 Or vice ; who never understood How deepest wounds are given by praise ; Nor rules of state, but rules of good: Who hath his life from rumours freed, Whose conscience is his strong retreat; Whose state can neither flatterers feed, Nor ruin make oppressors...  Chambers's pocket miscellany - Page 139by Chambers W. and R., ltd, John Nyren - 1852Full view - About this book
 | 1805 - 506 pages
...retreat; Whose state can neither flatterers feed, Nor ruin make accusers great. Who envies none whom chance doth raise, Or vice : who never understood How deepest wounds are giv'n with praise Nor rules of state, but rules of good: Who God doth late and early pray, His graces... | |
 | Charles Snart - Poetry - 1808 - 506 pages
...passions not his master's are ; Whose soul is still prepar'd for death ; Unty'd unto the world with care Of public fame or private breath : Who envies none that chance doth raise, Nor vice : who never understood How deepest wounds are giv'n by praise, Nor rules of state, but rules... | |
 | Samuel Egerton Brydges, Sir Egerton Brydges, Joseph Haslewood - English literature - 1812 - 688 pages
...care Of public fame, or private breath. 3. Who envies none that chance doth raise, Nor vice hath ever understood; How deepest wounds are given by praise, Nor rules of state, but rules of good. 4. Who hath his life from rumours freed. Whose conscience is bis strong retreat: Whose state can neither... | |
 | Thomas Percy - Ballads, English - 1812 - 518 pages
...10 Whose state can neither flatterers feed, Nor ruine make oppressors great : Who envies none, whom chance doth raise, Or vice : Who never understood How deepest wounds are given with praise ; 1 5 Nor rules of state, but rules of good ; Who Who God doth late and early pray More... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - Essays - 1813 - 338 pages
...Whose passions not his masters are, Whose soul is still prepar.d for death ; Unty,d unto the world by care Of public fame, or private breath. Who envies none that chance doth raise, Nor vice hath ever understood : How deepest wounds are giv.n by praise, Nor rules of state, but rules... | |
 | Ballads, English - 1819 - 394 pages
...Whose passions not his masters are, Whose soul is still prepar'd for death ; Untied unto the world by care Of public fame, or private breath : Who envies none that chance doth raise, Nor vice hath ever understood ; How deepest wounds are given by praise, Nor rules of state, but rules... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...Whose passions not his masters are, Whose soul is still prepar'd for death : Untied unto the world by care Of public fame, or private breath ! Who envies none that chance doth raise, Nor vice hath ever understood ; How deepest wounds are giv'n by praise, Nor rules of state, but rules... | |
 | England - 1839 - 894 pages
...Whose passions, not his masters are, Whose soul is still prepared for death ; Untied unto the world by care Of public fame or private breath. " Who envies none that chance doth raise, Nor vice hath ever understood ; How deepest wounds are given by praise ; Nor rules of state, but rules... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1820 - 636 pages
...Whose passions not his masters' are, Whose soul is still prepar'd for death; Untied unto the world by care Of public fame, or private breath. Who envies none that chance doth raise, Nor vice hath ever understood ; How deepest wounds are given by praise, Nor rules of state, but rules... | |
 | Rowland Freeman - Authors, English - 1821 - 846 pages
...care Of public fame, or private breath. Who envies not where chance doth raise, Nor vice hath ever understood ; How deepest wounds are given by praise, Nor rules of state, but rules of good. Who hath his life from rumour freed, Whose conscience is his strong retreat, Whose state can neither... | |
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