 | William Cowper - 1891 - 204 páginas
...Though eloquent themselves, yet fear to break, What is it but a map of busy life, Its fluctuations and its vast concerns ? Here runs the mountainous...He climbs, he pants, he grasps them. At his heels, Close at his heels, a demagogue ascends, And with a dextrous jerk soon twists him down And wins them,... | |
 | 1895 - 768 páginas
...still they dream that they shall still succeed, And still are disappointed. Coviper, Task. in. 127, On the summit, see, The seals of office glitter in...He climbs, he pants, he grasps them. At his heels, Close at his heels, a demagogue ascends. And with a dext'rous jerk soon twists him down, And wins them,... | |
 | 1896 - 1224 páginas
...at the Old Market. 8c. 1. By low ambition and the thirst of praise. t. COWPEB— Table Talk. L. 891. . 22. Tecnm habita, et n6ris quam sit tibi curta supellex....Retire within thyself, and thou will discover how sma Close at his heels, a demagogue ascends, And with a dexterous jerk soon twists him down, And wins them,... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1896 - 680 páginas
...its vast concern T Here rant the mountainous and craggy ridge, That tempts Ambition. On the summit The seals of office glitter in his eyes ; He climbs, he pants, he grasps them ! At his heels, Case at his heels, a demagogue ascends, And with a dcxt'rous jerk soon twists him down, And wins them,... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1896 - 794 páginas
...cold pretence : Patriots are grown too shrewd to be sincere, And we too wise to trust them. COWPER. The seals of office glitter in his eyes; He climbs, he pants, he grasps them ; at his heels, Close at his heels, a demagogue ascends, And, with a dextrous jerk, soon twists him down, And wins... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1897 - 666 páginas
...themselves, yet fear to break; What is it but a map of busy life, Its fluctuations, and its vast concern ? Here runs the mountainous and craggy ridge, That tempts...He climbs, he pants, he grasps them ! At his heels, Close at his heels, a demagogue ascends, And with a dext'rous jerk soon twists him down, And wins them,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1898 - 334 páginas
...Though eloquent themselves, yet fear to break ; What is it but a map of busy life, 55 Its fluctuations, and its vast concerns ? Here runs the mountainous...He climbs, he pants, he grasps them. At his heels, 6" Close at his heels, a demagogue ascends, And with a dexterous jerk soon twists him down, And wins... | |
 | 1899 - 262 páginas
...in the sacred cause. June 29 COWPER. 1759 Gen. Robert Monkton occupied Point Levi, opposite Quebec. On the summit, see, The seals of office glitter in his eyes ; He climbs, he pants, he grasps them. 17 6 3 The Fort at Detroit received reinforcements, during its seige, under Major Glad win. This accident... | |
 | William Cowper - 1900 - 346 páginas
...Though eloquent themselves, yet fear to break ; What is it but a map of busy life, 55 Its fluctuations, and its vast concerns ? Here runs the mountainous...He climbs, he pants, he grasps them. At his heels, Close at his heels, a demagogue ascends, 61 And with a dexterous jerk soon twists him down, And wins... | |
 | Henry George Bohn, Anna Lydia Ward - 1911 - 784 páginas
...dream that they shall still succeed, And still are disappointed. 127 Cowper: Task. Bk. lii. Line 127 On the summit, see, The seals of office glitter in...He climbs, he pants, he grasps them. At his heels, Close at his heels, a demagogue ascends, And with a dext'rous jerk soon twists him down, And wins them,... | |
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Which not even critics criticise ; that holds Inquisitive attention, while I read, Fast bound in chains of silence, which the fair, Though eloquent themselves, yet fear to break ; What is it, but a map of busy life, Its fluctuations, and its vast concerns... 
