 A youth of frolics, an old age of cards, Fair to no purpose, artful to no end ; Young without lovers, old without a friend; A fop their passion, but their prize a sot; Alive, ridiculous ; and dead, forgot.  Old Bachelors: Their Varieties, Characters, and Conditions - 163 ページOld bachelors, Author of Old maids 著 - 1835全文表示 - この書籍について
 | Jonathan Swift - 1742 - 314 ページ
...the World its pretty Slaves rewards, A Youth of Frolicks, an Old Age of Cards; Fair to no Purpofe, artful to no End ; Young without Lovers, old without a Friend ; A Fop their Paffion, but their Prize a Sot ; Alive, ridiculous, and dead, forgot ! LET LET Joy, or Eafe, let Affluence,... | |
 | William Ayre, Edmund Curll - 1745 - 392 ページ
...equally excellent, are found thefe Lines: A Youth of Frolieks, an old Age of Cares ; Fair to no Purpofe, artful to no End, Young without Lovers, old without a Friend ; A Fop their Pailion, but their Prize a Sot, Alive ridiculous, and dead forgot. There is no Reader fo little able... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, John Hawkesworth - 1754 - 354 ページ
...the world its pretty flaves rewards, A youth of frolicks, an old-age of cards ; Fair to no purpofe, artful to no end ; Young without lovers, old without a friend; A fop their pafflon, but their prize a fot; Alive, ridiculous, and dead, forgot! Let joy, oreafe, let affluence,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1760 - 402 ページ
...Beauty glide, And haunt the places where their honour dy'd. See how the World its Ve'terans rewards ! A Youth of Frolics, an old Age of Cards; Fair to no purpofe, artful to no end, 245 Young without Lovers, old without a Friend; A Fop their Paffion, but... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1768 - 338 ページ
...the world its pretty flaves rewards, A youth of frolicks, an old-age of cards; Fair to no purpofe, artful to no end ; Young without lovers, old without a friend; A fop their paffion, but their prize a fot; Alive, ridiculous, and dead, forgot! Let joy, or eafe, let affluence,... | |
 | Owen Ruffhead - 1769 - 592 ページ
...pathetic lamentation, which is infinitely affecting. " See how the World its' Veterans rewards ! " A Youth of Frolics, an old Age of Cards ; " Fair to no purpofe, artful to no end, " Young without Lovers, old without a Friend; *' A Fop their Paffion, but... | |
 | Owen Ruffhead - 1769 - 600 ページ
...following pathetic lamentation, which is infinitely affecting. " See how the World its Veterans rewards ! " A Youth of Frolics, an old Age of Cards ; " Fair to no purpofe, artful to no end, " Young without Lovers, old without a Friend; " A Fop their Paffion, but... | |
 | John Bell - 1796 - 524 ページ
...Beauty glide, And haunt the places where their honour dy'd. See how the world its veterans rewards! A youth of frolics, an old age of cards; Fair to no purpose, artful to no end, 245 Young without lovers, old without a friend ; A fop their passion, but their prize a sot ; Alive,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 398 ページ
...the World its Veterans rewards ! « A Youth of Frolicks, an old Age of Cards ; Fair to no purpofe, artful to no end, Young without Lovers, old without a Friend ; A Fop their Paffion, but their Prize a Sot, Alive, ridiculous, and dead, forgot ! Z45 Ah ! Friend ! to dazzle let... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1782 - 514 ページ
...Othen, writer, and was too often turgid and hyperbolical. 15. See how the world its veterans rewards, A youth of frolics, an old age of cards; Fair to no purpofe, artful to no end, Young without lovers, old without a friend - t A fop their paffion, but... | |
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