| Abraham Cowley - 1772 - 228 pages
...part, which I here fet down (if a very little were corrected), I mould hardly now be much afhamed. This only grant me, that my means- may lie Too low for envy, for contempt too high. K 2 Some Some honour I would have, Not from great deeds, but good alone ; The unknown are better, than'... | |
| Abraham Cowley - English essays - 1772 - 228 pages
...which I here fet down (if a very little were correfted), I fhould hardly now be much afhamed. 9This only grant me, that my means may lie Too low for envy, for contempt too high. , K z Some Some honour I would have, Not from great deeds, but good alone; The unknown are better,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 514 pages
...part, which I here fet down (if a very little were correfted) I fhould hardly now be much afhamed. This only grant me, that my means may lie Too low for envy, for contempt too high. Some honour I would have, Not from great deeds,, but good alone ; Th' unknown are better than ill knowa i Rumour... | |
| English poets - 1790 - 296 pages
...Fortune, now ! And chines of beef innumerable fend me, Or from the ftomach of the guard defend me. This only grant me, that my means may lie Too low for envy, for contempt too high. Some honour I would have, Not from great deeds, but good alone ; Th' unknown are better than ill-known ; Rumour... | |
| Robert Anderson - English poetry - 1795 - 740 pages
...! now, And chines of beef innumerable fend me, Or from the ftomach of the guard defend me. ix. , / This only grant me, that my means may lie / Too low for envy, for contempt too high. Some honour I would have, Not from great deed*, but good alone : Th' unknown are better than ill known : Rumour... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1800 - 842 pages
...this part, which I here fet down (if a very little Bft corrected) I fhould hardly now be much amamed. This only grant me, that my means may lie Too low for envy, for contempt too high. Some honour I would have, Not from great deeds, but good alone ; •Th' unknown arc better than ill known : Rumour... | |
| Abraham Cowley - English literature - 1806 - 290 pages
...part, which I here set down (if a very little were corrected), I should hardly now be much ashamed. This only grant me, that my means may lie Too low for envy, for contempt too high. Some honour I would have, Not from great deeds, but good alone ; Th' unknown are better than ill known : Rumour... | |
| George Burnett - 1807 - 556 pages
...which I here set down (if a very little were corrected), I should. hardly now be much ashamed, 9. i This only grant me, that my means may lie Too low for envy, for contempt too high, Some honour I would have, Not from great deeds, but good alone ; Th' unknown are better than ill knownf Rumour... | |
| George Burnett - Authors, English - 1807 - 548 pages
...part which I here set down (if a very little were corrected), I should hardly now be much ashamed. 9. This only grant me, that my means may lie Too low for envy, for contempt too high. Some honour I would have, Not from great deeds, but good alone ; Th' unknown are better than ill known. Rumour... | |
| George Burnett - Authors, English - 1807 - 1152 pages
...which I here set down (if a very little were corrected), I should hardly now be much ashamed, 9This only grant me, that my means may lie Too low for envy, for contempt too high. Some honour I would have, Jsot from great deeds, but good alone ; Tb.' unknown are better than ill known. Rumour... | |
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