 | Alexander Pope - 1812 - 348 Seiten
...100 Who counsels best ? who whispers, " Be but great, " With praise or infamy leave that to fate ; " Get place and wealth, if possible, with grace ; " If not, by any means get wealth and place." For what ? to have a box where eunuchs sing, And foremost in the circle eye a king. 106 Or he, who... | |
 | Rodolphus Dickinson - 1815 - 214 Seiten
...author, where one branch of the antithesis is not expressed but understood : Get wealth and place, if possible, with grace : If not, by any means, get wealth and place. '.*.'*'' ' ' • Here it appears evidently, that the words any means* which are the most emphatical,... | |
 | Characters - 1816 - 46 Seiten
...1 master ; and by so doing, it is most devoutly to be wished, he may meet with a like reward. f *' Get place and wealth, if possible with grace; " If not — by any means get wealth and place," Says Pope, and most religiously has this noble Lord followed the maxim. Money he seeks, however mean... | |
 | D. E. Macdonnel - 1819 - 470 Seiten
...the poet into the mouth of a corrupt man. It has been thus well translated : " Get wealth and power, if possible, with grace ; " If not, by any means get wealth and place." POPE. Renascentur. Lat. — " They will rise again." — Motto of V. AVONMORE. Renovate nomine. Lat.... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 452 Seiten
...POITIERS? 100 'Who counsels best? who whispers, "Be but great, With Praise or Infamy leave that to fate ; Get Place and Wealth, if possible, with grace ; If not, by any means get Wealth and Place." NOTES. wall of brass; for, says Dacier, " Chacun se fait des difficultes a sa mode, et demande des... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 290 Seiten
...Poitiers ? Who counsels best? who whispers, ' Be but great, With praise or infamy leave that to Fate; Get place and wealth, if possible, with grace ; If not, by any means get wealth and place.' For what? to have a box where eunuchs sing, And foremost in the circle eye a king; Or he, who bids... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 452 Seiten
...POITIERS? 100 'Who counsels best? who whispers, "Be but great, With Praise or Infamy leave that to fate ; Get Place and Wealth, if possible, with grace ; If not, by any means get Wealth and Place." NOTES. •wall of brass; for, says Dacier, " Chacun se fait des difficultes a sa mode, et demande des... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 294 Seiten
...Poitiers ? Who counsels best? who whispers, ' Be but great, With praise or infamy leave that to Fate; Get place and wealth, if possible, with grace ; If not, by any means get wealth and place.' For what? to have a box where eunuchs sing, And foremost in the circle eye a king; Or he, who bids... | |
 | 1843 - 416 Seiten
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 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 Seiten
...Poitiers ! Who counsels best? who whispers, " Be but great, With praise or infamy, leave that to fate ; ur fancy of itself bereaving, Dost make us marble with too much conceiving For what? to have a box where eunuchs sing, And foremost in the circle eye a king. Or he, who bids... | |
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Who counsels best? who whispers, "Be but great, With praise or infamy leave that to fate; Get place and wealth, if possible, with grace; If not, by any means get wealth and place~ 
