...praising were his usual themes, And both, to show his judgment, in extremes. In squandering wealth was his peculiar art, Nothing went unrewarded but desert...court, then sought relief By forming parties, but could not be chief. For, spite of him, the weight of business fell On Absalom and wise Achitophel ; Thus...

...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." The finest...

...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 often turned into a grace in these poets, and may be in others, by the power of...

...Devil. In squandering wealth was his peculiar art : Nothing went unrewarded hut desert. Beggar'd hy fools, whom still he found too late ( He had his jest and they had his estate, [relief He laugh'd himself from court ; then sought By forming parties, hut could ne'er ho chief :...

...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." The finest skill of the satirist was shown in hi» choice of the vulnerable points of character....

...extremes. 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...

...extremes : 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...

...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. DRYDEX. J2S.n (Englis^ |)tasatrf. To pomp and pageantry in nought allied, A noble peasant, Isaac Ashford,...

...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; For, spite of him, the weight of business fell On Absalom and wise Achitophel ; Thus, wicked...

...who could every hour employ With something new to wish or to enjoy ! ***** In squandering wealth was his peculiar art ; Nothing went unrewarded but desert....too late, He had his jest, and they had his estate." Gates, the chief witness in the Popish plot of 1680, is the object of a long rolling fire of invectives,...