Characters of the Court: A Poem with NotesMunday and Slatter, 1816 - 24 頁 |
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第 5 頁
... every street ? " Shall Peers and Princes tread pollution's path , " And ' scape alike the law's and muse's wrath ? " POPE . BYRON . CHARACTERS OF THE COURT . IN these our days , "Could Laureat Dryden pimp and friar engage, ...
... every street ? " Shall Peers and Princes tread pollution's path , " And ' scape alike the law's and muse's wrath ? " POPE . BYRON . CHARACTERS OF THE COURT . IN these our days , "Could Laureat Dryden pimp and friar engage, ...
第 8 頁
... Prince and Peer alike for satire call What Poet , void of spleen , can e'er refrain To re - assert neglected virtue's reign . discretion , but of manhood , bestowed on the world their lucu- brations . We may hope some ages hence , from ...
... Prince and Peer alike for satire call What Poet , void of spleen , can e'er refrain To re - assert neglected virtue's reign . discretion , but of manhood , bestowed on the world their lucu- brations . We may hope some ages hence , from ...
第 17 頁
... Princes to attend , And doomed to act the base obsequious friend . A flatterer mean , with petty cunning fraught ; Vicious in act , and profligate in thought ; Next in the list of Courtiers **** behold , Proud of his rank , yet prouder ...
... Princes to attend , And doomed to act the base obsequious friend . A flatterer mean , with petty cunning fraught ; Vicious in act , and profligate in thought ; Next in the list of Courtiers **** behold , Proud of his rank , yet prouder ...
第 18 頁
... Princes useless wars , And deathless honour gain , devoid of scars ; " He left behind him neither an house , nor an acre of land , by which to be remembered , " says Clarendon , when speaking of the Earl of Carlisle ; and it may very ...
... Princes useless wars , And deathless honour gain , devoid of scars ; " He left behind him neither an house , nor an acre of land , by which to be remembered , " says Clarendon , when speaking of the Earl of Carlisle ; and it may very ...
第 20 頁
... Prince ; And F - e and Ht both are mighty Peers , So be more prudent , and consult your fears : You aim too high - to humble scenes retire , To lash the great no poet should aspire . Fain , gentle reader , would I change my strain , Nor ...
... Prince ; And F - e and Ht both are mighty Peers , So be more prudent , and consult your fears : You aim too high - to humble scenes retire , To lash the great no poet should aspire . Fain , gentle reader , would I change my strain , Nor ...
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Adorned alike arts bend bestowed blest breast BYRON catalogue Catholics character congenial contempt COURT Courtiers crimes dare Descends devoid disgrace Duke dullest e'er Earl early promise Fain fame fate faults fear flatterer folly fool forgot former days fortune fraught gain gentle grace greet Grove H-se Hail happier heaven heir honour hoped House humble injured knave known Laureat Lord master maxim mighty mind morocco MUNDAY AND SLATTER muse's nation's neglected Newmarket noble Lord's noble Personage numbers obsequious friend offend Peer perhaps petty pledge plunder poem Poet Pope Princes prize profligate rank reader reason to complain reign Ribbon ruined satire satire's bard scape scorn seeks shame sing slave soul spleen stain street succeeds taste throne titled transaction tread trembling truly truth turf Unmoved vainly varied various means verse vice Vicious Vide villain villainies virtue void wealth wish worn-out wretch youth
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第 19 頁 - His gardens next your admiration call; On every side you look, behold the wall! No pleasing intricacies intervene, No artful wildness to perplex the scene ; Grove nods at grove, each alley has a brother, And half the platform just reflects the other.
第 11 頁 - Who counsels best? who whispers, "Be but great, With praise or infamy leave that to fate; Get place and wealth, if possible, with grace; If not, by any means get wealth and place~
第 19 頁 - Sydney Smith is to the tribes of Noodledom, with his irony, his jeering, and his felicitous illustrations. It is his pre-eminently to abash those who are case-hardened against grave argument, and to wring the withers of the very numerous and respectable class, who " Safe from the bar, the pulpit, and the throne, Are touched and shamed by ridicule alone.