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" Speak thou whose thoughts at humble peace repine, Shall Wolsey's wealth, with Wolsey's end, be thine ? Or liv'st thou now, with safer pride content, The wisest justice on the banks of Trent ? For why did Wolsey, near the steeps of fate, On weak foundations... "
Bell's Classical Arrangement of Fugitive Poetry - Page 26
by John Bell - 1789
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The history of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia. The vision of Theodore. The ...

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 560 pages
...did Wolfey near the fteeps of fate, On Weak foundations raife th' enormous weight ? Why but to fink beneath misfortune's blow, With louder ruin to the gulphs below ? What * gave great Villiers to th' afiafiin's knife, And fix'd difeafe on Harley's clofing life ? What murder'd Wentworth, and what exil'd...
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The history of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia. The vision of Theodore. The ...

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 534 pages
...did Wolfey near the fteeps of fate, On weak foundations raife th' enormous weight ? Why but to fink beneath misfortune's blow, With louder ruin to the gulphs below ? What * gave great Villiers- to th' afiafiin's knife, And fix'd difeafe on Harley's clofmg life ? What murder'd Wentworth, and what exil'd...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Tales and visions: The history of ...

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - English literature - 1787 - 546 pages
...did Wolfey near the fteeps of fate, On weak foundations raife th' enormous weight ? Why but to fink beneath misfortune's blow, With louder ruin to the gulphs below ? What * gave great Vilfoers to th' aflaffin's knife, And fix'd difeafe on Harley's clofing life ? What murder'd Wentworth,...
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The Poetical Works of Samuel Johnson, ..

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1789 - 248 pages
...did Wolfey near the ftceps of fate-, On weak foundations raife th' enormous weight? Why but to fink beneath misfortune's blow, With louder ruin to the gulphs below ? What * gave great Villiers to th' aflaflln's knife, And fix'd difeafe on Harley's clofing life F What murder'd Wentworth, and what exil'd...
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The works of the English poets. With prefaces, biographical and ..., Volume 72

English poets - 1790 - 370 pages
...did Wolfey near the Heeps of fate, On weak foundations raife th' enormous weight ? Why but to fink beneath misfortune's blow, With louder ruin to the gulphs below ? What * gave great Villiers to th' affaffin's knife, And fix'd difeafe on Harley's clofmg life? What murder'd Wentwerth, and what exil'd...
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Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Pieces of Poetry, Selected for ...

Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1796 - 574 pages
...did Wo'tcy, near the ftecps of tue, On weak foundations raife th' enormous weight? Why but to fink, beneath misfortune's blow, With louder ruin to the gulphs below ? What § gave great Villiers to th' aflaifin's knife, And fix'd difeale on Harlcy's doling life? What murder'd Wentworth, and what exil'd...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.

Samuel Johnson - Biography - 1801 - 422 pages
...did Wolfey, near the fteeps of fate^ On weak foundations raife th' enormous weight ? Why but to fink beneath misfortune's blow, With louder ruin to the gulphs below ? * What gave great Villiers to th' aflaflin's knife, And fix'd difeafe on Harley's dofing life ? What murder 'd Wentworth, and what exil'd...
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Life. Poems. Irene, a tragedy

Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 416 pages
...did Wolfey, near the fteeps of fate, On weak foundations raife th' enormous weight ? Why but to fink beneath misfortune's blow, With louder ruin to the gulphs below ? * W'hat gave great Villiers to th' affaffin's knife, And fix'd difeafe on Harley's dofing life ? What murder'd Wentworth, and what exil'd...
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The Poetical Works ...: With the Life of the Author

Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1805 - 238 pages
...Shall Wolsey's wealth, with Wolsey's end, be thine ? Or liv'st thou now, with safer pride content,The wisest justice on the banks of Trent ? •For why...to the gulphs below ? What gave great Villiers to the assassin's knife, And fix'd disease on Harley's closing life ? What murder'd Wentworth, and what...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1806 - 328 pages
...Speak thou, whose thoughts at humble peace repine, Shall Wolsey's wealth, with Wolsey's end.be thine? Or liv'st thou now, with safer pride content, The...foundations raise th' enormous weight? Why but to seek beneath misfortune's blow, With louder ruin to the gulphs below? * What gave great Villiers to...
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