 | Poetical rhapsody - 1826 - 294 ページ
...If potentates reply, Give potentates the lie. Tell men of high condition, That in affairs of state, Their purpose is ambition, Their practice only hate...reply, Then give them all the lie. Tell them that braves it most, They beg for more by spending, Who in their greatest cost Like nothing but commending... | |
 | Francis Davison - 1826 - 608 ページ
...If potentates reply, Give potentates the lie. Tell men of high condition. That in affairs of state, Their purpose is ambition. Their practice only hate...reply, Then give them all the lie. Tell them that braves it most, They beg for more by speudingv Who in their greatest cost Like nothing but commending... | |
 | William Lincoln, Christopher Columbus Baldwin - 1826 - 906 ページ
...purpose is ambition, Their practise onely hate ; And if they once reply, Then give them all the Jye, Tell them that brave it most, They beg for more by spending, Who in their greatest cost Seek nothing hut commending ; And if they make reply, Spare not to give the lye. Tell age, it daily wastelh ; Tell... | |
 | 1826 - 404 ページ
...hate ; And if they once reply, Then give them all the !ye. Tell them that brave it most, They bc» for more by spending, Who in their greatest cost Seek nothing but commending ; And if they make reply, Spare not to give the lye. Tell age, it daily wasteth ; Tell honor, how it alters ; Tell beauty, how... | |
 | Francis Davison - 1826 - 290 ページ
...ambition, Their practice is on hate : And if they once reply, Then tell them all they lie. Tell those that brave it most, They beg for more by spending, Who in the greatest cost Seek nothing but commending : And if they do reply, Then tell them all they lie.... | |
 | New elegant extracts - 1827 - 404 ページ
...potentates reply, Give potentates the lie. Tell men of high condition, That rule affairs of state, Their purpose is ambition, Their practice only hate...beg for more by spending, Who in their greatest cost Tell Zeal it lacks devotion, Tell Love it is but lust, Tell Time it is but motion, Tell Flesh it is... | |
 | Sir Walter Raleigh - 1829 - 810 ページ
...affection. If potentates reply, Giv* potentates the lie. Tell men of high condition, That manage the estate, Their purpose is ambition ; Their practice only hate....beg for more by spending, Who in their greatest cost Like nothing but commending. And if they make reply, Then give them all the lie. Tell zeal it wants... | |
 | sir Walter Ralegh - 1829 - 806 ページ
...potentates the lie. Tell men of high condition, That manage the estate, Their purpose is amhition ; Their practice only hate. And if they once reply,...them all the lie. Tell them that brave it most, They heg for more by spending, Who in their greatest cost Like nothing but commending. And if they make... | |
 | 1846 - 512 ページ
...them ?" PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS OF THE METROPOLIS. " Tell men of high condition, That rule affairs of state, Their purpose is ambition, Their practice only hate...they once reply, Then give them all the lie." " Tell wit how much it wrangles In tickle points of niceness, Tell wisdom she entangles Herself in over wiseness... | |
 | Mrs. S. C. Hall - 1833 - 420 ページ
...worship, and put no faith in dreams." CHAPTER XX. Tell men of hieh condition That rule affairs of state, Their purpose is ambition. Their practice only hate...they once reply, Then give them all the lie. Tell Wit how much it wrangles In tickle points of niceness— Tell Wisdom she entangles Hersc-lf in over-wiseness... | |
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Tell them that brave it most, They beg for more by spending, Who, in their greatest cost, Seek nothing but commending: And if they make reply Then give them all the lie. 
