 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 more true joy Marcellus exiled feels, Than Caesar with a senate at his heels....  Letters on the Elementary Principles of Education - Page 306by Elizabeth Hamilton - 1818 - 388 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson - English language - 1805 - 924 pages
...i. \_sturn-M, Latin.] Starling; a bird. SrA'RER.n. s- [from stare.] One who looks with fixed eyts. One self-approving hour whole years outweighs Of stupid starers, and of loud huzzas. Pipe. STA'RKISH. ns [star and fab] A fish branching out into several points. This has a ray of one... | |
 | Poetry - 1806 - 330 pages
...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 Of stupid starers, and of loud huzzas; And more true joy Marcellus exil'd feels, Than Caesar with a senate at his heels. 42 In parts superior... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1808 - 334 pages
...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 Of stupid starers and of loud huzzas ; And more true joy Marcellus, exil'd, feels Than Caesar with a senate at his heels. In parts superior... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1808 - 542 pages
...Ileav'n. 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 more true joy Marcellus exil'd feels, Than Ca'sar with a senate at his heels. • Far from the... | |
 | Thomas Coke - Haiti - 1808 - 476 pages
...been vOL. i. D contemplating, arising from actions which issue in endless good ? On such occasions, " One self-approving hour whole years outweighs " Of stupid starers and of loud huzzas, " And more true joy Marcellus exil'd feels " Than Cezar with the senate at his heels." To contemplate... | |
 | Mrs. Barbara Wreaks Hoole Hofland - 1809 - 204 pages
...her ailments ; was the sweetest cordial his mind had ever tasted, and he felt how true it is, that One self-approving hour whole years outweighs, Of stupid starers, and of loud huzzas. " There is nothing but letters for you to-day," said Mr. Corbett, bringing in another. " Here is one,... | |
 | Noah Webster - Readers - 1809 - 202 pages
...half mankind. All fame is foreign, but of true desert ; Plays round the head, but comes not to tho 1 One self-approving hour whole years outweighs Of stupid starers, and of loud huzzas ; And more true joy, Marcellus, cxil'd, feels, Than Caesar, with a Senate ut his heels. In parts superior,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1809 - 114 pages
...Heav'n. All fame is foreign, but of true desert-; Plays round the head, but coriies not to the heart! One self-approving hour whole years outweighs Of stupid starers, and of loud huzzas ; And more true joy MarceHus exil'd feels, Than Csesai' with a senate at his heels. Far from the madding... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1810 - 262 pages
...be. Fame. 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 more true joy Marcellus exil'd feels, Than Caesar with a senate at his heels. Virtue the Guardian... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1812 - 224 pages
...Heav.n. All feme 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 more true joy Marcellus exil'd feels Than Cssar with a senate at his heels. Far from the madding... | |
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