 Grown all to all, from no one vice exempt; And most contemptible, to shun contempt; His passion still to covet gen'ral praise, His life, to forfeit it a thousand ways; A constant bounty which no friend has made; An angel tongue which no man can persuade...  The Beauties of England and Wales, Or, Delineations, Topographical ... - Page 371by John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees - 1801Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 546 pages
...and whore* ; Enough if all around him but admire, 190 And now the punk applaud, and now the friar* Thus with each gift of Nature and of Art, And wanting nothing but an honest heart ; t "« ;> all to all, from no one vice exempt ; 'i"i most contemptible, to shun contempt } His passion... | |
 | Biography - 1817 - 504 pages
...and whores ; Enough, if all around him but admire, And now the punk applaud, and now the fryer. Tbus with each gift of nature and of art, And wanting nothing...contemptible, to shun contempt ; His passion still, to covet gen'ral praise, His life, to forfeit it a thousand \vays ; A constant bounty, which no friend has made... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1812 - 348 pages
...the Second. Enough, if all around him but admire, 190 And now the punk applaud, and now the fryer. Thus with each gift of nature and of art, And wanting...vice exempt ; And most contemptible to shun contempt; 195 His passion still, to covet gen'ral praise, His life, to forfeit it a thousand ways ; A constant... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1817 - 496 pages
...punk, applaud, and now the fryer. Thus with each gift pf nature and of art, And wanting nothing hut an honest heart; Grown all to all, from no one vice exempt ; And most contemptihle, to shun contempt ; His passion still, to covet gen'ral praise, His life, to forfeit it... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - Essays - 1813 - 338 pages
...long ramble on Malvern Hills."» . > DN t < < < 7 In- 9mm of Ambition on tfjt ?{?ills of jftal&ern. Thus with each gift of nature and of art, And wanting...contempt; His passion still to covet general praise; h His life, to forfeit it a thousand ways; A constant bounty, which no friend has made; An angel tongue,... | |
 | Biography - 1817 - 490 pages
...admire, With the same spirit that he drinks and whores"; And now the punk applaud, and now the fryer. Thus with each gift of nature and of art, And wanting...contemptible, to shun contempt; His passion still, to covet gen'ral praise, His life, to forfeit it a thousand ways ; An angel tongue, which no man can persuade... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1817 - 490 pages
...now the ptmk applaud, and now the 'fryer. Thus with each gift ot nature and of art, • i• 'Iffo! And wanting nothing but an honest heart ; • .;•? Grown all to all, from no one vice cxem.pt ; . . > ,r And most contemptible, $o shun contempt } . ( (i n..j His passion still, to covet... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1849 - 638 pages
...spirit that he drioks and whores . Enough if all around him hut admire, I'.iJ i:" MORAL ESSAYS. V, His passion still, to covet general praise; His life, to forfeit it a thousand ways; A constant hounty, which no friend has made ; An angel tongue, which no man can persuade; A fool, with more of... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1854 - 580 pages
...drinks and whores ; Enough if all around him but admire, And now the punk applaud, and now the friar. Thus with each gift of nature and of art, And wanting...which no friend has made ; An angel tongue, which no one can persuade ; A fool, with more of wit than half mankind, Too rash for thought, for action too... | |
 | 1854 - 718 pages
...Pope. They suit his delight in contrast and antithesis. One of the most finished is that of Wharton. ' Thus with each gift of nature and of art, And wanting...contemptible, to shun contempt ; His Passion still, to covet gen'ral praise, His Life, to forfeit it a thousand ways ; A constant Bounty, which no friend has made... | |
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