 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1825 - 160 páginas
...heav'n's decree, How ill cxchang'd are things like these for thee How do thy potions, with insidiousjoy, Diffuse their pleasures only to destroy ! Kingdoms by thee to sickly greatness grown, Boast of a Qorid vigour not their own : At ev'ry draught more large and large they grow, A bloated mass of rank... | |
 | 1826 - 300 páginas
...grief. O luxury ! thou cursM by Heaven's decree, How ill exchang'd are things like these for thee ! How do thy potions, with insidious joy, Diffuse their...and large they grow, A bloated mass of rank unwieldy wo; Till sapp'd their strength, and every part unsound, Down, down they sink, and spread a ruin round.... | |
 | 1826 - 696 páginas
...pleaenres only to destroy t Kingdoms by thee, to sickly greatness grown, Bout of a florid Ttgonr uot their own ; At every .draught more large and large they grow, A bloated mass of rank nnwielilly woe ; Till, lapp'd their strength and every part nnsound, Down, down they sink, and spread... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 414 páginas
...e'er gave, Await, alike the* inevitable hour The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Gray's Elegy. Kingdoms, by thee to sickly greatness grown, Boast of a florid vigour not their own. Goldsmith. Deserted Village. BOAT', -\ From the Germ, ballen; to BOAT'MAN, I thrust ; to dash ; to... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 832 páginas
...alike the' inevitable hour ; The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Gray's Elegy. Kingdoms, by thce to sickly greatness grown, Boast of a florid vigour not their own. Goldsmith. Deserted Village. BOAT', -ч From the Germ, batten; to BOAT'MAN, I thrust ; to dash ; to... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1830 - 516 páginas
...grief. — 0 luxury ; thou curs'd by Heaven's decree, How ill exchang'd are things like these for thee I How do thy potions, with insidious joy, Diffuse their...their own ; At every draught more large and large they growv A bloated mass of rank unwieldy wo ; Till sapp'd their strength, and every part unsound, Down,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1830 - 544 páginas
...grief. О luxury! thou curst by Heaven's decree, How ill exchanged are things like these for thee! passes unpraised, ither by his friends or himself,...Philosopher's should be forgotten. While the •pi îoast of a florid vigour not their own ; At every draught more large and large they grow, A bloated... | |
 | Thomas F. Walker - 1830 - 256 páginas
...grief. 0 luxury I thou curs'd by Heav'n's decree, How ill exchanged are things like these for thee I How do thy potions, with insidious joy, Diffuse their pleasures only to destroy I Kingdoms by thee, to sickly greatness grown, Boast of a florid vigour not their own. • At every... | |
 | 1835 - 240 páginas
...destroyed ? " Oh luxury, thou curs'd by heaven's decree, How ill exchanged are things like these for thee ! How do thy potions, with insidious joy, Diffuse their...thee, to sickly greatness grown, Boast of a florid vigor not their own ; At ev'ry draught more large and large they grow, A bloated mass of •rank unwieldy... | |
 | 1836 - 784 páginas
...yours to judge, how wide the limits stand Between a splendid and a happy land. Kingdoms at length, to sickly greatness grown, Boast of a florid vigour,...large and large they grow, A bloated mass of rank unweildy woe, Till capped their strength, and every part unsound, Down, down they sink, and spread... | |
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O luxury ! thou curst by Heaven's decree, How ill exchanged are things like these for thee ! How do thy potions, with insidious joy, Diffuse their pleasures only to destroy ! Kingdoms by thee, to sickly greatness grown, Boast of a florid vigour not their... 
