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" He laughed himself from Court ; then sought relief By forming parties, but could ne'er be chief : For spite of him, the weight of business fell On Absalom and wise Achitophel ; Thus wicked but in will, of means bereft, He left not faction, but of that... "
The Poetical Works of John Dryden - Page 105
by John Dryden - 1900 - 559 pages
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Waldie's Select Circulating Library, Volume 15

Literature - 1841 - 500 pages
...or devil. In squandering wealth was his peculiar art, Nothing went unrewarded but desert; Beggar'd by fools, whom still he found too late, He had his...relief, By forming parties, but could ne'er be chief. Thus wicked but in will, of means bereft, He left not faction, but of that was left." Jlbialom and...
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Specimens of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical Notices, and ...

Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1841 - 844 pages
...Begjtar'd by fools, whom still he found too late ; He liad his jest, and they had his estate. He langh'd himself from court, then sought relief By forming...chief ; For spite of him the weight of business fell On Absalom and wise Achitophel : Thus, wicked but in will, of means bereft, He left not faction, but...
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The United States Magazine and Democratic Review, Volume 11

United States - 1842 - 712 pages
...or Devil. In squandering wealth was his peculiar art, Nothing went unrewarded but desert. Begcar'd by fools, whom still he found too late, He had his...himself from court; then sought relief By forming parlies, but could ne'er bo chief; For eplte of him the weight of business fell On Absalom and wise...
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Environs of London: Western Division

John Fisher Murray - London (England) - 1842 - 322 pages
...or devil. In squandering wealth was his peculiar art, Nothing went unrewarded but desert. Bcggar'd by fools, whom still he found too late, He had his jest, and they had his estate. He laugh'd himself from court, then sought relief By forming parties, but could ne'er be chief, For spite...
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Chronicles of Fashion: From the Time of Elizabeth to the Early ..., Volume 1

Elizabeth Stone - England - 1845 - 484 pages
...or devil ; In squand'ring wealth was his peculiar art ; Nothing went unrewarded but desert. Beggar'd by fools, whom still he found too late ; He had his jest, and they had his estate. He laugh'd himself from Court ; then sought relief By forming parties, but could ne'er be chief : For,...
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Imagination and Fancy: Or, Selections from the English Poets, Illustrative ...

Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1845 - 278 pages
...or devil. In squandering wealth was his peculiar art; JVothing went unrewarded^but desert. Beggar'd by fools, whom still he found too late, He had his jest, and they had his estate. Inversion itself was ofien turned into a grace in these poets, and maybe in others, by the power of...
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Imagination and fancy; or Selections from the English poets, with critical ...

Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 372 pages
...over civil, In squandering wealth was his peculiar art; Nothing went unrewarded, but desert. Beggar'd by fools, whom still he found too late, He had his jest, and they had his estate. Inversion itself was often turned into a grace in these poets, and may be in others, by the power of...
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Imagination and Fancy: Or, Selections from the English Poets, Illustrative ...

Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1845 - 280 pages
...or devil. In squandering wealth was his peculiar art; JVothing went unrewarded, but desert. Beggar'd by fools, whom still he found too late, He had his jest, and they had his estate. Inversion itself was ofien turned into a grace in these poets, and may be in others, by the power of...
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Memoirs of the Court of Charles the Second, Volume 1

Anthony Hamilton (Count), Charles II (King of England), Thomas Blount - Gramont, Philibert, comte de, 1621-1707 - 1846 - 562 pages
...Beggar'd by fools, whom still he fonnd too late ; He had his jest, and they had his estate : He laugh'd himself from court, then sought relief By forming...chief ; For, spite of him, the weight of business fell On Absalom and wise Achitophel : Thus wicked but in will, of means bereft, He left not faction, but...
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Wit and Humour, Selected from the English Poets: With an Illustrative Essay ...

Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1846 - 386 pages
...Beggar'd by fools whom still he found too late, He had his jest, and they had his estate. He laugh'd himself from court; then sought relief By forming...chief : For spite of him the weight of business fell On Absalom and false Achitophel. Thus, wicked but in will, of means bereft, He left not faction, but...
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