 | Edward Young - 1802 - 420 pages
...bit, and then they had not bled. Fame is a public mistress, none enjoys, But, more or less, his rivaFs peace destroys ; With fame, in just proportion, envy...genius rise, As a bright day awakes the world of flies; "With hearty malice, but with feeble wing, (To shew they live) they flutter, and they sting : But as... | |
 | Edward Young - English poetry - 1805 - 232 pages
...file ; Merit less solid less despite had bred ; They had not bit, and then they had not bled. Fame is a public mistress none enjoys, But, more or less,...genius rise, As a bright day awakes the world of flies ; With hearty malice, but with feeble wing, j (To shew they live) they flutter, and they sting ; But... | |
 | François Marie Arouet de [prose] Voltaire - 1805 - 288 pages
...prejudices of envy in a very ridiculous light. With/a/»f in just proportion en-ay grows, The man who makes a character makes foes. Slight, peevish insects...genius rise, As a bright day awakes the world of flies: With hearty malice, but with feeble wing, To show they live, they flutter and they sting : But as by... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 556 pages
...tile; Merit less solid, less despite had bred ; They had not lit, and then they hod not tied, fame is a public mistress, none enjoys, But. more or less,...rival's peace destroys ; 'With fame, in just proportion, «ivy prows; The man that uiakes a character, makes foes : Slight, peevish insects round a genius rise,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 558 pages
...mistress, none enjoys, But, more or less, his rival's peace destroys; \\'Ahfame, in just propor'ion, eircy grows; The man that makes a character, makes foes: Slight, peevish insects round a genius rise, As a hright day awakrs the world of flies; With hearty malice, hut with feehle wing, (To show they live)... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 554 pages
...tile ; Merit less solid, less despite had bred ; They had not til, and then they had not tied. Fame is a public mistress, none enjoys, But. more or less, his rival's peace destroys; Vfilkfamc, in just proportion, may grows; The man that makes a character, makes foes : Slight, peevish... | |
 | Edward Young - Drama - 1811 - 294 pages
...file ; Merit less solid, less despite had bred ; They had not tit, and then they had not bled. Fame is a public mistress, none enjoys, But, more or less, his rival's peace destroys; {\ritli^fitme, in just proportion, envy grows ; Slight, peevish insects round a genius rise, As a bright... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - English literature - 1824 - 406 pages
...file ; Merit less solid less despite had bred ; They had not bit, and then they had not bled. Fame is a public mistress none enjoys, But, more or less,...genius rise, As a bright day awakes the world of flies ; With hearty malice, but with feeble wing, (To show they live) they flutter, and they sting ; Bat... | |
 | Augustus Toplady - 1825 - 496 pages
...thing as friendship in the world." Had he said, " there is not much," he would have hit the mark. , " With fame, in just proportion, envy grows : The man that makes a character, makes foes." Very exalted virtue is often admired : but not often loved. What is the reason ? Because, few are truly... | |
 | Great Britain - 1831 - 984 pages
...Robert Montgomery, if he recollected the passage, did not quote it in the titlepage to his volume, With fame, in just proportion, envy grows ; The man...a genius rise, As a bright day awakes the world of flics ; With hearty malice, but with feeble wing, (To show they live) they flutter and they sting ;... | |
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With fame, in just proportion, envy grows ; The man that makes a character, makes foes : Slight, peevish insects round a genius rise, As a bright day awakes the world of flies ; With hearty malice, but with feeble wing, (To show they live) they flutter,... 
