 For him, thou oft hast bid the world attend, Fond to forget the statesman in .the friend; For Swift and him, despis'd the farce of state, The sober follies of the wise and great ; Dextrous, the craving, fawning crowd to quit, And pleas'd to 'scape from...  The works of Jonathan Swift, containing additional letters, tracts, and ... - Page 134by Jonathan Swift - 1814Full view - About this book
 | English poetry - 1796 - 500 pages
...oft' hast bid the world attend, Fond to forget the statesman in the friend ; For Swift and himdespis'd the farce of state, The sober follies of the wise and great; 10 Dext'rous the craving, fawn ing, crowd to quit, Andpleas'd to 'scape from flattery to wit. Absent... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1804 - 190 pages
...oft' hast bid the world attend, Fond to forget the statesman in the friend; For Swift and him despis'd the farce of state, The sober follies of the wise and great ; 10 Dext'rous the craving, fawning, crowd to quit, And pleas'd to 'scape from flattery to wit. Absent... | |
 | Nathan Drake - English literature - 1805 - 424 pages
...hast bid the world attend, Fond to forget the statesman in the friend: For SWIFT and him, despis'd the farce of state, The sober follies of the wise...Dext'rous, the craving, fawning crowd to quit, And pleas'd to 'scape from flattery to wit. Nor was Bolingbroke less struck with the character and manners... | |
 | Nathan Drake - English essays - 1805 - 420 pages
...hast bid the world attend, Fond to forget the statesman in the friend : For SWIFT and him, despis'd the farce of state, The sober follies of the wise...Dext'rous, the craving, fawning crowd to quit, And plcas'd to 'scape from flattery to wit. r BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SKETCHES. 187 Nor was Bolingbroke... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1806 - 376 pages
...as being equally defensible by authority. Thus great is differently used. For Swift and him despis'd the farce of state, The sober follies of the wise and great, PofE. As if misfortune trade the throne her seat, And none could be unhappy but the great. Rowr. The... | |
 | John Bell - 1807 - 562 pages
...hast bid the world attend, Fond to forget the statesman in the friend ; For Swift and him despis'd the farce of state, The sober follies of the wise...Dext'rous the craving, fawning, crowd to quit, And pleas'd to scape from flattery to wit. Absent or dead, still let a friend be dear, (A sigh the absent... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1807 - 474 pages
...hast hid the world attend, Fond to forget the statesman in the friend ; For Swift and him despis'd the farce of state, The sober follies of the wise...Dext'rous the craving, fawning, crowd to quit, And pleas'd to 'scape from flattery to wit. . Sent -to the Earl of Oxford with Or. Parnell's poem, published... | |
 | Percival Stockdale - English poetry - 1807 - 628 pages
...established in society. With them he was equally acquainted as with the ceremonies of courts; with the farce of state ; " the sober follies " of the wise, and great." His superiour personages maintain a proper dignity of action, of manner, and of language; they repell... | |
 | Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1808 - 844 pages
...For him thou oft hast bid the world attend, Fond to forget the statesman in the frieml, For SWIP r and him despised the farce of state, The sober follies...to quit, And pleased to 'scape from Flattery to Wit _ Nor was Bolingbroke less pleased with the character and manners of Parnell ; he showed the poet much... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1808 - 334 pages
...hast bid the world attend, Fond to forget the statesman in the friend ; For Swift and him despis'd the farce of state, The sober follies of the wise...Dextrous the craving, fawning crowd, to quit, And pleas'd to 'scape from flattery to wit. Absent or dead, still let a friend be dear, (A sigh the absent... | |
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