 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 - Page 15by Samuel Johnson - 1825Full view - About this book
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 320 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 ? What murder'd Wentworth ', and what... | |
 | Classical poetry - 1822 - 292 pages
...Shall Wolsey's wealth withWolsey's end be thine; Or livest thou now, with safer pride content, The wisest justice on the banks of Trent"? For why did...near the steeps of fate, On weak foundations raise the' enormous weight? Why but to sink beneath misfortune's blow, "With louder ruin to the gulfs below... | |
 | John Lauris Blake - History - 1824 - 396 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...fix'd disease on Harley's closing life ? What murder'd Wentwortb, and what exil'd Hyde, By kings protected, and to kings ally'd ? What, but their wish indulg'd,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1824 - 426 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...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... | |
 | Minstrel - 1824 - 246 pages
...Wolsey 's end he thine ? Or liv'st thou now, with safer pride content, The wisest justice on the hanks of Trent, For why did Wolsey near the steeps of fate,...On weak foundations raise th' enormous weight? Why hut to sink heneath misfortune's hlow, Witd louder ruin to the gu!phs helovv r What gave great Villiers... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1824 - 366 pages
...raise th' enormous, weight ? Why but to sink beneath misfortune's blow, With louder ruin to the gulphs below ? * What gave great Villiers to th' assassin's...fix'd disease on Harley's closing life ? What murder'd Went worth, and what exil'd Hyde, By kings protected, and to kings ally'd ? What but their wish indulg'd... | |
 | John Lauris Blake - History - 1825 - 404 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...what exil'd Hyde, By kings protected, and to kings ally'd ? What, but their wish indulg'd, in courts to shine, And pow'r too great to keep or to resign... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 508 pages
...Shall Wolsey's wealth, with Wolsey's end, be thine ? Or liv'st thou now, with safer pride content, kThe wisest justice on the banks of Trent? For, why did...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... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Elocution - 1825 - 310 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...Villiers to th' assassin's knife, And fix'd disease on Barley's closing life ? What murder'd Wentworth, and what exil'd Hyde, By kings protected, and to kings... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Johnson - Literary Collections - 1825 - 508 pages
...Wolsey's wealth, with Wolsey's end, be thine ? Or liv'st thou now, with safer pride content, k The wisest justice on the banks of Trent ? For, why did...misfortune's blow. With louder ruin to the gulfs below ? i What gave great Villiers to th' assassin's knife, And fix'd disease on Barley's closing life ?... | |
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