 Blest madman, who could every hour employ With something new to wish or to enjoy ! Railing and praising were his usual themes, And both, to show his judgment, in extremes^ So over violent or over civil That every man with him was God or Devil.  The Merry Monarch - Seite 207von W. H. Davenport Adams - 1885Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | John Dryden - 1852 - 378 Seiten
...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 spite... | |
 | Anthony Hamilton (Count), Charles II (King of England), Thomas Blount - 1853 - 568 Seiten
...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 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,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1853 - 716 Seiten
...vanity ; to a want of judgment and principle, not an excess of wit. FROM 16'4Э JOHN DRY OF*. , Begcar'd by fools, whom still he found too late, He had his jest, and they had his estate ; lie laugh'd himself from court, then sought relief Вт forming parties, but could ne'er be chief;... | |
 | John Dryden - 1854 - 324 Seiten
...So over violent, or over civil, That every man with him was God or Devil. In squandering wealth was his peculiar art ; Nothing went unrewarded but desert....sought relief By forming parties, but could ne'er be chief: * De Grammont, who knew Buckingham intimately, confirms in part the justice of this description.... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1854 - 338 Seiten
...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 jest, and they had his estate : He laugh'd himself from court, then sought relief By forming parties, but could ne'er be chief. Thus wicked... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 346 Seiten
...or Devil. In squand'ring wealth was his peculiar art : Nothmg went unrewarded but desert. Beggar d by fools, whom still he found too late ; He had his jest, but they had his estate. He laugh'd himself from court ; then sought relief By forming parties, but... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1855 - 570 Seiten
...squandering wealth was his peculiar art ; Nothing went unrewarded but desert. Beggared by fools, who still he found too late, He had his jest, and they...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... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1855 - 568 Seiten
...GEORGE VILLIERS, SECOND DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM. 65 Beggared by fools, who still he found too late, lie had his jest, and they had his estate. He laughed...sought relief By forming parties, but could ne'er be chief : For, spite of him, the weight of business fell On Absalom and wise Acliitophel : Thus, wicked... | |
 | John Dryden - 1856 - 592 Seiten
...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 jest, and they had his estate. Ho laugh'd himself from court, then sought relief 3y forming parties, but could ne'er be chief: For,... | |
 | John Seely Hart - 1857 - 394 Seiten
...over violent, or over civil, That every man with him was god or devil. 19* In squandering wealth was his peculiar art; Nothing went unrewarded but desert:...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... | |
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