 | Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 474 pages
...from on* hemisphere to the other." — Penonal Narrative, &c. &.c. Vol. 111. pp. 90, 91. Page 227. " Were the first of these lines, or a line equally unmeaning,...execrable to a person of the most moderate taste." * • (Foot Note.) To these artifices or tricks, which I suspect are occasionally practised by our... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 436 pages
...the gods, And every hour by love is made Some heaven-defying Encelade. Granmlle. A wit's a feather, and a chief a rod ; An honest man's the noblest work of Uod. Pope. 0 gentle sleep, 1 cried, Why is thy gift to me alone denied '. Wildest of beings, friend... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1830 - 500 pages
...Alike or when or where they «hone or «hiñe, Or on the Rubicon, or on the Rhine. A wh '« a feather, God. Fame but from death a villain's name can save, A« justice tears his body from the grave; 250... | |
 | Pierce Egan - 1838 - 462 pages
...and Lord Mayor. His observations on Men and Manners — Opinions worth knowing. A wit's a feather, and a chief a rod, An honest man's the noblest work of Gud. PETER MAKEMONEY was, at one period of his career, a man of considerable importance in the City... | |
 | Pierce Egan - 1838 - 418 pages
...Alderman, and Lord Mayor. His observations on Men and Manners—Opinions worth knowing. A wit's a feather, and a chief a rod, An honest man's the noblest work of God. PETER MAKEMONEY was, at one period of his career, a man of considerable importance in the City... | |
 | Charles Caldwell - 1838 - 166 pages
...one of the most accomplished judges of man deliver himself, when he exclaims : " A wit's a feather, and a chief a rod ; An HONEST MAN'S the noblest work of God." But in confirmation of this maxim in morals, it is not necessary to refer to writings and opinions... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1839 - 510 pages
...Alike or when, or where, they shone, or shine, Or on the Rubicon, or on the Rhine. A wit's a feather, Feign what I will, and paint it e'er so strong, Some r God. Fame but from death a villain's name can save, As justice tears his Imdy from the grave ; When... | |
 | John Aikin - 1841 - 840 pages
...Alike or when, or where they shone, or shine. Or on the Rubicon, or on the Rhine. A wit's a fealher, 4 God. Fame but from denth a villain's name can save. As Justice tears his body from the grave ; When... | |
 | John Aikin - 1843 - 826 pages
...Alike or when, or where they shone, or shine, Or on the Rubicon, or on the Rhine. A wit's a feather, lest all I cannot die ; Lest that pure breath of life, God. Fame but from death a villain's name can save, As Justice tears his body from the grave ; When... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1847 - 524 pages
...or when, or where, they shone, or shine, 245 Or on the Rubicon, or on the Rhine. A wit's a feather, and a chief a rod ; An honest man's the noblest work of God. Fame but from death a villain's name can save, As justice tears his body from the grave ; 250... | |
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All that we feel of it begins and ends In the small circle of our foes or friends; To all beside as much an empty shade... 
