| Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 508 σελίδες
...fame. How Inv'd, how honour'd once, avails thee not, To whom related, or by whom begot ; Ah;;ap of dui) alone remains of thee, 'Tis all thou art, and all the proud íhall be ! P II OI, OGUE 3 M K. ADDJSOX'3 TRAGEDY OF C AT O. wake the foul by tender ftrokes of art»... | |
| Svenska akademien - 1920 - 798 σελίδες
...Skriften fants sammansatt i en svulstig stil utan mognad och styrka i tankarne. N:o 2 med valspråk All fame is foreign, but of true desert Plays round the head, but comes not to the heart Svenskan syntes ren, inga betydliga fel i tankarne, men tillika saknades all oratorisk styrka och uphöjning.... | |
| 1869
...life should hear the poet's address to one who was once what they now are:— " How loved, how valued once, avails thee not, To whom related, or by whom...: 'Tis all thou art, and all the proud shall be." May we not all profit by the solemn appeal of the dead to the living, whether couched in the quaint... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1802 - 170 σελίδες
...pleas'd with favours giv'n ; Most surely this is Wisdom's part ; This is that incense of the heart, All fame is foreign, but of true desert; Plays round the head, but comes not to the heart j One self-approving hour whole years outweighs Of stupid starers, and of loud huzzas ; And more true... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1804 - 230 σελίδες
...without a stone, a name, What once had beauty, titles, wealth, and fame. 70 How lov'd, how honour'd once avails thee not. To whom related, or by whom...thee ; 'Tis all thou art, and all the proud shall be ! Poets themselves must fall like those they sung, 7S Deaf the prais'd ear, and mute the tuneful tongue.... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1804 - 218 σελίδες
...from the grave; When what t' oblivion better were resign'd Is hung on high, to poison half mankind. All fame is foreign but of true desert, Plays round...hour whole years outweighs Of stupid starers and of loud huzzas; And more true joy Marcellus exil'd feels Than Caesar with a senate at his heels. In parts... | |
| E. Tomkins - 1804 - 416 σελίδες
...a uainc, What once had beauty, titles, wealth, and fuuie. How lov'd, how honaur'd once, avails thcc not. To whom related, or by whom begot; A heap of dust alone remains of thee; Tis all tliou art, and all the proud shall be! Poets themselves must fall, like those they aiing, Deaf the... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1805 - 350 σελίδες
...hermitage. 5. The fifth species of English Iambic, consists of five Iambuses. Hot lov'd, Low valii'd once, avails thee not, To whom related, or by whom...thee ; 'Tis all thou art, and all the proud shall be. Be vilse to-day, 'tis madness to de r er ; • Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on, till... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1805 - 350 σελίδες
...fifth species of English Iambic, consists of JiveIambuses. How lov'd, how valu'd 6ace, a alls thes not, To whom related, or by whom begot : A heap of...thee ; 'Tis all thou art, and all the proud shall be. Be vuse to^ay,'u-;m|inesst6 de'ei- ; Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on, till wisdom... | |
| British poetical miscellany - 1805 - 262 σελίδες
...refts, without a (tone, a name, \Vhat once had beauty, titles, wealth, and fame. How lov'd, how honour'd once, avails thee not, To whom related, or by whom begot; A heap of duft alone remains of thee, 'Tis all thou art, and all the proud fliall be! Poets themfelves muft fall... | |
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