| Stephen Jones - 1799 - 456 pages
...the following lines ; ** A soul supreme, in each hard instance meet, Abcve all p.-,.; -, all anger, and all pride, The rage of power, the blast of public...breath, The lust of lucre, and the dread of death." t , . ÍJARMER (THOMAS) an emijient dissenting divine, and critical writer on biblical uterature, vrax... | |
| 1901 - 604 pages
...depreciatory damnation is unjust. ' A soul supreme, in each hard instance try'd, Above all pain, and passion, and all pride ; The rage of power, the blast...The lust of lucre, and the dread of death.' % These fine lines — which we must remember were written » .= a dedication in an edition of Parnell's poems... | |
| Joseph Warton - 1806 - 440 pages
...supreme in each hard instance try'd, Above all pain, all passion, and all pride ; The rage of pow'r, the blast of public breath, The lust of lucre, and the dread of death. And of which fortitude and firmness, another striking proof still remains, in a letter which the Earl... | |
| Thomas Frognall Dibdin - 1807 - 692 pages
...intrinsically valuable, should have beA soul supreme, in each hard instance tried, Above all pain, and passion, and all pride; The rage of power, the blast...breath, The lust of lucre, and the dread of death. In vain to deserts thy retreat is made ; The muse attends thec to thy silent shade : 'Tis her's the... | |
| John Bell - 1807 - 562 pages
...supreme, in each hard instance try'd, Above all pain, all passion, and all pride, The rage of pow'r, the blast of public breath, The lust of lucre, and the dread of death. In vain to deserts tby retreat is made, The Muse attends thee to tby silent shade : 'Tis lrer's the... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1808 - 334 pages
...imprisonment m the Tower and retreat into the eounlry, in the year 17»«. And sure if aught below the seats divine Can touch immortals, 'tis a soul like thine...breath, The lust of lucre, and the dread of death. In vain to deserts thy retreat is made, The Muse attends thee to thy silent shade : 1'is her's the... | |
| Arthur Aikin - 1809 - 832 pages
...celebrates him as possessing « A soul supreme, in each hard instance tried, Above all pain, all anger, and all pride ; The rage of power, the blast of public...breath, The lust of lucre, and the dread of death." « He died 1724, set. 64. He was the rival of Bolingbroke, who has painted him in the blackest colours... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 536 pages
...immortals, 'tis a soul like thine : A soul supreme, in each hard instance try'd, Above all pain, and passion, and all pride, The rage of power, the blast...breath, The lust of lucre, and the dread of Death. In vain to deserts thy retreat is made ; The Muse attends thec to thy silent shade : •Tis uer's,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 620 pages
...immortals, 'tis a soul like thine: A soul supreme, in each hard instance try'd, Above all pain, all an;er, and all pride; The rage of power, the blast of public...breath, The lust of lucre, and the dread of death. In vain to deserts thy retreat is made; The Muse attends thee to thy silent shade: 'Tis hers, the brave... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 664 pages
...immortals, 'tis a soul like thine: A soul supreme, in each hard instance try'd, Above all pain, all nir.er, and all pride; The rage of power, the blast of public...breath, The lust of lucre, and the dread of death. In vain to deserts thy retreat is made; The Muse attends thee to thy silent shade: Tis hers, the brave... | |
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