 Wharton, the scorn and wonder of our days, Whose ruling passion was the lust of praise: Born with whate'er could win it from the wise, Women and fools must like him or he dies; Though wond'ring Senates hung on all he spoke, The Club must hail him master...  The North American Review - Page 284edited by - 1854Full view - About this book
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1817 - 490 pages
...character in tbese masterly lines : t " Wharton, the scorn and wonder of our days, Whose ruling paieion was the lust of praise : Born with whate'er could win it from the wise, Women and fools must Mke him or Ife 'fifes ; Tli"' wond'ring senates htingon alHie 8pok>>. %. The clnb .must hail him muter... | |
 | Biography - 1817 - 490 pages
...survived to a very advanced age, and died in Feb. 1777, and was buried in St. Pancras church-yard. Born with whate'er could win it from the wise> • •, Women and fools must like him or he dies ; Tho' wend'ring senates hung on all he spoke, The club must hail him master of the joke. Shall parts... | |
 | James Sargant Storer - 1817 - 456 pages
...William. His vigour of talent and strange impropriety of conduct have been finely described by Pope— Wharton, the scorn and wonder of our days, Whose ruling passion was the love of praise : Boni with wliate'rr could win it from the wise, Women and fools must like him, or... | |
 | James Norris Brewer - 1801 - 1208 pages
...Essays. WHARTON, the scorn and wonder of our djyj, Whose ruling passion was the lust of praise; Bora with whate'er could win it from the wise, Women and...spoke, The club must hail him master of the joke. Shall parti so various aim at nothing new ? He'll shipe a Tully and a Wilmot too ; Then turns repentant,... | |
 | James Sargant Storer - 1818 - 226 pages
...Pope — Wharton, the scorn and wonder of our days, Whose ruling passion was the love of praise : Boru with whate'er could win it from the wise, Women and...Though wondering senates hung on all he spoke, The cluh must hail him master of the joke. Shall parts so various aim at nothing new ? He'll shine a Tully... | |
 | James Storer - Architecture - 1818 - 232 pages
...passion was the love of praise : Burn with whate'er could win it from the vue, Women and fooU most like him, or he dies. Though wondering senates hung on all he spoke, The cluh must hail him master of the joke. Shall parts so various aim at nothing new : He'll shine a Tully... | |
 | James Storer - Architecture - 1818 - 226 pages
...William. His vigour of talent and strange impropriety of conduct bave been finely described by Pupe — Wharton, the scorn and wonder of our days, Whose ruling passion was the love of praise : VOL. VII. H Born with wbate'er could win it from the wise, Women and fools must like... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1820 - 832 pages
...here. This clue once found, unravels all the rest, Tile prospect clears, and Wliarton stands confest. d an image of himself, a sovereign of the The listening...Aflects to nod, And seems to shake the spheres. CHORU pans so various aim at nothing new ? He'll shine a Tully and a Wilmot too. Then turns repentant, and... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1854 - 580 pages
...Macaulay, who is hastening, in his English history, to the time and events in which this hero nourished. " Wharton ! the scorn and wonder of our days, Whose...wondering senates hung on all he spoke, The club must hail hitn master of the joke. Shall parts so various aim at nothing new ? He '11 shine a Tully and a Wilmot... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 372 pages
...appetite for it ; where the strength of the passion had destroyed all the delicacy of the sensation. W. Born with whate'er could win it from the Wise, Women and Fools must like him, or he dies ; Tho' wondring Senates hung on all he spoke, The Club must hail him master of the joke. 185 Shall... | |
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