 | Louis Adolphe Thiers - 1845 - 470 pages
...epilogue to the satires : " In soldier, churchman, patriot, man in power* 'Tis avarice all, ambition ia no more ; See all our nobles begging to be slaves! See all our fools aspiring to be knaves ! All, all look tip with reverential awe At crimes that 'scape or triumph o'er... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1847 - 566 pages
...That NOT TO BE CORRUPTED IS THE SHAME ! 1 60 In soldier, churchman, patriot, man in power, Tis avarice all, ambition is no more ! See all our nobles begging to be slaves ! See all our fools aspiring to be knaves ! The wit of cheats, the courage of a whore, 165 Are what ten thousand envy and... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Charles Macready - 1849 - 646 pages
...proclaim, That NOT TO BE CORRUPTED is THE SHAME. In soldier, churchman, patriot, man in power, 'Tis avarice all, ambition is no more ! See all our nobles begging to be slaves ! See all our fools aspiring to be knaves ! The wit of cheats, a harlot's lawless power, Are what ten thousand envy and... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1849 - 290 pages
...proclaim That not to be corrupted is the shame. In soldier, churchman, patriot, man in pow'r, 'Tis av'ricc all, ambition is no more ! See all our nobles begging to be slaves ! See all our fools aspiring to be knaves ! The wit of cheats, the courage of a whore, Are what ten thousand envy and adore... | |
 | Adolphe Thiers, Frederic Shoberl - 1850 - 916 pages
...magnificent epilogue to the satires : ""In soldier, churchman, patriot, man in power, 'Tis avarice all, ambition is no more ; See all our nobles begging to be slaves! See all our fools aspiring to be knaves ! All, all look up with reverential awe At crimes that 'scape or triumph o'er... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1851 - 384 pages
...man in power, 'Tis avarice all, ambition is no more ! 4 See Memoir prefixed to these volumes, p. cxi. See all our nobles begging to be slaves ! See all our fools aspiring to be knaves ! The wit of cheats, the courage of a whore, Are what ten thousand envy and adore... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1854 - 338 pages
...NOT TO BE CORRUPTED is THE SHAME.SI 160 In soldier, churchman, patriot, man in power, 'Tis avarice all, ambition is no more ! See, all our nobles begging to be slaves ! See, all our fools aspiring to be knaves ! The wit of cheats, the courage of a whore, 165 Are what ten thousand envy and... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1854 - 340 pages
...avarice all, ambition is no more! See, all our nobles begging to be slaves! See, all our fools aspiring to be knaves! The wit of cheats, the courage of a whore, 165 Are what ten thousand envy and adore: All, all look up, with reverential awe, At crimes that 'scape, or triumph... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1856 - 352 pages
...proclaim, That NOT TO BE CORRUPTED is THE SHAME ! In soldier, churchman, patriot, man in power, Tis avarice all, ambition is no more ! See, all our nobles begging to be slaves ! See, all our fools aspiring to be knaves ! The wit of cheats, the courage of a whore, Are what ten thousand envy and adore... | |
 | Alexander Pope, George Gilfillan - 1856 - 356 pages
...proclaim, That NOT TO BE CORRUPTED is THE SHAME ! In soldier, churchman, patriot, man in power, Tis avarice all, ambition is no more ! See, all our nobles begging to be slaves ! See, all our fools aspiring to be knaves ! The wit of cheats, the courage of a whore, Are what ten thousand envy and adore... | |
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Are what ten thousand envy and adore : All, all look up with reverential awe, At crimes that 'scape or triumph o'er the law ; While truth, worth, wisdom, daily they decry : Nothing is sacred now but villainy. 
