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... The Literature of Society - Сторінка 35автори: Mrs. A. T. Thomson - 1862Повний перегляд - Докладніше про цю книгу
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...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... | |
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...I5e™ar'd by fools, whom still he found too late, ! If had his jest, and they had his estate ; He laugh 'd cock ! nay by cock ! some began cry ; Some sung of...meed ; But, for lack of money, I might not speed. : Thus, wicked but in will, of means bereft, , He left not faction, but of that was left. [Skaftabury'i... | |
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...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...ne'er be chief : For, spite of him, the weight of bus'ness fell On Absalom and wise Achitophel :* Thus, wicked but in will, of means bereft, He left... | |
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...wealth was his peculiar art; JVothing went unrewarded^but desert. Beggar'd by fools, whom still he found too late, He had his jest, and they had his estate. Inversion itself was ofien turned into a grace in these poets, and maybe in others, by the power of... | |
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...wealth was his peculiar art; JVothing went unrewarded, but desert. Beggar'd by fools, whom still he found too late, He had his jest, and they had his estate. Inversion itself was ofien turned into a grace in these poets, and may be in others, by the power of... | |
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...wealth was his peculiar art ; Nothing went unrewarded but desert. Beggar'd by fools, whom still he fonnd too late ; He had his jest, and they had his estate...weight of business fell On Absalom and wise Achitophel : Thus wicked but in will, of means bereft, He left not faction, but of that was left." A la nh i IH... | |
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...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...of him the weight of business fell On Absalom and false Achitophel Thus, wicked but in will, of means bereft, He left not faction, but of that was left.'... | |
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