 Wharton, the scorn and wonder of our days, Whose ruling passion was the lust of praise: Born with whate'er could win it from the wise, Women and fools must like him or he dies; Though wondering senates hung on all he spoke, The club must hail him master...  Eccentric Personages - Page 331by William Russell - 1866 - 418 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Bell - English poetry - 1796 - 524 pages
...rest, The prospect clears, and Wharton stands confest. Wharton, the scorn and worder of our days ! ife Whose ruling passion was the lust of praise ; Born...the wise, Women and fools must like him, or he dies : Tho' wond'ring senates hung on all he spo!;es Theclub must hail him master of the joke. ll5 Shall... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1890 - 562 pages
...rendered him remarkable. He was, towards the end ot his life, attached to the Court of fte Pretender, Whose ruling passion was the lust of praise: Born...whate'er could win it from the wise, Women and fools must him like or he dies; Though wond'ring senates hung on all he spoke, The club must hail him master of... | |
 | John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees - Anglesey (Wales) - 1801 - 474 pages
...Essays. * WHARTON, the scorn and wonder of our days. Whose ruling passion was the lust of praise; Bom with whate'er could win it from the wise, Women and...him, or he dies. Though wondering senates hung on all he spoke, The club must hail him master of the joke. Shall parts so various aim at nothing new? He'll... | |
 | John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees - Anglesey (Wales) - 1801 - 512 pages
...WHARTON, the scorn and wonder of our day$, Whose ruling passion was the lust of praise; Born with wbate'er could win it from the wise, Women and fools must like...him, or he dies. Though wondering senates hung on all he spoke, The club must hail him master of the joke. Shall parts so various aim at nothing new ? He'll... | |
 | John Britton - Architecture - 1814 - 1124 pages
...the scorn and wonder of our da:, ., Whose ruling passion was the lust of praise : Barn with whnte'er could win it from the wise. Women and fools must like him, or lie dies : Though wondering senates hung on all he spoke, The club must hail him master of the joke... | |
 | George Alexander Cooke - England - 1817 - 330 pages
...has been finely described by Pope in his Moral Esť says : " Wharton, tlie scorn and wonder of our days, .Whose ruling passion was the lust of praise...Born with whate'er could win it from the wise, Women or fools must like him, or he dies. Though wondering senates hung on all he spoke, The club must hail... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1804 - 232 pages
...rest, The prospect clears, and Wharton stands confest. Wharton ! the scorn and wonder of our days, 180 Whose ruling passion was the lust of praise : Born...the wise, Women and fools must like him, or he dies : Tho' wond'ring senates hung on all he spoke, The club must hail him master of the joke. 185 Shall... | |
 | Horace Walpole - English literature - 1806 - 540 pages
...the vivid pencil of Pope : " Wharton, the scorn and wonder of our days, Whose ruling passion was a lust of praise: Born with whate'er could win it from...Women and fools must like him, or he dies : Though raptur'd senates hung on all he spoke, The club must hail him master of the joke. Shall parts so various... | |
 | Horace Walpole - English literature - 1806 - 546 pages
...Wharton, the scorn and wonder of our days, Whose ruling passion was a lust of praise : Born with xvhate'er could win it from the wise, Women and fools must like him, or he dies : Though raptur'd senates hung on all he spoke, The club must hail him master of the joke. Shall parts so various... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1807 - 474 pages
...all the rest. The prospect clears, and Wharton stands confest. Wharton ! the scorn and wonder of our days, Whose ruling passion was the lust of praise...him, or he dies; Though wondering senates hung on all he spoke. The cluh must hail him master of the joke. Shall parts so various aim at nothing new ? He'll... | |
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