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" Wharton, the scorn and wonder of our days, Whose ruling passion was the lust of praise: Born with whate'er could win it from the wise, Women and fools must like him or he dies; Though wondering senates hung on all he spoke, The club must hail him master... "
Poetical Works: To which is Prefixed a Life of the Author - Page 278
by Alexander Pope - 1860
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 3

Alexander Pope - 1822 - 370 pages
...the strength of the passian had destroyed all the delicacy of the sensation. W. Born with whate'er could win it from the Wise, Women and Fools must like him, or he dies ; Tho' wondring Senates hung on all he spoke, The Club must hail him master of the joke. 185 Shall...
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 3

Alexander Pope - 1822 - 372 pages
...the strength of the passion had destroyed all the delicacy of the sensation. W. Born with whate'er could win it from the Wise, Women and Fools must like him, or he dies ; Tho' wondring Senates hung on all he spoke, The Club must hail him master of the joke. 185 Shall...
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The Works of Alexander Pope: Esq. with Notes and Illustrations by ..., Volume 5

Alexander Pope - English literature - 1824 - 424 pages
...scorn and wonder of our days, 180 Whose Ruling Passion was the lust of praise : Born with whate'er could win it from the wise, Women and fools must like him, or he dies ; Tho' wond"ring senates hung on all he spoke, The club must hail him master of the joke. 185 Shall...
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The Works of Alexander Pope: Esq. with Notes and Illustrations by ..., Volume 5

Alexander Pope - English literature - 1824 - 430 pages
...with whate'er could win it from the wise, Women and fools must like him, or he dies ; Tho' wond'ring senates hung on all he spoke, The club must hail him master of the joke. 185 Shall parts so various aim at nothing new ? He'll shine a Tully and a Wilmot too. Then turns repentant,...
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The Works of Alexander Popekesq., with Notes and Illustrations by ..., Volume 5

Alexander Pope - 1824 - 422 pages
...scorn and wonder of our days, 180 Whose Ruling Passion was the lust of praise : Born with whate'er could win it from the wise, Women and fools must like him, or he dies ; Tho' wond'ring senates hung on all he spoke, The club must hail him master of the joke. 185 Shall...
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The Poetical Works of Alex. Pope: With a Sketch of the Author's Life

Alexander Pope - 1825 - 536 pages
...scorn and wonder of our days, l в9 Whose ruling passion was the lust of praise ; Born with whate'er could win it from the wise, Women and fools must like...and a Wilmot too : Then turns repentant, and his God adoree With the same spirit that he drinks and whores ; Enough if all around him but admire, 190 And...
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The British anthology; or, Poetical library, Volumes 3-4

British anthology - 1825 - 460 pages
...the scorn and wonder of our days, Whose ruling passion was the lust of praise : Born with whate'er could win it from the wise, Women and fools must like...the joke. Shall parts so various aim at nothing new ? He 'll shine a Tully and a Wilmot too : Then turns repentant, and his God adores With the same spirit...
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Select Poets of Great Britain: To which are Prefixed, Criticial Notices of ...

William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1825 - 600 pages
...Whose ruling passion was the lust of praise : Bom with whate'er eould win it from the wis:, M'omen elub must hail him master of the joke. •Shall parts so various aim at nothing new ? He'll shine a...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope ...: To which is Prefixed the Life of ...

Alexander Pope - 1826 - 396 pages
...scorn and wonder of our days, ISO Whose ruling passion was the lust of praise ; Born with whate'er ON. SIMON HARCOURT, Only Son of the Lord Chancellor...Stanton-uarcourt, in Oxfordshire, 1720 To this sad sbrine, wh piaster of the joke. Shall parts so various aim at nothing new? He'll shine a Tully and a Wilmot too...
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The Plain Speaker: Opinions on Books, Men, and Things, Volume 1

William Hazlitt - Aesthetics - 1826 - 488 pages
...beauty in the other sex, and the same character is attributed to Wharton by Pope : " Though listening senates hung on all he spoke, The club must hail him master of the joke." Players are for going into the church — officers in the army turn players. For myself, do what I...
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