 Wharton, the scorn and wonder of our days, Whose ruling passion was the lust of praise: Born with whate'er could win it from the wise, Women and fools must like him or he dies; Though wondering senates hung on all he spoke, The club must hail him master...  Tales of Our Great Families - Page 26by Edward Walford - 1877Full view - About this book
 | Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850 - 524 pages
...wonfring senates hung on all he spoke, Admiration. The club must hail him master of the joke. Contempt. Shall parts so various aim at nothing new ? He'll shine a Tully and a Wilmot too. A salmon's belly, Helluo1 was thy/erfe* The doctor call'd, declares all help too late. Trepidation.... | |
 | George William Frederick Howard Earl of Carlisle - Slavery - 1851 - 54 pages
...praise : Born with whate'er could win it from the wise, Women and fools must like him, or he dies ; Tho' wondering senates hung on all he spoke, The club must hail him master of the joke. [This couplet has been applied to the celebrated Mr. Sheridan, and does not ill suit the author of... | |
 | English poetry - 1852 - 874 pages
...Whose ruling passion was the lust of praise ; Born with whate'er could win it from the wise, Women آ * He 'lI shine a Tully and a Wilmot too. Then turns repentant, and his God adores With the same spirit... | |
 | Henry Schroeder - 1852 - 424 pages
...praise ; Born with whate'er could win it from the wise, Women and fools must like him, or he dies; Tho ' wondering senates hung on all he spoke, The club must hail him master of the joke. [This couplet has been applied to the celebrated Mr. Sheridan, and does not ill suit the author of... | |
 | Robert Charles Winthrop - History - 1852 - 876 pages
...the lines in which a celebrated poet had embalmed it for immortality, came unbidden to my lips : " Shall parts so various aim at nothing new ? He'll shine a Tully and a Wilmot too .' " My object to-day, Mr. Chairman, is the simple and humble one of expressing my own views on matters... | |
 | Henry Schroder - Yorkshire (England) - 1852 - 450 pages
...praise ; Born with whate'er could win it from the wise, Women and fools must like him, or he dies ; Tho' wondering senates hung on all he spoke, The club must hail him master of the joke. [This couplet has been applied to the celebrated Mr. Sheridan, and does not ill suit the author of... | |
 | Robert Charles Winthrop - History - 1852 - 804 pages
...the lines in which a celebrated poet had embalmed it for immortality, came unbidden to my lips : " Shall parts so various aim at nothing new '! He'll shine a Tully and a Wilmot too ! " My object to-day, Mr. Chairman, is the simple and humble one of expressing my own views on matters... | |
 | Edward Young - English poetry - 1852 - 528 pages
...whate'er could win it from the wise Women and fools must like him or he dies : Though wondering senators hung on all he spoke, The club must hail him master of the joke. * * % * * Thus with each gift of Nature and of Art, And wanting nothing but an honest heart; Grown... | |
 | John Phillips, Adam and Charles Black (Firm) - Lake District (England) - 1853 - 356 pages
...Whose ruling passion was the lust of praise — Born with whate'er could win it from the wise, Women and fools must like him or he dies — Though wondering...the joke. Shall parts so various aim at nothing new T He '11 shine a Tull v and a \Vilmot too. • * * • • the Druids. Karl Lofts, the name of one,... | |
 | Poets, American - 1853 - 560 pages
...Whose ruling passion was the lust of praise ; Born with whate'er could win it from the wise, Women and fools must like him, or he dies : Though wondering...the joke. Shall parts so various aim at nothing new ? He '11 shine a Tully and a Wilmot too. MSULAN IDYL. Thus with each gift of nature and of art, And... | |
| |
