 | John Bell - 1796 - 480 pages
...groat. Go see Sir Robert— P. See Sir Robert!—hum— And never laugh—for all my life to come ? Seen him I have; but in his happier hour Of social pleasure, ill-exchang'd for power; 30 Seen him, uncumber'd with a venal tribe, Smile without art, and win without... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1806 - 540 pages
...courts or courtiers, has paid a handsome compliment to his convivial character in the following lines: " Seen him I have, but in his happier hour Of social pleasure, ill exchang'd for power ; Seen him uncumber'd with the venal tribe, Smile without art, and win without... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1806 - 440 pages
...Sir Robert Walpole was dictated by candour and gratitude; distinguishing the minister from the man. Seen him I have; but in his happier hour Of social pleasure, ill-exchang'd for pow'r ; Seen him, uncumber'd with the venal tribe, Smile without art, and win without... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1806 - 534 pages
...character in the following lines: 1 New Biog. Diet. vol. xv. p. 17*. * Collins's Peerage, vol. vp 153. " Seen him I have, but in his happier hour Of social pleasure, ill exchang'd for power; Seen him uncumber'd with the venal tribe, Smile without art, and win without... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1806 - 464 pages
...Sir Robert Walpole was dietated by candour and gratitude ; distinguishing the minister from the man. Seen him I have ; but in his happier hour Of social pleasure, ill-exchang'd for pow'r; Seen him, uncumber'd with the venal tribe, S Smile without art, and win without... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1806 - 536 pages
...Sir Robert Walpole was dictated by candour and gratitude ; distinguishing the minister from the man. Seen him I have ; but in his happier hour Of social pleasure, ill-exchang'd forpow'r; Seen him, uncumber'd with the venal tribe, Smile without art', and win without... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1807 - 288 pages
...what he thinks mankind. G 3 P. See Sir Robert!—hum— And never laugh—for all my life to come ? Seen him, I have; but in his happier hour Of social pleasure, ill-exchang'd for pow'r; 30 Come, conic, at all I laugh he laughs, no doubt; • 35 The only difference... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1808 - 702 pages
...groat. Go see sir Robert-— P. See sir Robert!—hum— And never laugh—for all my life to come ? Seen him I have, but in his happier hour Of social pleasure, ill-exchang'd for power; Seen him, uncumber'd with a venal tribe, Smile without art, and win without... | |
 | Thomas Faulkner - 1810 - 514 pages
...his latter character. In answer to a friend, who persuades him to go and see Sir Robert, he says I " Seen him I have, but in his happier hour Of social pleasure, ill exchanged for power: Seen him, uncumber'd with the venal tribe, Smile without art, and win without... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1812 - 348 pages
...• 1 Go see Sir ROBERT ! P. See Sir Robert! —hum— And never laugh—for all my life to come ? Seen him I have^ but in his happier hour Of social pleasure, ill-exchang'd for pow'r; 30 Seen him, uncumber'd with the venal tribe, Smile without art, and win without... | |
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Seen him I have, but in his happier hour Of social pleasure, ill-exchanged for power : Seen him uncumbered with the venal tribe, Smile without art, and win without a bribe. Would he oblige me ? Let me only find He does not think me what he thinks mankind. 
