 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1722 - 294 pages
...wealth, and eafe, Sprung the rank weed, and thriv'd with large increafe;. When Love was all an eafy Monarch's care ; Seldom at council, never in a war : Jilts rul'd the ftate, and ftatefmen farces writ ; Nay wits had penfions, and young Lords had wit — The fair fate... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1751 - 236 pages
...wealth, and eafe, 535 Sprung the rank weed, and thriv'd with large increafe : When love was all an eafy Monarch's care ; Seldom at council, never in a war : Jilts rul'd the ftate, and ftatefmen farces writ ; Nay wits had penfions, and young Lords had wit : The Fair fate panting... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English literature - 1751 - 240 pages
...eafe, 535 Sprung the rank weed, and thriv'd with large increafe : • ; - *J When love was all an eafy Monarch's care ; Seldom at council, never in a war : Jilts rul'd the flate, and ftatefmen farces writ ; : Nay wits had penfions, and young Lords had wit : The Fair fate... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1754 - 264 pages
...wealth, and eafe, 53; Sprung the rank weed, and thriv'd with large increafe: When love was all an eafy Monarch's care; Seldom at council, never in a war: Jilts rul'd the ftate, and ftatefinen farces writ; Nay wits had penfions, and young Lords had wit: •The Fair fate... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English literature - 1760 - 314 pages
...fubject of the third and laft divifion, which is, on the Morals of the Critic, When love was all an eafy Monarch's care ', Seldom at council, never in a war : Jilts rul'd the ftate, and ftatefmen farce's writ : Nay wits had penfions, and young Lords had wit f The Fair fate... | |
 | William Harris - Great Britain - 1766 - 418 pages
...eafe, * Sprungthe rank weed,and thriv'd with large increafe j • When "' When love was all an eafy monarch's care-; ' Seldom at council, never in a war : * Jilts rul'd the ftate, and ilatefmen farces writ ; * Nay, wits had penfions, and young lords had wit : ' The fair fat... | |
 | John Bell - English poetry - 1796 - 524 pages
...Sprang the rank weed, and thriv'd with large increase; When love was all an easy monarch's care, 536 Seldom at council, never in a war ; Jilts rul'd the...had wit; The fair sat panting at a courtier's play, . 540 And not a mask went unimprov'd away ; The modest fan was lifted up no more, And virgins smil'd... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 1164 pages
...wealth, and eaf^ Sprang the rank weed, and thriv'd with large increafe : When love was all an eafy Monarch's care ; Seldom at council, never in a war : Jilts rul'd the ftate, and ftatefirlen farces writ ; Nay wits had penf:ons, and young lords had wit : The Fair fat... | |
 | Christopher Smart - 1791 - 282 pages
...pleafure, wealth and eafe, Sprung the rank weed, and thriv'd with large increafe; When love was all an eafy monarch's care, Seldom at council, never in a war : Jilts rul'd the ftate, and ftatefmen farces writ ; Nay wits had penfions and young lords had wit : The fair fate panting... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1804 - 236 pages
...Sprang the rank weed, and thriv'd with large increase : When love was all an easy monarch's care, 536 Seldom at council, never in a war, Jilts rul'd the...had wit ; The fair sat panting at a courtier's play, 5W And not a mask went unimprov'd away ; The modest fan was lifted up no more, And virgins smil'd at... | |
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Though wit and art conspire to move your mind ; But dulness with obscenity must prove As shameful sure as impotence in love. In the fat age of pleasure, wealth, and ease, Sprang the rank weed, and thrived with large increase: When love was all an easy... 
