 Of mimic 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!  Miscellanies - 280. lappuseautors: Charles Kingsley - 1859Pilnskats - Par šo grāmatu
 | Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 536 lapas
...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...friends, And fame, this lord of useless thousands ends." (Epistle, on tht Use.af-JtfchftK 3$')*.The character of Buckingham may be collected from the accurate... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 532 lapas
...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...friends, And fame, this lord of useless thousands ends." (Epistle on the Use of Riches, 297.)* The character of Buckingham may be collected from the accurate... | |
 | James Norris Brewer - 1801 - 1208 lapas
...That life of pleasure, and that soul of whim ! Gallant and gay in C! u Men's proud alcove, The bow'r of wanton Shrewsbury and Love.* Or just as gay at...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, which occasioned... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1849 - 638 lapas
...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 like me.s As... | |
 | John Aikin - 1820 - 832 lapas
...alcove.-, 'Hie bower of wanton Shrewsbury and Low ; Or just as gay, at council, in a ring Of mimick'il osen seed, In the beginning, how the Heavens and Earth...Delight thee more, and Siloa's brook that flow'd His grace's fate sage Cutler could foresee, And well (he thought) advis'il him, " Live like me !" As... | |
 | James Norris Brewer - 1820 - 516 lapas
...of wanton Shrewsbury and love ; " Or just as gay at council in a ring " Of mimic statesmen and tbeir merry king. " No wit to flatter, left of all his store,..." And fame, this lord of useless thousands ends." I It is observed by a recent writer that, in these celebrated lines, " Pope has either used a poetical... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 402 lapas
...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,...friends, And fame, this lord of useless thousands ends. vot. v. Y His grace's fate sage Cutler could foresee, And well (he thought) advis'd him, " Live like... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1821 - 474 lapas
...Shrewsbury and love ; Or just as gay at council, in a ring Of mimick'd statesmen, and a merry lung ; No wit to flatter left of all his store, No fool to...., . And fame, this lord of useless thousands ends ! Note XIX. * Balaam.— P. 234. The Earl of Htmtington. A coarse reason is given by Luttrel, in his... | |
 | 1822 - 284 lapas
...how changed from him, That life of pleasure and that soul of whim ! Gallant and gay, in Cliveden's proud alcove, The bower of wanton Shrewsbury and love;...friends, And fame, this lord of useless thousands ends! His grace's fate sage Cutler could foresee, And well (he thought) advised him, ' Live like me.' As... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1822 - 366 lapas
...how changed from him, That life of pleasure, and that soul of whim ! Gallant and gay in Cliefden's proud alcove, The bower of wanton Shrewsbury and love...friends, And fame, this lord of useless thousands ends. POPE.* MR. Walsingham found the once mighty and puissant Buckingham, the once gay and gallant Villiers,... | |
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