 Peace to all such ! but were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires; Blest with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease : Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the...  The English humourists - Page 162by William Makepeace Thackeray - 1905Full view - About this book
 | John Bell - English poetry - 1796 - 480 pages
...fume, and stamp, and roar, and chafe 1 And swear, not Addison himself was safe. Peace to all such! But were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires, Bless'd with each talent and each art to please, 195 And born to write, converse, and live with ease... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1804 - 230 pages
...against him, he makes a sudden transition to Addison. Peace to all such ! But were there one whose firei True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires, Blest with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease ; Should such a man, too fond to rule... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1804 - 190 pages
...fume, and stamp, and roar, and chafe ! And swear not Addison himself was safe. Peace to all such ! But were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires, Bless'd with each talent and each art to please, 195 And born to write, converse, and live with ease... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1806 - 440 pages
...pleasantry, of the same Nahum Tate, He's now a scribbler, who was once 20. Peace to all such ! but were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and...fair fame inspires; Blest with each talent, and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease : Should such a man, too fond to rule... | |
 | John Bell - 1807 - 562 pages
...fume, and stamp, and roar, and chafe 1 And swear, not Addison himself was safe. Peace to all such ! But were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires, 194 Bless'd,with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease... | |
 | Alexander Pope, Thomas Park - 1808 - 388 pages
...fume,and stamp, and roar, and chafe ! And swear not Addison himself was safe. Peace to all such ! But were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires, Bless'd with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease; Should... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1812 - 220 pages
...times, who had declared against him, he makes a sudden transition to Addison. Peace to all such ! But were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and...fair fame inspires, Blest with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease ; Should such a man, too fond to rule... | |
 | Nathan Drake - English literature - 1814 - 494 pages
...nothing but dishonour on the man who wrote them. Peace to all such! but were there one whose firei True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires ; Blest with each talent, and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease : Should such a man, too fond to rule... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - Great Britain - 1816 - 530 pages
...wrote the following keen and polished lines, forming part of his ' Prologue to the Satires : ' f ' Were there one, whose fires True genius kindles and...fair fame inspires ; Blest with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease : Should such a man, too fond to rule... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1820 - 832 pages
...chafe ! And swear, not Addison himself was safe. Peace to all such ! but were there one whose (ires s in Autumn unconfi art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease : Should such a man, too fond to ndc... | |
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