 Wakes from his dream, and labours for a joke ; With brisker air the silken courtiers gaze, And turn the varied taunt a thousand ways. Of all the griefs that harass the distress'd, Sure the most bitter is a scornful jest ; Fate never wounds more deep the...  Satire and Satirists - Seite 45von James Hannay - 1854 - 276 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | John Bell - 1789 - 428 Seiten
...courtiers gaze, And turn the varied taunt a thousand ways._ Of all the griefs that harrass the distress'd ; Sure the most bitter is a scornful jest ; Fate never wounds more deep the gen'rous heart, Tljan when a blockhead's insult points the dart. Has heaven reserv'd, in pity to the... | |
 | 1798 - 744 Seiten
...hundred years. This may be called prejudice, but it is a falutary prejudice ; and if it be true, that Fate never wounds more deep the generous heart, Than when a blockhead's intuit points the dart, no wife or good man would wilh to eradicate from the breaft a fcntiment by... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 238 Seiten
...courtiers gaze, And turn the various taunt a thousand ways. Of all the griefs that harass the distress'd, Sure the most bitter is a scornful jest ; Fate never wounds more deep the gen'rous heart, Than when a blockhead's insult points the dart. Has Heav'n reserv'd, in pity to the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 328 Seiten
...And turn the varied taunt a thousand ways. ** Of all the griefs that harass the distress'd, Sure a most bitter is a scornful jest ; Fate never wounds more deep the gen'rous heart, Than when a blockhead's insult points the dart. 15 Has Heaven reserv'd, in pity to... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - 526 Seiten
...courtiers gaae, And turn the vaiied tannt a thousand ways. Of all the griefs that harass the distress'd, Sure the most bitter is a scornful jest ; Fate never...heart, Than when a blockhead's insult points the dart. ' Has Heavea reserv'd, in pity to the poor, No pathless waste, or undiscover'd shore ? No secret island... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1809 - 524 Seiten
...courtiers gaze, And turn the varied taunt a thousand ways. Of all the griefs that harass the distress'd, Sure the most bitter is a scornful jest ; Fate never wounds more deep the gen'rous heart. Than when a blockhead's insult points the dart. Has Heaven reserv'd, in pity to the... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1809 - 520 Seiten
...courtiers gaze. And turn the varied taunt a thousand ways. Of all the griefs that harass the distress'd, Sure the most bitter is a scornful jest ; Fate never wounds more deep the gen'rous heart, Than when a blockhead's insult points the dart. Has Heaven reserv'd, in pity to the... | |
 | George Gregory - 1809 - 384 Seiten
...gaze, ' And turn the varied taunt a thousand ways. " Of all the griefs that harass the distress'd, " Sure the most bitter is a scornful jest : " Fate never wounds more deep the gen'rous heart, " Than when a blockhead's insult points the dart. ' " Has heav'n reserv'd, in pity... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 372 Seiten
...And turn the varied taunt a thousand ways. 24 Of all the griefs that harass the distress'd, Sure a most bitter is a scornful jest ; Fate never wounds more deep the gen'rous heart, Than when a blockhead's insult points the dart. ** Has Heaven reserv'd, in pity to... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Francis William Blagdon - 1811 - 250 Seiten
...courtier's gaze, And turn the varied taunt a thousand ways. Of all the griefs that harass the distress'd, Sure the most bitter is a scornful jest ; - ••...heart, Than when a blockhead's insult points the dart. ' Has Heaven reserv'd, in pity to the poor, No pathless waste, or undiscover'd shore ? No secret island... | |
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