 | Scotland - 1882 - 858 pages
...that matter, were their neighbours in Mar; only Celtic piety was seldom so munificent as Norman. " All human things are subject to decay, And when fate summons, monarchs must obey " — Dryden has told us in a well-worn couplet ; and the race of earls is no more immortal than the... | |
 | 1883 - 528 pages
...satirical faculty is hardly possible without them : — " All human things are subject to decay, Aud, when Fate summons, monarchs must obey. This Flecknoe...dispute, Through all the realms of Nonsense absolute. * A tragedy published in 1673 by Elkanah Settle. Settle brought out as a reply to Absalom and Achitophel... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1883 - 562 pages
...written many works, most various in topic, and made his name a by-word for the wit« : — MAC FLECKNOE. All human things are subject to decay, And when Fate...This Flecknoe found, who, like Augustus, young Was call'd to empire, and had govern'd long ; In prose and verse, was own'd, without dispute, Through all... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1883 - 518 pages
...bereft, He left not faction, but of that was left. V vjs HAD WELL. [From Mac Fleclmoe; October, 1682.] All human things are subject to decay, And, when Fate summons, monarchs must obey. This Flecknoe 1 found, who, like Augustus, young Was called to empire and had governed long, In prose and verse was... | |
 | Thomas Sergeant Perry - Literary Criticism - 1883 - 498 pages
...a mollifying influence on this kind of writing. The beginning, familiar as it is, will show this ; "All human things are subject to decay, And, when fate summons, monarchs must oblige ; This Flecknoe found, who, like Augustus, young Was called to empire, and had governed long... | |
 | Books - 1883 - 574 pages
...careless ness in transcription or proof-reading, о oth. A familiar couplet from Dryden i asformed into All human things are subject to decay. And, when fate summons, monarchs must oblige (p. 63); hile, turning the pages, we find "not" for to " (p. 52, 1. 34), and eighteen lines... | |
 | John I. Jones - 1884 - 254 pages
...the glad hours to scatter, as they fly, Soft, quiet, gentle love, and endless joy. — PRIOR. (16) All human things are subject to decay, And when fate summons monarchs must obey.— DRYDEN. (17) The man who hath not music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds,... | |
 | John Wesley Hales - Authors, English - 1884 - 564 pages
...twitch'd his mantle blew ; To-morrow to fresh woods and pastures new. DRYDEN. MAC FLECKNOE. ALL humane things are subject to decay, And, when Fate summons, monarchs must obey. Tliis Flecknoe found, who, like Augustus, young Was call'd to empire and had govern'd long, In prose... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - English literature - 1885 - 482 pages
...purposes of this edition. Its origin does not seem to be known, but it may be original. MAC-FLECKNOE. ALL human things are subject to decay, And, when fate...young Was called to empire, and had governed long ; * Richard Flecknoe, the unfortunate bard whom our author has damned to everlasting fame, was by birth... | |
 | Maude Gillette Phillips - English literature - 1885 - 654 pages
...poem, is poured all the satire and ridicule. The first twenty-eight lines have been often quoted : " All human things are subject to decay, And, when fate summons, monarchs must obey. This Flecknoc found, who, like Augustus, young Was called to empire, and had governed long ; In prose and... | |
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Through all the realms of Nonsense, absolute. This aged prince, now flourishing in peace And blest with issue of a large increase, Worn out with business, did at length... 
