 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 - Seite 35von Mrs. A. T. Thomson - 1862Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1855 - 834 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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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