 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 536 sivua
...; Blest with f ach 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 jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise ; 200... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 546 sivua
...talent and each nrt to please, And born to write, converse, anil live with ease : Should such a DIM, 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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 420 sivua
...prologues, Poets are sultans, if they had their -will ; For every author would his brother kill. And Pope, Should such a man too fond to rule alone, Bear, like...excelled by his poem to Fanshaw, and his elegy on Gowley. His praise of Fanshaw's version of Guarini contains a very sprightly and judicious character... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1812 - 220 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 rival near the throne, View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caus'd... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1813 - 324 sivua
...: Blest with each talent a1id each art to please, And horn to write, converse, and live with ease : Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no hrother near the throne jView him with scornful, yet with fearful eyes, And hate for arts that caus'd... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1814 - 494 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 jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise; Damn... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1814 - 516 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; * Ambrose... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, Walter Scott - 1814 - 506 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; * Ambrose... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 486 sivua
...Poets are sultans, if they had their will ; " For every author would his brother kill." And Pope, " Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, " Bear...to Fanshaw, and his elegy on Cowley. His praise of Fanshaw's version of Guarini contains a very spritely and judicious character of a good translator... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 530 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 jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caused himself to rise ; Damn... | |
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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... 
