...misery and contempt, in a little wretched hut belonging to one of his tenants at KirkbyMoorside — " There, victor of his health, of fortune, friends, And fame; this lord of useless thousands ends." The duke of Berg ; Venetia, lady Digby ; the prince of Carrignano, grandfather of prince Eugene; the...

...council, in a ring Of mimick'd statesmen, and their merry king. No wit to flatter, left of all his store 1 No fool to laugh at, which he valued more. There,...• And fame, this lord of useless thousands ends." * James Graham, Marquis of Montrose, was one of the bravest officers that add lustre to our national...

...The bower of wanton Shrewsbury and love ! Or just as gay at council 'mid the ring Of mimic statesman and their merry king ! No wit to flatter left of all...victor of his health, of fortune, friends, And fame, the lord of useless thousands ends !"' POPE. Moral Essays. 1851.] FREDERIC THE GREAT AND THE SEVEN...

...hower of wanton Shrewshury and love ; Or just as gay at council, in a ring Of mimicked statesmen, and a merry king ; No wit to flatter left of all his store,...There, victor of his health, of fortune, friends, And tame, this lord of useless thousands ends ! And therefore, in the name of dulness, be The well-hung...

...how changed from him, That life of pleasure and that soul of whim I Gallant and gay, in Cliveden's proud alcove, The bower of wanton Shrewsbury and love...friends, And fame, this lord of useless thousands ends ! " Says Horace Walpole, speaking of the Duke:—" His portrait has been drawn by four masterly hands...

...love ; Or just as gay at council, in a ring Of mimic statesmen, and their merry king. No wit to natter left of all his store ! No fool to laugh at, which...friends, And fame, this lord of useless thousands ends 1 Pope perhaps took up this particular character from the ambition of rivalling Drydeu, who, as we...

...! how changed for him, That life of pleasure and that soul of whim ! Gallant and gay in Cliefden's proud alcove — The bower of wanton Shrewsbury and...friends, And fame, this lord of useless thousands ends ! " Though the first line, as it has often been observed, embodies a poetical fiction, the picture...

...love; Or just as gay, at Council, in a ring Of mimic statesmen, and their merry king, No wit to natter, left of all his store ! No fool to laugh at, which...ends. Yes ; Pope knew, as well as Wordsworth and our " Naturalist!," that no physical fact was so mean or coarse as to be below the dignity of poetry —...

...Garter ' dangling from that bed Where tawdry yellow strove with dirty red — Great Villiers lies. No wit to flatter ; left of all his store ; No fool...friends, And fame, this lord of useless thousands ends." But to proceed to the subject of my lecture, I might cite for you many examples from, the early classic...

...merry King. No wit to flatter left of all his store, No fool to laugh at, which he valued more, Then victor of his health, of fortune, friends. And fame, this lord of useless thousands ends." Far from expiring in the ' worst inn's worst room,' the duke breathed his last in Kirby Moorside, in...