 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
 | 1855 - 834 стор.
...to glide, not stand, And fortune's ice prefers to virtue's land.] Beggar'd by fools, whom still he found too late ; He had his jest, and they had his...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.f CHARACTER... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1855 - 568 стор.
...Beggared by fools, who still he found too late, lie had his jest, and they had his estate. He laughed himself from court : then sought relief By forming...him, the weight of business fell On Absalom and wise Acliitophel : Thus, wicked but in will, of means bereft, He left not faction, but of that was left/'*... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1855 - 570 стор.
...squandering wealth was his peculiar art ; Nothing went unrewarded but desert. Beggared by fools, who 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 : For,... | |
 | John Dryden - 1856 - 568 стор.
...Bsggar'd by fools, whom still he found too late ; He had his jest, and they had his estate. Ho laugh 'd himself from court, then sought relief By forming...of business fell On Absalom, and wise Achitophel: Thus, wicked but in will, of means bereft, He left no faction, but of that was left. Titles and names... | |
 | John Dryden - 1856 - 592 стор.
...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. Ho laugh'd himself from court, then sought relief 3y forming parties, but could ne'er be chief: For,... | |
 | Henry Reed - 1857 - 424 стор.
...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...relief By forming parties, but could ne'er be chief." The finest skill of the satirist was shown in his choice of the minerable points of character. Buckingham... | |
 | John Seely Hart - 1857 - 394 стор.
...squandering wealth was his peculiar art; Nothing went unrewarded but desert: Beggared 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; For, spite... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1857 - 428 стор.
...wealth was his peculiar art, Nothing went unrewarded but desert ; Beggared 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 not be chief. For, spite... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1858 - 594 стор.
...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...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. THE HIND AND... | |
 | Anthony Hamilton (Count), Charles II (King of England) - 1859 - 568 стор.
...peculiar art ; Nothing went unrewarded but desert. Beggar'd by fools, whom still he found too iate; He had his jest, and they had his estate : He laugh'd...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." . Absalom and... | |
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