 | Alexander Pope - 1812 - 230 pages
...or son ! Hear her black trumpet thro' the land proclaim, That not to be corrupted is the shame. 160 In soldier, churchman, patriot, man in pow'r, 'Tis...our nobles begging to be slaves ! See all our fools aspiring to be knaves ! The wit of cheats, the courage of a whore, 165 Are what ten thousand envy and... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1818 - 354 pages
...wife, or son ! Hear her black trumpet through the land proclaim, That not to be corrupted is the shame. In soldier, churchman, patriot, man in pow'r, "Tis...our nobles begging to be slaves ! See all our fools aspiring to be knaves! 'Hie wit of cheats, the courage of a whore, Are what ten thousand envy and adore... | |
 | William Hazlitt - Great Britain - 1819 - 488 pages
...proclaim, That not to be corrupted is the shame, In soldier, churchman, patriot, man in power, Tis avarice all, ambition is no more ! See all our nobles begging to be slaves ! See all our fools aspiring to be knaves ! All, all look up with reverential awe At crimes that 'scape or triumph o'er... | |
 | Classical poetry - 1822 - 290 pages
...proclaim, That not to be corrupted is the shame. In soldier, churchman, patriot, man in power, Tis avarice all, ambition is no more! See all our nobles begging to be slaves ! See all our fools aspiring to be knaves! The wit of cheats, the courage of a whore, Are what ten thousand envy and adore:... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 294 pages
...proclaim, That not to be corrupted is the shame. In soldier, churchman, patriot, man in power, 'Tis avarice all, ambition is no more! See all our nobles begging to be slaves ! See all our fools aspiring to be knaves! The wit of cheats, the courage of a whore, Are what ten thousand envy and adore:... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English literature - 1824 - 498 pages
...without any exception whatever. Warton. In soldier, churchman, patriot, man in power, 'Tis avarice all, ambition is no more ! See all our nobles begging to be slaves ! See all our fools aspiring to be knaves ! The wit of cheats, the courage of a whore, 165 Are what ten thousand envy and... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...proclaim, That Not to be corrupted is the shame. In soldier, churchman, patriot, man in power, "fis avarice lew, and flounced to and fro, But when he found that nothing could avail, He set him fel aspiring to be knaves! The wit of cheats, the courage of a whore, Are what ten thousand envy and adore:... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1824 - 494 pages
...works, without any exception whatever. Warton. In soldier, churchman, patriot, man in power, Tis avarice all, ambition is no more ! See all our nobles begging to be slaves ! See all our fools aspiring to be knaves ! The wit of cheats, the courage of a whore, 165 Are what ten thousand envy and... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English literature - 1824 - 498 pages
...without any exception whatever. Warton. In soldier, churchman, patriot, man in power, 'Tis avarice all, ambition is no more! See all our nobles begging to be slaves ! See all our fools aspiring to be knaves! The wit of cheats, the courage of a whore, 165 Are what ten thousand envy and... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1825 - 600 pages
...That Not to be eorrupted is tlie shame. In soldier, ehurehman, patriot, man in power, 'Tis avariee profan'd, And with their darkness durst attrom his light aspiring to be knaves ! The wit of eheats, the eourage of a whore, Are what ten thousand envy and adore... | |
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Are what ten thousand envy and adore : All, all look up with reverential awe, At crimes that 'scape or triumph o'er the law ; While truth, worth, wisdom, daily they decry : Nothing is sacred now but villainy. 
