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A collection of poems, by several hands [ed. by R. Dodsley]. - Page 152
by Collection - 1758
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Selections from the British Satirists: With an Introductory Essay by Cecil ...

Cecil Headlam - 1897 - 346 pages
...varied fools th' eternal jest : Thou who could'st laugh, where want enchain'd caprice, Toil crush'd conceit, and man was of a piece ; Where wealth, unlov'd, without a mourner dy'd ; And scarce a sycophant was fed by pride ; Where ne'er was known the form of mock debate, Or seen a new-made...
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The Universal Anthology: A Collection of the Best Literature ..., Volume 17

Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl - 1899 - 432 pages
...conceit, and man was of a piece ; Where wealth unloved without a mourner died ; And scarce a sycophant was fed by pride ; Where ne'er was known the form of mock debate, Or seen a new-made mayor's unwieldy state ; Where change of favorites made no change of laws, And senates...
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A Collection of Eighteenth Century Verse

Margaret Lynn - 1907 - 506 pages
...conceit, and man was of a piece ; Where wealth unloved without a mourner died ; 55 And scarce a sycophant was fed by pride; Where ne'er was known the form of mock debate, Or seen a new-made mayor's unwieldy state ; Where change of fav'rites made no change of laws, And senates...
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A Collection of Eighteenth Century Verse

Margaret Lynn - 1907 - 506 pages
...conceit, and man was of a piece; Where wealth unloved without a mourner died ; 55 And scarce a sycophant was fed by pride ; Where ne'er was known the form of mock debate, Or seen a new-made mayor's unwieldy state ; Where change of fav'rites made no change of laws, And senates...
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Selections from the Works of Samuel Johnson

Samuel Johnson - 1909 - 562 pages
...conceit, and man was of a piece; Where wealth unlov'd without a mourner died; 55 And scarce a sycophant was fed by pride; Where ne'er was known the form of mock debate, Or seen a new-made mayor's unwieldy state; Where change of fav'rites made no change of laws, And senates...
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Selections from the Works of Samuel Johnson

Samuel Johnson - 1909 - 562 pages
...with varied fools th' eternal jest: Thou who could'st laugh where want enchain'd caprice, Toil crush'd conceit, and man was of a piece; Where wealth unlov'd without a mourner died; 55 And scarce a sycophant was fed by pride; Where ne'er was known the form of mock debate, Or...
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The English Parnassus: An Anthology Chiefly of Longer Poems

William Macneile Dixon, Sir Herbert John Clifford Grierson - 1911 - 792 pages
...varied fools th' eternal jest. Thou who could'st laugh, where want enchain'd caprice, Toil crush'd conceit, and man was of a piece ; Where wealth unlov'd without a mourner dy'd, And scarce a sycophant was fed by pride ; Where ne'er was known the form of mock debate, Or seen a new-made...
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The English Parnassus: An Anthology, Chiefly of Longer Poems

William Macneile Dixon - 1911 - 792 pages
...conceit, and man was of a piece ; Where wealth unlov'd without a mourner dy'd, And scarce a sycophant was fed by pride ; Where ne'er was known the form of mock debate, Or seen a new-made mayor's unwieldy state ; Where change of fav'rites make no change of laws, And senates...
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Johnson & Goldsmith & Their Poetry

William Henry Hudson - 1918 - 186 pages
...conceit, and man was of a piece ; 4 Where wealth, unlov'd, without a mourner dy'd, And scarce a sycophant was fed by pride ; ^" ,, Where ne'er was known the form of mock debate,5 1 Acts of Attainder. 1 Since to travel on foot was a sure sign of poverty the pedestrian was...
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The Copeland Reader

Charles Townsend Copeland - 1926 - 1746 pages
...crush'd conceit, and man was of a 209 Where wealth unlov'd without a mourner dy'd; And scarce a sycophant was fed by pride; Where ne'er was known the form of mock debate, Or seen a new-made mayor's unwieldy state ; Where change of fav'rites made no change of laws, And senates...
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