 | John Sabine - Elocution - 1810 - 308 pages
...The bow'r of wanton Shrewsbury and love ; Or just as gay, at council, in a ring Of mimic statasmen, and their merry king. No wit, to flatter, left of all his store; No fool to laugh at, which he valu'd more. There, — victor of his health, of fortune, friends, And fame — this lord of useless... | |
 | David Simpson - 1810 - 422 pages
...Great VILHERS lies; Alas! how chang'd from him; That life of pleasure, and that soul of whim ! — • No wit to flatter left of all his store! No fool to laugh at, which he valued more! 33. We have also an uncommon alarm given us in a Tetter from another Noblema?i, but whose name is concealed... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 536 pages
...ring Of mimick'd statesmen, and their merry king. 310 No wit to flatter, left of all his store ! Xo fool to laugh at, which he valued more. There, victor of his health, of. fortune, friends, Aud fame, this lord of useless thousands end*. His grace's (ate sage Cutler could foresee, And well... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1812 - 348 pages
...Shrewsbury and love ; Or just as gay, at council, in a ring Of mimick statesmen, and their merry king. 310 No wit to flatter, left of all his store ! • No...friends, And fame ; this lord of useless thousands ends. His grace's fate sage Cutler could foresee, 315 And well (he thought) advis'd him, " Live like me."... | |
 | John Britton, John Hodgson - Architecture - 1812 - 1036 pages
...Shrewshury and love ; Or jmt as gay at council in a ring Of mimic statesmen and their merry kiig. N« wit to flatter, left of all his store, No fool to...friends, And fame, this lord of useless thousands ends." In these celebrated lines, however, Pope has either used a poetical license, or been misinformed, respecting... | |
 | John Bigland - 1815 - 1038 pages
...proud alcove, Tlic bower of wanton Shrewsbury and love ; Or just as gay at council in a ring i if mimic statesmen and their merry king. No wit to flatter,...left of all his store, N'o fool to laugh at, which lie valued more. There, victor of his health, of fortune, friends, And fume, this lord of useless thousands... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - Great Britain - 1816 - 532 pages
...proud alcove, The bower of wanton SHREWSBURY and love; Or just as gay at council, in a ring Of mimick'd statesmen and their merry king: No wit to flatter...this lord of useless thousands ends." (Epistle on the Use of Riches, 297.)* The character of Buckingham may be collected from the accurate sketch of... | |
 | James Norris Brewer - 1801 - 1208 pages
...proud alcove, The bow'r of wanton Shrewsbury and Love.* Or just as gay at council in a ring Of mimic statesmen and their merry King. No wit to flatter...friends, And fame, this Lord of useless thousands, ends. MORAL Eis.iyi. * This line alludes to the Duke's intrigue with the Countess of Shrewsbury, which occasioned... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1849 - 638 pages
...No wit to flatter, left of all his store; No fool to laugh at, which he valu'd more , There, vietor of his health, of fortune, friends, And fame, this lord of useless thousands ends! His Grace's fate sage Cutler could foresee, And well (he thought) advis'd him, ' Live like me.s As... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1820 - 832 pages
...alcove.-, 'Hie bower of wanton Shrewsbury and Low ; Or just as gay, at council, in a ring Of mimick'il osen seed, In the beginning, how the Heavens and Earth...Delight thee more, and Siloa's brook that flow'd His grace's fate sage Cutler could foresee, And well (he thought) advis'il him, " Live like me !" As... | |
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Of mimic'd statesmen and their merry king. No wit to flatter left of all his store! No fool to laugh at, which he valued more. There, victor of his health, of fortune, friends, And fame, this lord of useless thousands ends. 
