 | John Bartlett - 1865 - 504 Seiten
...money, boy ; No matter by what means.f Everg Man in his Humor. Act ii. Sc. 3. * Cf. BASSE, p. 160. t Get place and wealth, if possible, with grace; If not, by any means get wealth and place. POPE. Horace, Ep. i. Book 1. BEAUMONT. — FLETCHER.— CAREW. 129 FRANCIS BEAUMONT. 1585-1616. What... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1867 - 626 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. ' Tor what ? to have a box where eunuchs sing, And foremost in the circle eye a king : Or he, who bids... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1867 - 752 Seiten
...friend ; It raises armies in a nation's aid, But bribes a senate, and a land's betray M. Pope, ME m.29. Get place and wealth, if possible with grace ; If not, by any means get wealth and place. Pope, Intii. Ilor. I. 1103. My friend, get money ; get n largo estate By honest means, but got— at... | |
 | 1867 - 788 Seiten
...the young of our age receive. " Get it honestly, if you can ; if you cannot, why then get it anyhow." "Get place and wealth, if possible, with grace. If not, by any means get wealth and place." Of all the ills flesh is heir to none are harder to be borne than not to be beflounced with satins,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1867 - 520 Seiten
...POICTIEBS? 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... | |
 | Somniator (Oneiropolis, pseud.) - 1868 - 268 Seiten
...adventurers abroad, social speculator -es, lookers-out for good chances, who say in their secret hearts, Get place and wealth, — if possible, with grace ; If not, by any means get wealth and place ; that society is necessarily thrown into a defensive attitude to protect itself from a threatened... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1869 - 570 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 — " 1 [Warburton points that this line gives the 5 [Sir John Barnard, a quaker who joined the meaning... | |
 | John T. Watson - 1869 - 524 Seiten
...raises armies in a nation's aid, But bribes a Senate, and a land 's betray'd. POPE'S Moral Essat/i Get place and wealth, if possible, with grace, If not, by any means get wealth and place. POPE'S Moral To whom can riches give repute or trust, Content, or pleasure, but the good and just?... | |
 | Alfred Henderson - 1869 - 526 Seiten
...modo rem. HOR. Get money; by just means, if you can; if not, still get money. " Get wealth and power, if possible with grace, If not, by any means, get wealth and place." POPE. See " Quierenda" Remis velisque. — With oars and sails. " Tooth and nail." Repentt, tanquam... | |
 | 1869 - 534 Seiten
...mouth of a corrupt and unscrupulous 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. Again : — "My friend, get money; get a large estate, By honest means ; but get, at any... | |
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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~ 
