That every man, with 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 ; He had his jest, and they had his estate. Environs of London: Western Division - الصفحة 295بواسطة John Fisher Murray - 1842 - عدد الصفحات: 356عرض كامل - لمحة عن هذا الكتاب
| Charles Richson - 1860 - عدد الصفحات: 216
...extremes. In squandering wealth was his peculiar art ; Nothing went unrewarded but desert. Beggar'd by fools, whom still he found too late ; He had his...relief By forming parties, but could ne'er be chief. Thus wicked but in will, of means bereft, He left not faction, but of that was left. Dry den. 3. Satire... | |
| Henry Reed - 1860 - عدد الصفحات: 336
...god 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." The finest... | |
| English language - 1861 - عدد الصفحات: 312
...extremes : In squandering wealth was his peculiar art : Nothing went unrewarded but desert. Beggar'd by fools whom still he found too late ; He had his...relief By forming parties, but could ne'er be chief : Thus wicked but in will, of means bereft, He left not faction, but of that was left. The difference... | |
| Thomas Shorter - 1861 - عدد الصفحات: 438
...devil. In squandering 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. DRYDEX. J2S.n (Englis^ |)tasatrf. To pomp and pageantry in nought allied, A noble peasant, Isaac Ashford,... | |
| Mrs. A. T. Thomson - 1862 - عدد الصفحات: 346
...squandering wealth was his peculiar art, Nothing went unrewarded but desert. Beggar'd by fools, whom he still found too late, He had his jest, and they had his...of business fell On Absalom and wise Achitophel.' He then dismisses the rest of the faction, as ' Titles and names 'twere tedious to rehearse Of lords,... | |
| English poets - 1862 - عدد الصفحات: 626
...or Devil. In squandering wealth was his peculiar art ; Nothing went unrewarded but desert. Beggar'd by fools, whom still he found too late ; He had his...relief By forming parties, but could ne'er be chief : — I For, spite of him, the weight of business fell On Absalom, and wise Achitophel : Thus, wicked... | |
| Mrs. A. T. Thomson - 1862 - عدد الصفحات: 356
...squandering wealth was his peculiar art, Xothing weat unrewarded but desert. Beggar'd by fools, whom he still found too late. He had his jest, and they had his...relief By forming parties, but could ne'er be chief ; I"'-,r, spile of him, the weight of business fell On Absalom and wise Achitophel.' He then dismisses... | |
| William Francis Collier - 1862 - عدد الصفحات: 678
...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 - 1862 - عدد الصفحات: 452
...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." Gates, the chief witness in the Popish plot of 1680, is the object of a long rolling fire of invectives,... | |
| William Francis Collier - 1862 - عدد الصفحات: 550
...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 bis estate. He laughed himself from court, then sought relief By forming parties, but could ne'er be... | |
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