 | Saturday magazine - 1840 - 1078 ページ
...thinking. In squandering wealth was his peculiar art. Nothing went unrewarded but desert. Ho langh'd himself from court : then sought relief By forming parties, but could ne'er be chief. He had great liveliness of wit, with a' peculiar faculty of turning all things into- ridicule, bnt... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1841 - 838 ページ
...or Devil. In squandering wealth was his peculiar art ; Nothing went unrewarded but desert. BeggarM by fools, whom still he found too late ; He had his...sought relief By forming parties, but could ne'er he chief ; For spite of him the weight of business fell On Absalom and wise Achitophel : Thus, wicked... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1841 - 844 ページ
...Begjtar'd by fools, whom still he found too late ; He liad his jest, and they had his estate. He langh'd himself from court, then sought relief By forming...could ne'er be chief ; For spite of him the weight of business fell On Absalom and wise Achitophel : Thus, wicked but in will, of means bereft, He left not... | |
 | 1841 - 500 ページ
...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; He laughed himself from court, then sought relief, By forming parties, but could ne'er be chief. Thus... | |
 | 1841 - 764 ページ
...squand'ring wealth was his peculiar art, Nothing went unrewarded but desert ! BeggarM by fools, when still he found, too late, He had his jest, and they had his estate." t Walpole'a Royal and Noble Authors. VOU II. H portance and necessity to France of peace ; and a letter... | |
 | John Fisher Murray - 1842 - 322 ページ
...or devil. In squandering wealth was his peculiar art, Nothing went unrewarded but desert. Bcggar'd by fools, whom still he found too late, He had his...could ne'er be chief, For spite of him, the weight of business fell On Absalom, and wise Achitophel. Thus wicked but in will, of means bereft, He left not... | |
 | 1842 - 712 ページ
...or Devil. In squandering wealth was his peculiar art, Nothing went unrewarded but desert. Begcar'd 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 parlies, but could ne'er bo chief; For eplte... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1843 - 720 ページ
...ехсевз of wit. JOHN DRVDKJ Beggar* d by fools, whom still he found too late, He had hi« jest, and the; had his estate ; He laugh'd himself from court, then...could ne'er be chief; For, spite of him, the weight of business fell On Absalom and wise Achitophel : Thus, wicked but in will, of means bereft, He left not... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 692 ページ
...I5e™ar'd by fools, whom still he found too late, ! If had his jest, and they had his estate ; He laugh 'd himself from court, then sought relief By forming...could ne'er be chief; For, spite of him, the weight of business fell On Absalom and wise Achitophel : Thus, wicked but in will, of means bereft, , He left... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1844 - 846 ページ
...was God or Devil. In squandering wealth was his peculiar art ; Ni -tiling went unrewarded but desert. Beggar'd by fools, whom still he found too late ; He had his jest, and they bad his estate. He laugh'd himself from court, then sought relief By forming parties, but could ne'er... | |
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Beggar'd by fools, whom still he found too late; He had his jest, and they had his estate. He laugh'd himself from court; then sought relief By forming parties, but could ne'er be chief: For, spite of him the weight of business fell On Absalom and wise... 
