 | Joseph Guy - 1852 - 458 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 dexterous jerk soon twists him down, And wins them,... | |
 | Henrietta Dumont - 1852 - 330 páginas
...a feeble temper should So get the start of the majestic world, And bear the palm alone. Shakspeare. On the summit see, The seals of office glitter in...climbs, — he pants, — he grasps them. At his heels, Close at his heels, a demagogue ascends, And with a dexterous jerk soon twists him down, And wins them,... | |
 | Richard Hiley - 1852 - 344 páginas
...Though eloquent themselves, yet fear to break ; AVhat is it, but a map of busy life, Its fluctuations, and its vast concerns ? Here runs the mountainous...and craggy ridge That tempts Ambition. On the summit seo The seals of office glitter in his eyes ; He climbs, he pants, he grasps them ! At his heels, Close... | |
 | Richard Hiley - 1853 - 348 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 dexterous jerk, soon twists him down. And wins... | |
 | Cyclopaedia - 1853 - 772 páginas
...condemn'd to have an itching palm; To sell and mart your offices for gold To undeservers. Sliakspere. 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 dexterous jerk soon twists him down, Aud wins... | |
 | William Cowper - 1853 - 796 páginas
...fear to break ; What is it, but a map of busy life, 55 Its fluctuations, and its -vast concerns? Hero runs the mountainous and craggy ridge, That tempts Ambition. On the summit see The seals of oflice glitter in Ins eyes ; He climbs, he pants, he grasps them ! At his heels 60 Close at his heels,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1853 - 522 páginas
...eloquent themfelves, yet fear to break ; What is it but a map of bufy life, Its fluctuations, and its vaft concerns ? Here runs the mountainous and craggy ridge That tempts Ambition. On the fummit fee The feals of office glitter in his eyes ; He climbs, he pants, he grafps them ! At his heels,... | |
 | William Cowper, Henry Stebbing - 1854 - 850 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 dext'rous jerk soon twists him down. And wins them,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1854 - 796 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 and...glitter in his eyes; He climbs, he pants, he grasps them I At liis heels, Close at his heels, a demagogue ascends, And with a dexterous jerk soon twists him... | |
 | William Cowper, Robert Southey - 1854 - 482 páginas
...eloquent themselves, yet fear to break, What is it but a map of busy life, 55 That tempts ambition1. On the summit, see, The seals of office glitter in...He climbs, he pants, he grasps them. At his heels, GO Close at his heels a demagogue ascends", And with a dexterous jerk soon twists him down And wins... | |
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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... 
