 | George Granville Baron Lansdowne - 1712 - 286 Seiten
...'••'• How fliortisLife ! Why will vain Courtiers toil And crowd a vainer Monarch for a Smile ? .• What is that Monarch but a Mortal Man, • • •...• ... •• His Crown a Pageant, and his Life a Span? With all his Guards, and his Dominions, he ff - .* • *' , • " Muft ficken too, and die, as... | |
 | George Granville Baron Lansdowne - 1732 - 190 Seiten
...fhort is Life ! why will vain Courtiers toil, . And croud a vainer Monarch for a Smile ! 4 W hat ii. that Monarch but a mortal Man ? His Crown a Pageant, and his Life a Span ? With all his Guards and his Dominions, He Mufc ikkcn too, and die as well as We. upon feverat... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 942 Seiten
...be. III. How fliort is life ! why will vain courtiers toil And crowd a vainer monarch for a finile > What is that monarch but a mortal man, His crown a...Muft ficken too, and die as well as we. IV. Thofe boaftcd names of conquerors and kings Arc fwallow'd, and become forgotten things : One dcftin'd period... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 544 Seiten
...1-,'ts crown a pageant, and his life a fpan ? AVith ail his guards and his dominions, he Mu^l fieken too, and die as well as we. IV. Thofe boafted names...kings Are fwallow'd, and become forgotten things: One defhn'd period men in common have, The great, the vile, the coward, and the brave, Are food alike for... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 346 Seiten
...life ! why will vain courtiers toil And crowd a vainer monareh for a finile ? What is that monareh but a mortal man, His crown a pageant, and his life a fpan ? With ail his guards and his dominions, he Muft ficken too, and die as well as we. IV. Thofe boafted names... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 516 Seiten
...be. III. How flrort is life? why will vain courtiers toil, And croud a vainer monarch, for a fmilc ; What is that monarch, but a mortal man, His crown...Muft ficken too, and die as well as we. IV. Thofe bor.fted names of Conquerors and of Kings Are fwallow'd, and become forgotten things : One ( The |... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 528 Seiten
...for л frriíc j What ¡s thai monarch, but a mortal mm, Hij crown a pageant, and his life a fpin ? With all his guards and his dominions, he Muft ficken too, and die as well as we. IV. Thofe borfred names of Conquerors and of Kings Are fwallow'd, and become forgotten tilings : One defHn'd... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1810 - 312 Seiten
...must be. How short is life? why will vain courtiers toil, and crowd a vainer monarch, for a smile? •what is that monarch, but a mortal man, his crown a pageant, and his life a span ? with all his guards and his dominions, he must sicken too, and die as well as we. Those boasted... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1810 - 314 Seiten
...must be. How short is life? why will vain courtiers toil, and crowd a vainer monarch, for a smile? what is that monarch, but a mortal man, his crown a pageant, and his life a span ? with all his guards and his dominions, he must sicken too, and die as well as we. Those boasted... | |
 | 1817 - 314 Seiten
...with pain, How short is life! why will vain courtiers toil, And crowd a vainer monarch, for a smile ? What is that monarch, but a mortal man, • His crown a pageant, and his life a span ? With all his guards, and his dominions, he Must sicken too, and die as well as we. Those boasted... | |
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How short is life? why will vain courtiers toil, and crowd a vainer monarch, for a smile? •what is that monarch, but a mortal man, his crown a pageant, and his life a span ? with all his guards and his dominions, he must sicken too, and die as well... 
