 | Alexander Pope - English literature - 1751 - 274 pages
...be relieved ; but none, that Want witb a full purfe ever can. Cutler faw tenants break, and houfes fall, For very want ; he could not build a wall. % His only daughter in a ftranger's pow'r, 325 For very want ; he could not pay a dow'r. ' A few grey hairs his rev'rend temples... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1751 - 272 pages
...be relieved ; but none, that Want with a full purfe ever can. Cutler faw tenants break, and houfes fall, For very want ; he could not build a wall. His only daughter in a ftranger's pow'r, 325 For very want ; he could not pay a dow'r. A few grey hairs his rev'rend temples... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1752 - 378 pages
...two things they principally kvid and 262 MORAL ESSAYS, Ep.IIL Cutler faw tenants break, and houfes fall, For very want ; he could not build a wall. His only daughter in a Granger's pow'r, 325 For very want ; he could not pay a dow'r. A few grey heirs his rev'rend temples... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English literature - 1757 - 234 pages
...was confefs'd, Arife, and tell me, was thy death more blefs'd ? Cutler faw tenants break, and houies fall, For very want ; he could not build a wall. His only daughter in a ftranger's pow'r, 325 For very want ; he could not pay a dow'r. A few grey hairs his rev'rend temples... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1767 - 288 pages
...was confefs'd, Arife, and tell me, was thy death more blefs'd ? Cutler faw tenants break, and houfes fall, For very want; he could not build a wall. His only daughter in a ftranger's pow'r, For very want ; he could not pay a dow'r. A few grey hairs his rev'rend temples crown'd,... | |
 | John Bell - English poetry - 1796 - 524 pages
...gone !" Resolve me, Reason, wh5ch of these is worse, Want with a full, or with an empty purse ? 320 Thy life more wretched. Cutler, was confess'd; Arise, and tell me, was thy death more bless' d? Cutler saw tenants break, and houses fall, For very want : lie could trot build a wall. ^lis... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1778 - 410 pages
...was confefs'd, Arife, and tell me, was thy death more blef&'d ? Cutler faw tenants break, and houfes fall, For very want ; he could not build a wall. His only daughter in a ftranger's pow'r, 325 For very want ; he could not pay a dow'r. A few grey hairs his rev'rend temples... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 392 pages
...was confefs'd, Arife, and tell me, was thy death more blefs'd ? Cutler faw tenants break, and houfes fall, For very want ; he could not build a wall. His only daughter in a ftranger's power, 3ยป5 For very want ; he could not pay a dower. A few gray hairs his reverend temples... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1787 - 396 pages
...was confefs'd, Arife, and tell me, was thy death more blefs'd ? Cutler faw tenants break, and houfes fall, For very want; he could not build a wall. His only daughter in a ftranger's pow'r, 32^ For very want ; he could not pay a dow'r. A few grey hairs his rev'rend temples... | |
 | Thomas Pennant - London (England) - 1790 - 556 pages
...blefi'd ' * Sur-vaie, 476, 499. t Stryfc's Stew, i. book ip zSg. Cutler faw tenants break, and houfes fall ; For very want he could not build a wall. His only daughter in a ilranger's power * ; for very want he could not pay a dower. A few grey hairs his rev'rend temples... | |
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Like you, Sir John ? That I can do, when all I have is gone." Resolve me, Reason, which of these is worse, Want with a full, or with an empty purse... 
