Riches are oft by guilt and baseness earn'd ; Or dealt by chance to shield a lucky knave, Or throw a cruel sunshine on a fool. The Shipwreck: A Poem - Página 157por William Falconer, James Stanier Clarke - 1806 - 215 páginasVisualização integral - Acerca deste livro
| Joseph William Jenks - 1856 - 578 páginas
...Nature's favorites : a wealth That ne'er encumbers, nor can be transferred. Riches are oft by guilt and But for one end, one much-neglected use, Are riches worth your care ; for Nature's wants Are few, and... | |
| 1856 - 754 páginas
...wealth That ne'er encumbers, nor can be transferr'd. Riches are oft by guilt and baseness earn'd ; Or dealt by chance to shield a lucky knave, Or throw a cruel sunshine on a fool. But for one end, one much - neglected use, Are riches worth your care (for Nature's wants Are few,... | |
| Caroline M. Mersereau - 1860 - 370 páginas
...never have to tell. 21. Spare ^>at you may spend ; fast that you may feast; Eiches are oft by guilt and baseness earned, Or dealt by chance to shield a lucky knave, Or throw a cruel sunshine on a fool. But for one end, one much neglected use, Are riches worth your care ; (for nature's wants Are few,... | |
| William Falconer - 1866 - 284 páginas
...Falconer throughout too much displays a mind that has been soured by adversity. If the prosperous villain ever seems to be crowned with applause in this world,...correct: — " Riches are oft by guilt or baseness earn'd, Or dealt by chance to shield a lucky knave, Or throw a cruel sunshine on a fool." P. 17, 1.... | |
| William Falconer - 1870 - 288 páginas
...Falconer throughout too much displays a mind that has been soured by adversity. If the prosperous villain ever seems to be crowned with applause in this world,...baseness earned, Or dealt by chance to shield a lucky kuave, Or throw a cruel sunshine on a fool." P. 18. 1. 118. In this instance, as in many others, Falconer,... | |
| Thomas Campbell - 1880 - 852 páginas
...Falconer throughout too much displays a mind that has been soared by adversity. If the prosperous villain ever seems to be crowned with applause in this world,...storm. Armstrong's idea of the magic power of gold was men correct: — " Riches nre oft by guilt or baseness earn'd, Or dealt by chance to shield a lucky... | |
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