 | Charles Henry Wilson - Anecdotes - 1804 - 428 pages
...• . Let him that will, ascend the tott'ring seat Of courtly grandeur, and become as great As are his mounting wishes; as for me, Let sweet repose and...obscure recess ; a sphere Out of the road of business and of fear $ Let not my name be known ev'n to The grandees of the times, toss'd to and fro By censures... | |
 | Sir Matthew Hale - Christianity - 1805 - 640 pages
...moritur sibi. Let him that will ascend the tottering sfat Of courtly grandeur, and become as great As are his mounting wishes : As for me, Let sweet repose...road of business, or the fear Of falling lower; where 1 sweetly may Myself and dear retirement still enjoy : Let not my life or name be known unto The grandees... | |
 | Sir Matthew Hale - Theology - 1805 - 562 pages
...moritur sill. Let him that will ascend the tottering seat Of courtly grandeur, and become as great As are his mounting wishes : As for me. Let sweet repose and rest my portion be. Give me some mean ol-scure recess ; a sphere Out of the road of business, or the fear Of falling lower ; where I sweetly... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - Great Britain - 1816 - 536 pages
...sibi. * Let him that will, ascend the tottering seat Of courtly grandeur, and become as great As are his mounting wishes. As for me, Let sweet repose and...enjoy. Let not my life, or name, be known unto The ( ? high ) grandees of time ; tost to and fro By censures, or applause : but let my age Slide gently... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - Great Britain - 1816 - 532 pages
...sibi. ' Let him that will, ascend the tottering seat Of courtly grandeur,.and become as great As are his mounting wishes. As for me, Let sweet repose and...enjoy. Let not my life, or name, be known unto The (? high) grandees of time; tost to and fro By censures, or applause: but let my age Slide gently by,... | |
 | Sir Matthew Hale - Conduct of life - 1816 - 232 pages
...Thyestes. Let him, that will, ascend the tottering seat Of courtly grandeur, and become as great As are his mounting wishes : as for me, Let sweet repose...sweetly may Myself and dear retirement still enjoy i Let not my life or name be known unto The grandees of the time, tost to and fro By censures or applause;... | |
 | Matthew Hale - Conduct of life - 1817 - 236 pages
...Thyestes. Let him, that will, ascend the tottering seat Of courtly grandeur, and become as great As are his mounting wishes : as for me, Let sweet repose...still enjoy. Let not my life or name be known unto The grandees of the time, tost to and fro By censures or applause ; but let my age Slide gently by, not... | |
 | Matthew Hale - Conduct of life - 1817 - 240 pages
...Thyestes. Let him,'that will, ascend the tottering seat Of courtly grandeur, and become as great As are his mounting wishes: as for me. Let sweet repose and rest my portion be. Give me seme mean obscure recess; a sphere Out of the road of business, or the fear Of falling lower; where... | |
 | Christian biography - 1818 - 606 pages
...moritur sibi. Let him that will ascend the tottering seat Of courtly grandeur, and become as great As are his mounting wishes : As for me, Let sweet repose...me some mean obscure recess ; a sphere Out of the coad of business, or the fear Of falling lower ; where I sweetly may Myself and dear retirement still... | |
 | Gilbert Burnet (bp. of Salisbury.) - 1820 - 296 pages
...sibi." Let him that will, ascend the tottering seat Of courtly grandeur, and become as great As are his mounting wishes : as for me, Let sweet repose...sweetly may Myself and dear retirement still enjoy : H Let not my life or name be known unto The grandees of the time, toss'd to and fro By censures or... | |
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Let him that will, ascend the tottering seat Of courtly grandeur, and become as great As are his mounting wishes : as for me, Let sweet repose and rest my portion be. Give me some mean, obscure recess ; a sphere Out of the road of business, or the fear... 
