. In squand'ring wealth was his peculiar art : Nothing went unrewarded hut desert. 5(5o Beggar'd by fools, whom still he found too late ;...from Court ; then sought relief By forming parties, hut could ne'er he chief : For, spite of him, the weight of hus'rtess fell 565 On Absalom, and wise... | |
 | John Dryden - 1879 - 312 Seiten
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 | John Dryden - 1800 - 712 Seiten
...peculiar art ; Nothing went,unrewarded — but desert : Beggar'd by fools, whom still he found top late, He had his jest, and they had his estate. He laugh'd himfcelf from court ; then sought relief By forming parties, but could ne'er be chief; For, spite of... | |
 | John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees - 1816 - 924 Seiten
...more lamentably memorable : A man so various, that he seemed to be Not our, but all mankind's epitome. In squandering wealth was his peculiar art. Nothing went unrewarded, but desert ! C 3 Bcggar'd Bcgçar'd by Fools, when still lie found, too latí. He had his jest, and they liatl... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1806 - 498 Seiten
...squand'ring wealth was his peculiar ait, Nothing went unrewarded but desert. Beggar1 d by fools, when still he found, too late, He had his jest, and they had his estate." J * In the Epistle to Lord Bathurst. * [In a lampoon ascribed to Dryden, the writer says: " His grace... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1806 - 434 Seiten
...But in the course of one revolving moon, Waschymist, fidler, statesman, and buffoon. In squand'ring wealth was his peculiar art, Nothing went unrewarded but desert. Beggar'd by fools, when still he found, too late, He had his jest, and they had his estate." J 5 In the Epistle to Lord... | |
 | John Dryden - 1808 - 476 Seiten
...themes ; And both, to shew his judgment, in extremes; So over violent, or over civil, That every man with him was God or devil. In squandering wealth was...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... | |
 | John Dryden - 1808 - 482 Seiten
...themes ; And both, to shew his judgment, in extremes; So over violent, or over civil, That every man with him was God or devil. In squandering wealth was...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... | |
 | John Dryden, Thomas Park - 1808 - 374 Seiten
...themes, And both (to show his judgment) in extremes; So over violent, or over civil, That every man, with him, was god or devil. In squandering wealth was his peculiar art ; Nothing went uurewarded, hut desert: Beggar'd by fools, whom still he found too late ; He had his jest, and they... | |
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