 ... for thee; Deign on the passing world to turn thine eyes, And pause awhile from letters, to be wise; There mark what ills the scholar's life assail, Toil, envy, want, the patron, and the jail. See nations slowly wise, and meanly just, To buried merit...  The works of the English poets. With prefaces, biographical and critical, by ... - Page 23by English poets - 1790Full view - About this book
 | Johnson Society - 1921 - 46 pages
...patron and the jail; See nations, slowly wise and meanly just, To buried merit raise the tardy bust. If dreams yet flatter, once again attend, Hear Lydiat's life and Galileo's end." " This poor scholar," said Lord Chesterfield, " behaved in exactly the same way to superiors, equals,... | |
 | Mackenzie Edward Charles Walcott - 1852 - 574 pages
...patron, and the jail ; See nations, slowly wise and meanly just, To buried merit raise the tardy bust. If dreams yet flatter, once again attend, Hear Lydiat's life, and Galileo's end." DR. JOHNSON, The Vanity of Human WUlit*. f BOLINGE, HENKY, MA (1594) : official of Bedfordshire. f... | |
 | Sir George Cornewall Lewis - 1852 - 500 pages
...patron, and the gaol. See nations, slowly wise, and meanly just, To buried merit raise the tardy bust. If dreams yet flatter, once again attend ; Hear Lydiat's life, and Galileo's end. In the following passage, again, the folly of an excessive care for beauty is implied by examples,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1855 - 276 pages
...and the jail. iso See nations, slowly wise, and meanly just, To buried merit raise the tardy bust. If dreams yet flatter, once again attend, Hear Lydiat's...life, and Galileo's end. Nor deem, when Learning her last prize bestows, The glittering eminence exempt from foes ; See, when the vulgar 'scapes, despised... | |
 | English poetry - 1867 - 336 pages
...patron, and the jail. See nations slowly wise, and meanly just, To buried merit raise the tardy bust. If dreams yet flatter, once again attend, Hear Lydiat's life, and Galileo's end. 30 Nor deem, when Learning her last prize bestows, The glittering eminence exempt from foes : See when... | |
 | John Wesley Hales - 1872 - 552 pages
...patron, and the jail. 160 See nations slowly wise, and meanly just, To buried merit raise the tardy bust. If dreams yet flatter, once again attend, Hear Lydiat's...life and Galileo's end. Nor deem, when Learning her last prise bestows, 165 The glitt'ring eminence exempt from foes : See, when the vulgar 'scape, despis'd... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1872 - 524 pages
...patron, and the jail. See nations slowly wise, and meanly just, To buried merit raise the tardy bust. If dreams yet flatter, once again attend, Hear Lydiat's...life, and Galileo's end. Nor deem, when learning her last prize bestows, The glittering eminence exempt from foes ; See when the vulgar 'scapes, despised... | |
 | Samuel Orchart Beeton - 1873 - 782 pages
...patron, and the jail. See nations, slowly wise and meanly just, To buried merit raise the tardy bust. X . last prize bestows, The glitt'ring eminence exempt from foes ; See, when the vulgar 'scapes, despised... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1876 - 76 pages
...patron, and the jail. 160 See nations, slowly wise and meanly just, To buried merit raise the tardy bust. If dreams yet flatter, once again attend, Hear Lydiat's...life, and Galileo's end. Nor deem, when Learning her last prize bestows, 165 The glitt'ring eminence exempt from foes ; See, when the vulgar 'scape, despis'd... | |
 | Passages, John Allen Giles - 1881 - 744 pages
...patron, and the jail. See nations, slowly wise and meanly just, To buried merit raise the tardy bust. If dreams yet flatter, once again attend, Hear Lydiat's life and Galileo's end. CLXXII. GEO. LOED LYTTLETON, 1709—1773. 1. THE FBENCH. A. nation here I pity and admire, Whom noblest... | |
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