He laughed himself from court; then sought relief By forming parties, but could ne'er be chief; For, spite of him, the weight of business fell On Absalom, and wise Achitophel ; Thus, wicked but in will, of means bereft, He left not faction, but of that... The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal - الصفحة 2031759عرض كامل - لمحة عن هذا الكتاب
| John Dryden - 1832 - عدد الصفحات: 342
...ne'er be chief: For, spite of him, the weight of business fell ses On Absalom and wise Achitophel : Thus, wicked but in will, of means bereft, He left not faction, but of that was left. Titles and names 'twere tedious to rehearse Of lords, below the dignity of verse. 570 Wits, warriors,... | |
| Walter Scott - 1834 - عدد الصفحات: 516
...speech to his Oxford For, spite of htm, the weight of business fell On Absalom and wise Achitophel ; Thus, wicked but in will, of means bereft, He left not faction, but of that was left. "] parliament, at least the most striking passages, as a conclusion to his poem of " Absalom and Achitophel."... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1837 - عدد الصفحات: 342
...late ; He had his jest, and they had his estate. He laugh'd himself from court, then sought relief By forming parties, but could ne'er be chief: Thus...bereft, He left not faction, but of that was left. The difference between the style of versification here exemplified, and that which flourished in earlier... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1837 - عدد الصفحات: 350
...late ; He nad his jest, and they had his estate. He laugh'd himself from court, then sought relief By forming parties, but could ne'er be chief: Thus...bereft, He left not faction, but of that was left. The difference between the style of versification here exemplified, and that which flourished in earlier... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1837 - عدد الصفحات: 294
...his estate. He laugh'd himself from court, then sought relief By forming parties, but could ne'er he chief: Thus wicked but in will, of means bereft, He left not faction, but of that was left. The difference between the style of versification here exemplified, and that which nourished in earlier... | |
| John Dryden - 1837 - عدد الصفحات: 482
...could ne'er be chief : For, spite of him, the weight of business fell On Absalom and wise Achitophel : Thus, wicked but in will, of means bereft, He left not faction, but of that was left. Titles and names 't were tedious to rehearse Of lords, below the dignity of verse. Wits, warriors,... | |
| Johnstone - 1840 - عدد الصفحات: 386
...too late, He had his jest, and they had his estate He laugh'd himself from Court, then sought relief, By forming parties, but could ne'er be chief ; * *...bereft, He left not faction, but of that was left." It cannot be said that this picture matches nothing in existing public life. In all save two or three... | |
| 1841 - عدد الصفحات: 500
...late, He had his jest, and they had his estate; He laughed himself from court, then sought relief, By forming parties, but could ne'er be chief. Thus...bereft, He left not faction, but of that was left." Jlbialom and .ichitophel. The last scene of this nobleman's life is thus described by Pope. " In the... | |
| 1842 - عدد الصفحات: 712
...could ne'er bo chief; For eplte of him the weight of business fell On Absalom and wise Achitophel : Thus wicked but In will, of means bereft, He left not faction, but of that was left." 1842.1 Churchill. " Next day the post-boy winde his horn, And rides through Dover in the morn : Mordauto's... | |
| John Fisher Murray - 1842 - عدد الصفحات: 322
...could ne'er be chief, For spite of him, the weight of business fell On Absalom, and wise Achitophel. Thus wicked but in will, of means bereft, He left not faction, but of that was left." present domain was formerly the property of the Friends, descendants of the celebrated Dr. John Friend,... | |
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