 Of mimic statesmen, and their merry king. No wit to flatter, left of all his store! No fool to laugh at, which he valued more. There, victor of his health, of fortune, friends, And fame, this lord of useless thousands ends!  The Saturday Magazine - Page 2381833Full view - About this book
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1820 - 832 pages
...in a ring Of mimick'il statesmen, and their merry king. No wit to flatter, left of all his store ! r, if Sion hill Delight thee more, and Siloa's brook that flow'd His grace's fate sage Cutler could foresee, And well (he thought) advis'il him, " Live like me !" As... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1821 - 474 pages
...council, in a ring Of mimick'd statesmen, and a merry lung ; No wit to flatter left of all his store, No fool to laugh at, which he valued more ; There,...., . And fame, this lord of useless thousands ends ! Note XIX. * Balaam.— P. 234. The Earl of Htmtington. A coarse reason is given by Luttrel, in his... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 402 pages
...council, in a ring Of mimick'd statesmen, and their merry king. No wit to flatter, left of all his store ! No fool to laugh at, which he valued more. There,...friends, And fame, this lord of useless thousands ends. vot. v. Y His grace's fate sage Cutler could foresee, And well (he thought) advis'd him, " Live like... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1822 - 362 pages
...council, in a ring Of mimic statesmen, and their merry King. No wit to flatter, left of all his store, No fool to laugh at, which he valued more. There,...friends, And fame, this lord of useless thousands ends. POPE. • MR. Walsingham found the once mighty and puissant Buckingham, the once gay and gallant *... | |
 | Classical poetry - 1822 - 284 pages
...council, in a ring Of mimic statesmen, and their merry king. No wit to flatter, left of all his store! No fool to laugh at, which he valued more. There,...friends, And fame, this lord of useless thousands ends! His grace's fate sage Cutler could foresee, And well (he thought) advised him, ' Live like me.' As... | |
 | Thomas Langdale - Yorkshire (England) - 1822 - 516 pages
...and their merry King. No Wit to flatter, left of all his store ! No fooltn laugh at, which he valu'd more; There, Victor of his health, of fortune, friends, And fame, this lord of useless thousands e.nds. — POPK. From ft letter to bis intimate friend, Dortor Barrow, which the Puke wrotç a few day;, before... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 372 pages
...their merry King. 310 No Wit to flatter, left of all his store ! No Fool to laugh-at, which he valu'd more. There, Victor of his health, of fortune, friends, And fame; this lord of useless thousands ends. His Grace's fate sage Cutler could foresee, 315 And well (he thought) advis'd him, " Live like me."... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 370 pages
...their merry King. 310 No Wit to flatter, left of all his store ! No Fool to laugh at, which he valu'd more. There, Victor of his health, of fortune, friends, And fame; this lord of useless thousands ends. His Grace's fate sage Cutler could foresee, 315 And well (he thought) advis'd him, " Live like me."... | |
 | William Kiffin - Anabaptists - 1823 - 206 pages
...Council, in a ring Of mimic statesmen, and their merry King. No wit to flatter, left of all his store ; No fool to laugh at, which he valued more. There,...of fortune, friends, And fame, this Lord of useless thousand ends."' Pope's Epistle to Lord Batktirst. NOTE XXVI. Mr Clifford, a gentleman belonging to... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...council, in a ring Of mimick'd statesmen, and their merry king. No wit to flatter, left of all his store! oll in vain To find thy piercing ray, and find no...quench'd their orbs, Or dim suffusion veil'd. Yet not His Grace's fate sage Cutler could foresee, And well (he thought) advis'd him," Live likeme!" As well... | |
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