 | John Bell - 1796 - 480 sivua
...Bless'd with each talent and each art to please, 195 And born to write, converse, and live with ease ; Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne, View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise ; 200... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1796 - 574 sivua
...each talent and each art to plcafe, And born to write, convcrfc, and live with cafe : • Should fuch a man. too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne, View him with fcornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caus'd himlelf to rife ; Damn... | |
 | John Bell - 1800 - 440 sivua
...For every iutlicr :yould his brother kill." Aud Pope, '' Should s'jc;ia man, too fond to rule alone, But this is not the best of his little pieces; it...excelled by his poem to Fanshaw, and his elegy on Cowley. This elegy on the death of Cowley was his last, and, among his shorter works, his best performance;... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 714 sivua
...will ; " For every author would his brother kill." And Pope, '» " Should such a man, too fond to mid alone, " Bear like the Turk no brother near the throne." But this is net the best of his little pieces'.' it is excelled by his poem" to •fJmhaw, and his elegy on Cowley.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 476 sivua
...fultans, if they had their will ; " For every author would his brother kill." And Pope, " Should fuch a man, too fond to rule alone, ** Bear like the Turk no brother near the throne." But this is not the beft of his little piecfcs : it is excelled by his poem to Fanfhaw, and his elegy on Cow-ley. His praife... | |
 | George Campbell - 1801 - 404 sivua
...expressive language. For a specimen in this way take these lines of Pope, Sect. III. Complete sentence*. Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne, View him with scornful yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caused himself to rise; Damn with... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 496 sivua
...: Blest with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease : Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne ; View him with scornful, yet with fearful eyes, And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise; Damn... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 498 sivua
...inspires: Blest with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease : Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne ; View him with scornful, yet with fearful eyes, And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise; Damn... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1803 - 434 sivua
...: Blest with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease : Should such a man, too fond to rule alone. Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne ; View Him with scornful, yet with fearful eyes, And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise; Damn... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1804 - 190 sivua
...Bless'd with each talent and each art to please, 195 And born to write, converse, and live with ease ; Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne ; View him with scornful yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise ; 200... | |
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Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault and hesitate dislike; Alike... 
