 | Percy Fitzgerald - 1882 - 492 pages
...heart. Cold approbation gave the lingering bays ; For those who durst not censure scarce could praise. A mortal born, he met the general doom, But left, like Egypt's kings, a lasting tomb. The wits of Charles found easier ways to fame, Nor wished for Jonson's art, or Shakespeare's... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1884 - 348 pages
...heart. Cold approbation gave the lingering lays For those who durst not censure scarce could praise. A mortal born, he met the general doom But left, like Egypt's kings, a lasting tomb. EDMUND WALLER.—He added something to our elegance of diction, and something to our... | |
 | Thomas Young Crowell - 1885 - 702 pages
...heart : Cold approbation gave the lingering bays, For those who durst not censure scarce could praise. A mortal born, he met the general doom, But left, like Egypt's kings, a lasting tomb. The wits of Charles found easier ways to fame, Nor wished for Jonson's art or Shakespeare's... | |
 | Lady Strachey (Jane Maria) - 1894 - 376 pages
...heart: Cold approbation gave the lingering bays, For those who durst not censure, scarce could praise. A mortal born, he met the general doom, But left, like Egypt's kings, a lasting tomb. Intrigue was plot, obscenity was wit. Vice always found a sympathetic friend; They pleased... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1896 - 680 pages
...; Cold approbation gave the ling'ring toys, For those who durst not censure, scarce could praise ; A mortal born, he met the general doom, But left, like Egypt's kings, a bstiig tomb. FRIENDSHIP. FRIF.NDSHIP, peculiar boon of heaven, The noble mind's delight and piuK-,... | |
 | Mowbray Morris - 1898 - 394 pages
...: Cold Approbation gave the lingering bays, For those, who durst not censure, scarce could praise. A mortal born, he met the general doom, But left, like Egypt's kings, a lasting tomb. The wits of Charles found easier ways to fame, Nor wished for Jonson's art, or Shakespeare's... | |
 | Edward Arber - 1900 - 482 pages
...! Cold Approbation gave the ling'ring Bays ; For those who durst not censure, scarce could praise ! A mortal born, he met the general doom ; But left, like Egypt's Kings, a lasting tomb. The Wits of CHARLES found easier ways to fame; Nor wished for JONSON'S art, or SHAKESPEARE'S... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1901 - 654 pages
...heart : Cold approbation gave the lingering bays, For those who durst not censure scarce could praise; A mortal born, he met the general doom, But left, like Egypt's kings, a lasting tomb. The wits of Charles found easier ways to fame, Nor wished for Jonson's art or Shakespeare's... | |
 | Edward Arber - 1901 - 350 pages
...heart! Cold Approbation gave the ling'ring Bays ; For those who durst not censure, scarce could praise ! A mortal born, he met the general doom ; But left, like Egypt's Kings, a lasting tomb. 112 SAMUEL JOHNSON. '•* It The Wits of CHARLES found easier ways to fame ; Nor wished... | |
 | E. J. Mathew - 1901 - 556 pages
...heart : Cold approbation gave the lingering bays, For those who durst not censure scarce could praise. A mortal born, he met the general doom, But left, like Egypt's kings, a lasting tomb. " The wits of Charles found easier ways to fame, Nor wished for Jonson's art or Shakspere's... | |
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Then Jonson came, instructed from the school, To please in method, and invent by rule... 
