 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, Thomas Park - 1808 - 374 Seiten
...or devil. In squandering wealth was his peculiar art ; Nothing went uurewarded, hut desert: Beggar'd by fools, whom still he found too late ; He had his jest, and they had his estate. He langh'd himself from Court; then sought relief By forming parties, but could ne'er be chief: For, spite... | |
 | Anthony Hamilton (Count) - 1809 - 344 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, spite... | |
 | Thomas Faulkner - 1810 - 514 Seiten
...squandering wealth, was his peculiar art, Nothing went unrewarded but desert. Beggar'd by fools, when still he found, too late He had his jest, and they had his estate." Pope, in " The Epistle to Lord Bathurst," thus alt ludes to his death : " In the worst inn's worst... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 536 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,... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 532 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 couit; then sought relief By forming parties, but could ne'er be chief: For, spite... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 410 Seiten
...or devil. In squandering wealth was his peculiar art ; Nothing went unrewarded, but desert : BeggarM 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,... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1821 - 474 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,... | |
 | 1822 - 314 Seiten
...god or deviK Nothing went unrewarded but desert: In squandering wealth was his peculiar art; 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... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1822 - 362 Seiten
...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,... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - 1824 - 406 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, spite... | |
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