 | James Thomson, John Aikin - 1804 - 232 pages
...deform'd, 280 Convulsive Anger storms at large ; or, pale And silent, settles into fell revenge. Base Envy withers at another's joy, And hates that excellence it cannot, reach. Desponding Fear, of feeble fancies full, 2€$ A pensive anguish pining at the heart ; Or, sunk to... | |
 | James Thomson - 1806 - 242 pages
...deform'd, 289 Convulsive anger storms at large; or pale, And silent, settles into fell revenge. Base envy withers at another's joy, And hates that excellence it cannot reach, Desponding fear, of feeble fancies full, 285 Weak and unmanly, loosens every power. Even love itself... | |
 | Cabinet - 1808 - 524 pages
...and deform'd, Convulsive anger storms at large ; or pale, And silent, settles into full revenge. Base envy withers at another's joy, And hates that excellence it cannot reach. Desponding fear, of feeble fancies full, Weak and unmanly, 'loosens every power. Ev'n love itself is... | |
 | James Thomson, Thomas Park - 1808 - 444 pages
...deform'd, Convulsive anger storms at large ; or pale, And silent, settles into fell revenge. ISase envy withers at another's joy, And hates that excellence it cannot reach. Desponding fear, of feeble fancies full, Weak and umnanly, loosens every power. Ev'n love itself is... | |
 | Conduct of life - 1810 - 234 pages
...conquers you ; Unless your reason hi-lds the guiding reins, And binds the tyrant in coercive chains. Base envy withers at another's joy, and hates that excellence it cannot reach. Envy flames highest against one of the same rank and condition. ! FOLLY. HE vain is the most distinguished... | |
 | William Somervile - 1811 - 312 pages
...and deform'd, convulsive anger storms at large; or pale, and silent, settles into fell revenge. Base envy withers at another's joy, and hates that excellence it cannot reach. Desponding fear, of feeble fancies full, •weak and unmanly, loosens every power. Even love itself... | |
 | Thomas Coke - Haiti - 1811 - 560 pages
...introducing rivals, whose successes might lessen their honours, and by that spirit of bigotry, which like envy, " withers at another's joy, and hates that excellence it cannot reach." Our aim, however, being to spread the Gospel, and not to aggrandize a sect, we were less solicitous... | |
 | James Thomson - 1813 - 346 pages
...deform'd, 280 Convulsive anger storms at large ; or pale, And silent, settles into fell revenge. Base envy withers at another's joy, And hates that excellence it cannot reach. Desponding fear, of feeble fancies full, 295 Weak and unmanly, loosens every power. The Season detcribed... | |
 | William Passman - 1815 - 328 pages
...and very much beloved by his subjects; but men's graces ofi prove their greatest foes : — " Base envy withers at another's joy, " And hates that excellence it cannot reach." Typhon, his brother, hated him for his goodness, envied him for his greatness, and entered into a conspiracy... | |
 | James Thomson - 1816 - 256 pages
...and deform'd, Convulsive anger storms at large ; or, pale And silent, settles into fell revenge. Base envy withers at another's joy, And hates that excellence it cannot reach. Desponding fear, of feeble fancies full, Weak and unmanly, loosens ev'ry pow'r. E'en love itself is... | |
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Base envy withers at another's joy, And hates that excellence it cannot reach. 
