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" Speak thou, whose thoughts at humble peace repine, Shall Wolsey's wealth, with Wolsey's end, be thine? Or liv'st thou now, with safer pride content, The wisest justice on the banks of Trent? For, why did Wolsey, near the steeps of fate, On weak foundations... "
The Works of Samuel Johnson ...: Essay on the life and genius of Dr. Johnson ... - Page 15
by Samuel Johnson - 1825
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Bell's Classical Arrangement of Fugitive Poetry, Volumes 5-6

John Bell - English poetry - 1789 - 428 pages
...Shall Wolsey's wealth with Wolsey's end be thine?xi. Or liv'st thou now, with safer pride content, The wisest justice on the banks of Trent ? For why did...beneath Misfortune's blow, ^~ With louder ruin to the gulphs below ? What gave great Villiers to th' assassin's knife, And fix'd disease on Harley's closing...
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Bell's Classical Arrangement of Fugitive Poetry, Volumes 5-6

John Bell - English poetry - 1789 - 442 pages
...be thine? Or liv'st thou now, with safer pride content, The wisest justice on the banks of Trent i For why did Wolsey near the steeps of fate, On weak...beneath Misfortune's blow, With louder ruin to the gulphs below ? What gave great Villiers toth' assassin's knife, And fix'd disease on Harley's closing...
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The Poetical Works ...: With the Life of the Author

Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1805 - 238 pages
...Shall Wolsey's wealth, with Wolsey's end, be thine ? Or liv'st thou now, with safer pride content,The wisest justice on the banks of Trent ? •For why...beneath misfortune's blow With louder ruin to the gulphs below ? What gave great Villiers to the assassin's knife, And fix'd disease on Harley's closing...
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Works, Volume 1

Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 372 pages
...Shall Wolsey's wealth, with Wolsey's end, be thine ? Or liv'st thou now, with safer pride content, The wisest justice on the banks of Trent ? For, why did....to the gulfs below ? * What gave great Villiers to the assassin's knife,. And fix'd disease on Harley's closing life ? What murder'd Wentworth, and what...
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Specimens of the British poets, Volume 2

British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 526 pages
...beneath misfortune's blow, With londer ruin to the gulfs below ? What gave, great Villiers to the' assassin's knife, And fix'd disease on Harley's closing life ? What murder'd Wentworth, and what exil'd Hyde, By kings protected, and to kings allied ? What but their wish indulg'd in courts to shine, And...
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Elegant Extracts, Volumes 1-2

Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1809 - 604 pages
...rcpifie. SblWolsey'j wealth wi thWolscy's end be thine? Or liv'»t thou now, with safer pride content, The se business is to please ; He rode, he fenc'd, he mov'd with grace iteeps of fate, Or weak foundations raise th" enormous weight ? W by but to sink, beneath misfortune's...
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Smart, Wilkie, P. Whitehead, Fawkes, Lovibond, Harte, Langhorne, Goldsmith ...

Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 648 pages
...[thine • Shall Wolsey's wealth with Wolsey's end be Or liv'st thou now, with safer pride content, The wisest justice on the banks of Trent ? . For, why...beneath misfortune's blow. With louder ruin to the gulphs below ? 6 W bat gave great Villiers loth' assassin'sknife, And lix'il disease on Harley's closiuglife...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including ..., Volume 16

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 656 pages
...thon now, with safer pride content, The wisest justice on the banks of Trent ? For, why did Wolscy, near the steeps of fate. On weak foundations raise th' enormous weight ? Why but to sink beneath misfortune 's blow. With louder ruin to the gulphs be!u.-. '; 6 W hat gave great Viiliers to tV assassin's...
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The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia

Samuel Johnson, Francis William Blagdon - English fiction - 1811 - 250 pages
...Shall Wolsey's wealth, with Wolsey's end be thine ? Or liv'st thou now, with safer pride content, The wisest justice on the banks of Trent ? For why did...With louder ruin to the gulfs below ? What gave great Villers to th' assassin's knife, And fix'd disease on Harley's closing life ? What murder'd Wentworth,...
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The Poetical Works of Samuel Johnson: Collated with the Best Editions

Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 202 pages
...on the banks of Trent? For why did Wolsey, near the steeps of fate, On weak foundations raise the' enormous weight? Why but to sink beneath misfortune's...ruin to the gulfs below? What gave great Villiers to the' assassin's knife And fix'd disease on Harley's closing life ? C L U'hatmurder'd Wentworth ',and...
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