 | 1830 - 562 страници
...the exalted connexions which surrounded its cradle, it ought to be •Above all pain, all passion, and all pride, The rage of power, the blast of public...breath, The lust of lucre, and the dread of death.' Such, at least, is what a House of Lords was intended to be. The wealth of the country has taken so... | |
 | John Burke - 1832 - 768 страници
...acquitted, after a public trial, by his peers. His memory is celebrated by Pope, in the following line* : " A soul supreme, in each hard instance tried, Above...breath, The lust of lucre, and the dread of death." The earl d. 21st May, 172-1, and was s. by his only son, EDWARD, second earl. This nobleman devoted... | |
 | 1832 - 616 страници
...describes him as having possessed A soul supreme, in each bard instance tried. Above all paui. sll auger, and all pride ; The rage of power, the blast of public breath ; The lust of lucre, aud the dread of death. He was not only a great encourager of literature, but the greatest collector... | |
 | 1832 - 592 страници
...particularly celebrated him : he describes him as having possessed Л «oui tuprem«, in each bird instance tried, Above all pain, all anger, and all pride ; The rage of power, the blaal of public breath ; Tlieluetof lucre, and the dread of deatb. He was not only a great encourager... | |
 | John Gorton - 1833 - 820 страници
...Pope, anc other literary men, who repaid his favours with their eulogies. Pope thus celebrates him " A soul supreme in each hard instance tried. Above...breath, The lust of lucre, and the dread of death." Lord Oxford was himself an author, having published — " A Letter to Swift for correcting »nd improving... | |
 | Thomas Parnell - 1833 - 318 страници
...in thy fall. And sure if ought below the seats divine Can touch immortals, 'tis a soul like thine : A soul supreme, in each hard instance tried, Above...breath, The lust of lucre, and the dread of death. In vain to deserts thy retreat is made ; The Muse attends thee to the silent shade : Tis hers, the... | |
 | Thomas Smith (Of Mary-le-bone) - 1833 - 354 страници
...Poems to this Earl, celebrated him as possessing " A soul supreme, in each hard initance tried, Abore all pain, all anger, and all pride ; The rage of power,...breath, The lust of lucre, and the dread of death." He was a great encourager of learning,f and the greatest collector in his time of all curious Books and... | |
 | Charles N. Baldwin - 1833 - 466 страници
...by ¡lis peers; he died in 1724, and Pope has celebrated his memory in the following lines : 11 Л soul supreme in each hard instance tried, Above all pain, all anger, and all pride, 4'ho rage of power, the blast of public breath, The lust of lucre, and the dread of death." This nobleman... | |
 | Samuel Tymms - 1834 - 334 страници
...Oxford, founder of the Harleian Library in the British Museum, who died in 1/24, and of whom Pope wrote: A soul supreme in each hard instance tried, Above...breath, The lust of lucre, and the dread of death. In DORE Church-yard lies its Rector and historian, Matthew Gibson. DOWNTON Castle was the residence... | |
 | John Gorton - 1835 - 822 страници
...anil other literary men, who repaid his favours with their eulogies. Pope thus celebrates him : " Л soul supreme in each hard instance tried, Above all...breath, The lust of lucre, and the dread of death." Lord Oxford was himself an author, having published — " A Letter to Swift for correcting and improving... | |
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A soul supreme, in each hard instance tried, Above all pain, all passion, and all pride, The rage of power, the blast of public breath The lust of lucre, and the dread of death. 
