 | English periodicals - 1836 - 726 pages
...Pope) the scorn and wonder of our days, Whose ruling passion was a lust of praise; Born with whate'er could win it from the wise ; Women and fools must like him, or he dies. Though raptured senates hung on all he spoke, /•\ \*f* The club must hail him master of the joke. /) MJ... | |
 | Thomas Cogswell Upham - Intellect - 1837 - 510 pages
...the scorn and wonder of our days, "Whose ruling passion was the LUST OF PRAISE. "Born with what'er could win it from the wise, "Women and fools must like him, or he dies. The inordinate exercise of this propensity, as is correctly intimated by Mr. Stewart, tends to disorganize... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1839 - 510 pages
...the scorn and wonder of our days, Whose ruling passion was the lust of praise : Born with whate'er below." [know), The only point where human bliss stands still, i He'll shine a Tully and a Wilmot too. Then turns repentant, and his Uod adores With the same spirit... | |
 | Thomas Cogswell Upham - Mental efficiency - 1840 - 420 pages
...Wharton, the scorn and wonder of our days, Whose ruling passion was the LUST or PRAISE. Born with whate'er could win it from -the wise, Women and fools must like him, or he dies." § 199. Further explanatory remarks on this subject. The inordinate exercise of this propensity, as... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1841 - 840 pages
...Wharlon, the scorn and wonder of our days. Whose ruling passion was the lust of praise; Bom with whate'er finish'd thus for harm« Adjusts her habit, practises...With blushes glows, or shines with lively smiles, nt nothing new ? He 'II shine n Tully and a Wilmot too. Then turns repentant, and his God adores With... | |
 | Thomas Cogswell Upham - Intellect - 1841 - 512 pages
...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." The inordinate exercise of this propensity, as is correctly intimated by Mr. Stewart, tends to disorganize... | |
 | Robert Plumer Ward - England - 1841 - 304 pages
...whether in public or private, and he exemplified what was said of Wharton :— * " Though listening senates hung on all he spoke, The club must hail him master of the joke." This versatility and this vehemence, conjoined, were, however, next to his imprudence, his greatest... | |
 | John Close - 1842 - 290 pages
...the scorn and wonder of our dayi, Whose ruling passion was the lust of praise ; Born with whate'er could win it from the wise, Women and fools must like...various aim at nothing new ? He'll shine a Tully and a JVtlmot too ; Then turns repentant and his God adores. With the same spirit that he drinks and whores.... | |
 | Thomas Cogswell Upham - Intellect - 1842 - 516 pages
...barton, the scorn and wonder of our days, Whose ruling passion was ihe LUST OF PRAISE. Born with whate'er could win it from the wise, Women and fools must like him, or he dies." The inordinate exercise of this propensity, as is correctly intimated by Mr. Stewart, tends to disorganize... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1843 - 830 pages
...the scorn and wonder of our days, Whose ruling passion was the lust of praise ; Born with whate'er ? He 'l1 shine a Tully and a Wilmot too. Then turns repentant, and his God adores With the same spirit... | |
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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... 
