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" Ambition this shall tempt to rise, Then whirl the wretch from high, To bitter Scorn a sacrifice, And grinning Infamy. The stings of Falsehood those shall try, And hard Unkindness... "
The Poetical Works of Johnson, Parnell, Gray, and Smollett - Page 167
by Samuel Johnson - 1868 - 254 pages
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Beauties of the British Poets ...

George Croly - English poetry - 1850 - 442 pages
...heart ; And envy wan, and faded care, Grim visaged, comfortless despair, And sorrow's piercing dart. Ambition this shall tempt to rise, Then whirl the wretch from high, To bitter scorn a sacrifice, And grianing infamy. The stings of falsehood, those shall try, And hard unkindness' altered eye, That mocks...
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The speaker: or, Miscellaneous pieces selected from the best English writers ...

William Enfield, James Pycroft - 1851 - 422 pages
...heart, And Envy wan, and faded Care, Grim visag'd comfortless Despair, And Sorrow's piercing dart. Ambition this shall tempt to rise, Then whirl the...of Falsehood those shall try, And hard Unkindness' alter' d eye, That mocks the tear it forc'd to flow ; And keen Remorse with blood defil'd, And moody...
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Select English poetry, with notes by E. Hughes

Edward Hughes - 1851 - 362 pages
...and faded Care, Grim-visaged comfortless Despair, And Sorrow's piercing dart. THE FLIGHT OF TIME. 215 Ambition this shall tempt to rise, Then whirl the...of falsehood those shall try, And hard unkindness' altered eye, That mocks the tear it forced to flow ; And keen Remorse with blood defiled, And moody...
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The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray

Thomas Gray - 1851 - 380 pages
...heart ; And Envy wan, and faded Care, Grim-visag'd comfortless Despair, And Sorrow's piercing dart. 70 Ambition this shall tempt to rise, Then whirl the...grinning Infamy. The stings of Falsehood those shall try, -j And hard Unkindness' alter'd eye, That mocks the tear it forc'd to flow ; And keen Remorse with...
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The Lives of the Lords Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England ...

John Campbell Baron Campbell - Great Britain - 1851 - 534 pages
...though not yet warned by the lines which have not been able to save others from such folly : — " Ambition this shall tempt to rise, Then whirl the...To bitter scorn a sacrifice And grinning infamy." As it was now the middle of Easter Term, and important law business was suspended, the office of Chancellor...
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Cyclopedia of English Literature: a Selection of the Choicest ..., Volume 2

Robert Chambers - English literature - 1851 - 764 pages
...Despair, And Sorrow's piercing dart. Ambition this shall tempt to rise, Then whirl the wretch froin em@;l* altered eye, That mocks the tear it forced to flow ; And keen Remorse with blood defiled, And moody...
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The Class Book of Poetry

Class-book - Poetry - 1852 - 152 pages
...heart ! And Envy wan, and faded Care, Grim-visaged, comfortless Despair, And Sorrow's piercing dart. Ambition this shall tempt to rise, Then whirl the...defiled; And moody Madness, laughing wild Amid severest wo. Lo ! in the vale of years beneath, A grisly troop are seen, — The painful family of Death, ,...
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A Book for a Corner: Or, Selections in Prose and Verse from ..., Volume 1

English literature - 1852 - 460 pages
...heart ; And envy wan, and faded care, Grim-visag'd comfortless despair, And sorrow's piercing dart. Ambition this shall tempt to rise, Then whirl the...hard unkindness' alter'd eye, That mocks the tear it forc'd to flow ; And keen remorse, with blood defil'd, And moody madness laughing wild Amidst severest...
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A Book for a Corner: Or, Selections in Prose and Verse from Authors the Best ...

English literature - 1852 - 248 pages
...heart ; And envy wan, and faded care, Grini-visag'd comfortless despair, And sorrow's piercing dart. Ambition this shall tempt to rise, Then whirl the...hard unkindness' alter'd eye, That mocks the tear it forc'd to flow ; And keen remorse, with blood defil'd, And moody madness laughing wild Amidst severest...
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Hausschatz englischer Poesie: Auswahl aus den Werken der bedeutendsten ...

Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff - English poetry - 1852 - 438 pages
...heart, And Envy wan, and faded Care, Grim-visag'd comfortless Despair, And Sorrow's piercing dart. Gray. Ambition this shall tempt to rise, Then whirl the...hard Unkindness' alter'd eye, That mocks the tear it forc'd to flow; And keen Remorse, with blood defil'd, And moody Madness laughing wild Amid severest...
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