 | Richard Warner - 1824 - 434 pages
...THE SECOND. Dr. Joseph Warton, in his remarks on those lines of Pope, in his " Essay on Criticism," " When love was all an easy monarch's care, • " Seldom at council, never in a war," observes, that the dissolute reign of Charles the Second justly deserved the satirical proscription... | |
 | James Granger - Great Britain - 1824 - 446 pages
...accomplishments, was elected a fellow of the Royal Society, soon after its incorporation by Charles II. * When love was all an easy monarch's care ; Seldom at council, never in a war. — FOTE. SIR EDWARD GAGE, bart. from the original at Hengrave. R. Cooper sc. 4to. in Gage's " History... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1825 - 600 pages
...easy monareh's eare; Seldom at eouneil, never in a war: Jilts rul'd the state, and statesmen farees lowly train ; To me more dear, eongenial to my heart, One native eharm, eourtier's play, And not a mask went unimprov'd away : The modest fan was lifted up no more, And virgins... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1825 - 536 pages
...In the fat age of pleasure, wealth, and ease, Sprang the rank weed, and thrived with large increwe : When love was all an easy monarch's care ; Seldom at council, never in a war : Jilts ruled the state, and statesmen farces writ; Nay wits bad pensions, and young lords had wit : The fair... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1826 - 396 pages
...council, never in a war ; Jilts rnle the state, and statesmen farces writ : Nay, wits had peusious, well-dress'd youths around her 540 And not a mask went unimproved away ; The modest fan was lilted up no more, And virgius smiled... | |
 | Lachlan Shaw - Moray (Scotland) - 1827 - 540 pages
...the fat age of pleasure, wealth, and ease, Sprung tlie rank weed, and thriv'd with large increase ; When love was all an easy Monarch's care, Seldom at Council, never in a war. Tiltn ruled the State, and Statesmen farces writ, Nay wits had pensions, and young Lords had wit ;... | |
 | Chinese literature - 1829 - 310 pages
...evidently to expose the evil consequences of luxury, effeminacy, and supineness in the sovereign, " When love was all an easy monarch's care, Seldom at council — never in a war." The hero, or rather the chief personage, of the drama, came to the throne very near the beginning of... | |
 | 1829 - 590 pages
...evidently to expose the evil consequences of luxury, effeminacy, and supineness in the sovereign, ' When love was all an easy monarch's care, Seldom at council, never in a war.' The subject is strictly historical, and relates to that interesting period of the Chinese annals when... | |
 | Han kung chʻiu - 1829 - 88 pages
...evidently to expose the evil consequences of luxury, effeminacy, and supineness in the sovereign, " When love was all an easy monarch's care, Seldom at council— never in a war." The hero, or rather the chief personage, of the [drama, came to the 156233 VI PREFACE. throne very... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1830 - 500 pages
...In the fat age of pleasure, wealth, and ease, Sprang the rank weed, and thrived with large increase: hs and Sylphide, to your chief give car. Fays, Fairies,...to the at'rial kind. Some in the fields of purest 540 And not a mask went unimproved away ; The modest fan was lifted up no more, And virgins smiled... | |
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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... 
