 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 372 pages
...; 250 When what t' oblivion better were resign'd, Is hung on high, to poison half mankind. All fame is foreign, but of true desert; Plays round the head, but comes not to the heart : One self-approving hour whole years outweighs 255 Of stupid starers, and of loud huzzas... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 370 pages
...; 250 When what t' oblivion better were resign'd, Is hung on high, to poison half mankind. All fame is foreign, but of true desert ; Plays round the head, but comes not to the heart : One self-approving hour whole years outweighs 255 Of stupid starers, and of loud huzzas... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1823 - 396 pages
...indeed. What's fame ? a fancy'd life in others breath, A thing beyond us, e'en before our death. All fame is foreign, but of true desert, Plays round the head, but comes not to the heart ; One self-approving hour Whole years outweighs Of stupid starers, and of loud huzzas : And... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1823 - 94 pages
...this is Wisdom's part, ' This is that incense of the heart, Whote fragiance smells to Hear'a. All fame is foreign, but of true desert ; Plays round the head, but comes not to the heart : One self-approving hour who-Je years outweighs Of stupid starers, and of boud huzzas :... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1823 - 116 pages
...this is Wisdom's part. This is. that incense of the heart. Whose fragrance smells to Heav'o.All fame is foreign, but of true desert ; Plays round the head, but comes not to the %e.aiV One self-approving hour whole years outweighs Of stupid stavers, and iflrtiid huzzas: And... | |
 | Jesse Torrey - Ethics - 1824 - 308 pages
...grave; When what t' oblivion better were resign'd, Is hung on high, to poison half mankind. 34 All fame is foreign, but of true desert; Plays round the head, but comes not to the heart: One self-approving hour whole years outweighs Of stupid starers, and of loud huzzas; And... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...grave; When what t' oblivion better were resign'd, Is hung on high to poison half mankind. All fame " offspri the heart : One self-approving hour whole years outweighs Of stupid starers, and of loud huzzas ; And... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1824 - 84 pages
...; 250 When what t' oblivion better were resign'd, Is hung on high, to poison half mankind. All fame is foreign, but of true desert ; Plays round the head, but comes not to the heart : One self-approving hour whole years outweighs 255 Of stupid starers. and of loud huzzas... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English literature - 1824 - 430 pages
...; 250 When what t' oblivion better were resign'd, Is hung on high, to poison half mankind. All fame is foreign, but of true desert ; Plays round the head, but comes not to the heart : One self-approving hour whole years outweighs 255 Of stupid starers and of loud huzzas... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1824 - 422 pages
...; 250 When what t' oblivion better were resign'd, Is hung on high, to poison half mankind. All fame is foreign, but of true desert ; Plays round the head, but comes not to the heart : One self-approving hour whole years outweighs 255 Of stupid starers and of loud huzzas... | |
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Is hung on high, to poison half mankind. All fame is foreign but of true desert, Plays round the head, but comes not to the heart... 
