Was everything by starts, and nothing long; But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon: Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking. Blest madman ! who... Imagination and Fancy: Or, Selections from the English Poets, Illustrative ... - Seite 32von Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 255 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| British poets - 1822 - 316 Seiten
...for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking. Bless'd madman ! who could every hour employ With something...: 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... | |
| Nathan Drake - 1822 - 366 Seiten
...died in thinking. Blest madman ! who could every hour employ With something new to wish or to enjoy J Railing and praising were his usual themes, And, both...: 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... | |
| 1822 - 314 Seiten
...for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking. Bless'd madman! who could every hour employ With something...or over civil, That every man, with him, was god or deviK Nothing went unrewarded but desert: In squandering wealth was his peculiar art; Beggar'd by fools,... | |
| Richard Alfred Davenport - 1824 - 406 Seiten
...for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking. Bless'd madman ! who could every hour employ With something...: 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... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 Seiten
...something new to wish, or to enjoy 1 Railing and praising were his usual themes; And both, to shew e shepherds weep no more ; Henceforth thou art the...shore, In thy large recompense, and shalt be good Beggsr'd by fools, whom still he found too late; He had his jest, and they had his estate. He laugh'd... | |
| Richard Warner - 1824 - 434 Seiten
...all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinkingBlest madman, who could every hour employ With something...Railing and praising were his usual themes; And both, to shew his judgment, in extremes : So over violent, or over civil, That every man with him was god or... | |
| John Bull - 1825 - 782 Seiten
...besides ten thoua.mil freaks that died in thinking, Bless VI madman ! v.ho could every hour employ In something new to wish or to enjoy ! Railing and praising...: Beggar'd by fools, whom still he found too late ; UK had his jest, and they had his estate. He laugh'd nimself from court ; then sought relief By forming... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1825 - 600 Seiten
...painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking. Blest madman, who eould eonfin'd, 3Iake and maintain the balanee of the mind...and shades, whose well-aeeorded strife Gives all the shew his judgment, in extremes : So over violent, or over eivil, That every man with him was God or... | |
| John Dryden - 1832 - 342 Seiten
...all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking. Blest madman, who could every hour employ, With something...enjoy ! . Railing and praising were his usual themes ; us And both, to show his judgment, in extremes : So over violent, or over civil, That every man with... | |
| Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 Seiten
...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. In squandering...wealth was his peculiar art; Nothing went unrewarded bnt desert. Beggared by fools, whom still he found loo late; He had his jest, and they had his estate.... | |
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