...wise; There mark what ills the scholar's life eyes, assail, Toil, envy, want, the patron and the jail; See nations, slowly wise and meanly just, To buried...again attend, Hear Lydiat's life and Galileo's end." " This poor scholar," said Lord Chesterfield, " behaved in exactly the same way to superiors, equals,...

...or detraction. ' Who killed John Keats ? ' 'I,' said the Quarterly, is a libel. All ages have seen Nations slowly wise and meanly just To buried merit raise the tardy bust. Pheidias died in prison ; Rembrandt became a bankrupt ; Turner was reviled and Alfred Stevens neglected...

...be wise; There mark what Ills the Scholar's Life assail, Toil, Envy, Want, the Patron, and the Jail. See Nations slowly wise, and meanly just, To buried...again attend. Hear Lydiat's Life, and Galileo's End. A different attitude to Roman models is illustrated by Charles Churchill (1732-64). Like Johnson, he...

...considering? It certainly wouldn't be recognition of his scholarly merits, as Johnson went on to point out: See nations slowly wise, and meanly just, To buried merit raise the tardy bust. But Pope was even more dismissive of the very idea of being tempted by Two's suggestions. 'What's fame?'...

...more meaning than ten of prose. A few pages later he quotes from Johnson's "Vanity of Human Wishes," See nations slowly wise and meanly just To buried merit raise the tardy bust, observing that "slowly wise" and "meanly just" "summarize long observation." Pound's position in the...