Characters of the Court: A Poem with NotesMunday and Slatter, 1816 - 24 頁 |
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第 1 到 5 筆結果,共 6 筆
第 7 頁
... ruined by their books , and not their w ; And a black - lettered mania succeeds To joys the turf affords , and generous steeds . When each young Lordling launching on the town , A Quarto publishes , and gains renown ; * Thus Lord George ...
... ruined by their books , and not their w ; And a black - lettered mania succeeds To joys the turf affords , and generous steeds . When each young Lordling launching on the town , A Quarto publishes , and gains renown ; * Thus Lord George ...
第 11 頁
... " Without one virtue , that can grace a name ; " Without one vice , that ever leads to fame ; " The despicable next appears , " His bosom trembling with its usual fears . " In all the various arts of ruin tried , The [ 11 ]
... " Without one virtue , that can grace a name ; " Without one vice , that ever leads to fame ; " The despicable next appears , " His bosom trembling with its usual fears . " In all the various arts of ruin tried , The [ 11 ]
第 12 頁
A Poem with Notes Characters. In all the various arts of ruin tried , The Jobber's glory - and the Gamester's pride . Tho ' Lord of thousands - grasping stil ! for more , And ' midst increasing riches , truly poor ; In you , united ...
A Poem with Notes Characters. In all the various arts of ruin tried , The Jobber's glory - and the Gamester's pride . Tho ' Lord of thousands - grasping stil ! for more , And ' midst increasing riches , truly poor ; In you , united ...
第 15 頁
... Lord is so insignificant in every way , that he would not have been mentioned here , had not the intention of this poem been to " make bad men better , or at least ashamed ! " A ruined Lord - a worn - out debauchee , [ 15 ]
... Lord is so insignificant in every way , that he would not have been mentioned here , had not the intention of this poem been to " make bad men better , or at least ashamed ! " A ruined Lord - a worn - out debauchee , [ 15 ]
第 16 頁
A Poem with Notes Characters. A ruined Lord - a worn - out debauchee , In whom the last remains of vice we see ; Of health and fortune both alike bereft , The power to sin - but not the wish has left . But happy still , since even on the ...
A Poem with Notes Characters. A ruined Lord - a worn - out debauchee , In whom the last remains of vice we see ; Of health and fortune both alike bereft , The power to sin - but not the wish has left . But happy still , since even on the ...
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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.