 Bartering his venal wit for sums of gold, He cast himself into the saint-like mould; Groan'd, sigh'd, and pray'd, while godliness was gain, The loudest bagpipe of the squeaking train.  The Life of John Locke - Page 137by Henry Richard Fox Bourne - 1876 - 506 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Dryden - English poetry - 1869 - 570 pages
...ere a man : So young his hatred to his prince began. Next this, (how wildly will ambition stosr ! ) A vermin wriggling in the Usurper's ear. Bartering...mould ; Groan'd, sigh'd, and pray'd. while godliness \vas gain, The loudest bagpipe of the squeaking train. Bat, as 'tis hard to che<fi a jugglec's eyes,... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - English literature - 1871 - 572 pages
...face, Could it have formed his ever-changing will, M The various piece had tired the graver's skill ! A martial hero first, with early care, Blown, like...of gold, He cast himself into the saint-like mould, Groaned, sighed, and prayed, while godliness was gain, The loudest bag-pipe of the squeaking train.'... | |
 | John Dryden - English poetry - 1897 - 764 pages
...man, So young his hatred to his Prince began.* • Next this, (how wildly will ambition steer !) 30 A vermin wriggling in the usurper's ear, Bartering...of gold, He cast himself into the saint-like mould ;t * Shaftcibury had begun on the King's side. In 1643, when he was already twenty-two, he railed a... | |
 | Hippolyte Adolphe Taine - 1871 - 570 pages
...rebel ere a man, So young his hatred to his Prince began. Next this, (how wildly will ambition steer !) A vermin wriggling in the usurper's ear ; Bartering...of gold, He cast himself into the saint-like mould, Groaned, sighed, and prayed, while godliness was gain, The loudest bag-pipe of the squeaking train.'... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1871 - 604 pages
...canted, and sought the Lord with the best of them : — ' Next this — how wildly will ambition steer ! A vermin wriggling in the usurper's ear. Bartering...of gold, He cast himself into the saint-like mould : Groaned, sighed, and prayed, while godliness was gain, The loudest bag-pipe of the squeaking train.'... | |
 | 1871 - 650 pages
...canted, and sought the Lord with the best of them : — ' Next this — how wildly will ambition steer ! A vermin- wriggling in the usurper's ear. Bartering...of gold, He cast himself into the saint-like mould : Groaned, sighed, and prayed, while godliness was gain, The loudest bag-pipe of the squeaking tram.'... | |
 | William Dougal Christie - Great Britain - 1871 - 652 pages
...rebel ere a man, So young his hatred to his Prince began. Next this, (how wildly will ambitiou steer I) A vermin wriggling in the usurper's ear. Bartering...of gold, He cast himself into the saint-like mould ; Groaned, sighed, and prayed, while godliness was gain, The loudest bagpipe of the squeaking train.... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - English literature - 1871 - 586 pages
...rebel ere a man, So young his hatred to his Prince began. Next this, (how wildly will ambition steer!) A vermin wriggling in the usurper's ear ; Bartering...of gold, He cast himself into the saint-like mould, Groaned, sighed, and prayed, while godliness was gain, The loudest bag-pipe of the squeaking train.'... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1871 - 604 pages
...canted, and sought the Lord with the best of them : — ' Next this — how wildly will ambition steer ! A vermin wriggling in the usurper's ear. Bartering...venal wit for sums of gold, He cast himself into the saint-liko mould : Groaned, sighed, and prayed, while godliness was gain, The loadest bag-pipe of the... | |
 | William Dougal Christie - Great Britain - 1871 - 512 pages
...concerns the charge against Cooper of selling himself to Cromwell, downright misrepresentation : " Bartering his venal wit for sums of gold, He cast himself into the saint-like mould : Groaned, sighed, and prayed while godliness was gain, The loudest bagpipe of th« squeaking train."... | |
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