 | John Bell - 1777 - 644 頁
...devil. In squand'ring wealth was his peculiar art : Nothing went unrewarded hut desert. 5(5o Beggar'd by fools, whom still he found too late ; He had his...from Court ; then sought relief By forming parties, hut could ne'er he chief : For, spite of him, the weight of hus'rtess fell 565 On Absalom, and wise... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 712 頁
...peculiar art ; Nothing went,unrewarded — but desert : Beggar'd by fools, whom still he found top late, He had his jest, and they had his estate. He laugh'd himfcelf from court ; then sought relief By forming parties, but could ne'er be chief; For, spite of... | |
 | 1801 - 416 頁
...devil. In squand'rng wealth was his peculiar art : Nothing went unrewarded but desert. $6* Beggar'd by fools, whom still he found too late ; He had his...could ne'er be chief: For, spite of him, the weight of bus'ness fell On Absalom and wise Achithophel : Thus, wicked but in will, of means bereft, He left... | |
 | John Dryden - 1808 - 382 頁
...devil. Ill squandering wealth was his peculiar art ; Nothing went unrewarded, but desert: Beggar'd by fools, whom still he found too late ; He had his...forming parties, but could ne'er be chief: For, spite nf him, the weight of business fell On Absalom, and wise Achitophel: Thus, wicked but in will, of means... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1806 - 498 頁
...squand'ring wealth was his peculiar ait, Nothing went unrewarded but desert. Beggar1 d by fools, when still he found, too late, He had his jest, and they had his estate." J * In the Epistle to Lord Bathurst. * [In a lampoon ascribed to Dryden, the writer says: " His grace... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 476 頁
...or devil. In squandering wealth was his peculiar art; Nothing went unrewarded but desert. Beggared by fools, whom still he found too late ; He had his jest, and they had his estate. He laughed himself from court; then sought relief By forming parties, but could ne'er be chief; For, spite... | |
 | John Dryden, Thomas Park - 1808 - 374 頁
...or devil. In squandering wealth was his peculiar art ; Nothing went uurewarded, hut desert: Beggar'd by fools, whom still he found too late ; He had his jest, and they had his estate. He langh'd himself from Court; then sought relief By forming parties, but could ne'er be chief: For, spite... | |
 | John Dryden - 1808 - 482 頁
...or devil. In squandering wealth was his peculiar art; Nothing went unrewarded but desert. Beggared by fools, whom still he found too late; He had his jest, and they had his estate. He laughed himself from court; then sought relief By forming parties, but could ne'er be chief; For, spite... | |
 | 1809 - 402 頁
...they had his estate. He laugli'd himself from court ; then sought relief By forming parties, but rould ne'er be chief: For spite of him, the weight of business fell On Absalom an<ivi-e *ichitophel : Thus, wicked but in will, of means bereft, He left not faction, but of that... | |
 | Thomas Faulkner - 1810 - 514 頁
...squandering wealth, was his peculiar art, Nothing went unrewarded but desert. Beggar'd by fools, when still he found, too late He had his jest, and they had his estate." Pope, in " The Epistle to Lord Bathurst," thus alt ludes to his death : " In the worst inn's worst... | |
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That every man, with him, was God or devil. In squandering wealth was his peculiar art; Nothing went unrewarded, but desert. Beggar'd by fools, whom still he found too late ; He had his jest, and they had his estate. 
