 | 1809 - 488 страници
...with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease ; Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne ; View him with scornful yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise; Damn... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 страници
...talent and eneli art to-pleasc, And born to write, converse, and live with ease: Should such a raan, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne, View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise ; Damn... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 452 страници
...sultans, if they had their will ; For every author would his brother kill-" And Pope, " Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne." But this is not the best of his little pieces ; it is excelled by his poem to Fanshaw, and his elegy on Cowley. His praise... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 562 страници
...Poets are sultans, if t'.iey had their will ¡ For every authur would his brother kill. Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne. But this is not the best of his little pieces : it is excelled by his poem to Fanshaw and his elegy on Cowley. 1 IB nrammcmt's... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 536 страници
...each talent and each art to please, Aji'l born to write, converse, and live with ease : Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne, View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise ; 200... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 546 страници
...talent and each nrt to please, And born to write, converse, anil live with ease : Should such a DIM, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne, View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise ; 200... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 426 страници
...are sultans, if they had their will ; For erery author would his brother kill. And Pope, Should such a man too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne. But this is not the best of his little pieces : it is excelled by his poem to Fanshaw, and his elegy on Gowley. His praise... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 420 страници
...are sultans, if they had their -will ; For every author would his brother kill. And Pope, Should such a man too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne. But this is not the best of his little pieces : it is excelled by his poem to Fanshaw, and his elegy on Gowley. His praise... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1813 - 324 страници
...each talent a1id each art to please, And horn to write, converse, and live with ease : Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no hrother near the throne jView him with scornful, yet with fearful eyes, And hate for arts that caus'd... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, Walter Scott - 1814 - 506 страници
...with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease : Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne; View him with scornful, yet with fearful eyes, And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise; * Ambrose... | |
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Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault and hesitate dislike; Alike... 
