 | James Thomson - English literature - 1763 - 458 pages
...and crown*d their cares, In comes another fet, and kicketh them down ftain, LV. But what moft fhew'd the vanity of life, Was to behold the nations all on fire, In cruel broils engag'd, and deadly ftrife : Moft Chriflian kings, enflam'd by black defire, With honourable ruffians... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 628 pages
...crown'd their cares, In comes another fett, and kicketh them down ftairs. LV. But what moft fliew'd the vanity of life, Was to behold the nations all on fire, In cruel broils engag'd, and deadly ftrife : Moft chriftian kings, inflam'd by black defire, With honourable ruffians... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 280 pages
...their cares, In comes another fett, and kicketh them down ftairs. LV. But what moft fhewM the vanitv of life, Was to behold the nations all on fire, In cruel broils engag'd, and deadly ftrife : JVIoft chriftian kings, inflam'd by black deiire, With honourable ruffians... | |
 | English poetry - 1782 - 518 pages
...and crown'd their carei, In comes another fett, and kicketh them down flairs. But what moft fliew'd the vanity of life. Was to behold the nations all on fire, In cruel broils engag'd, and deadly flrife; Moft Chriftian kings inflam'd by black defire. With honourable ruffians... | |
 | John Bell - English poetry - 1787 - 510 pages
...down ftairs. The morning ftar. Piij j74 THE CASTLE Ot I NDOLENSE. Can:3 I. LV. But what moft fhew'd the vanity of life, Was to behold the nations all on fire, In cruel broils engag'd, and deadly lI rife, Moft ( "n ill i.in kings, inflam'd by black dcfue, With honourable ruffians... | |
 | James Thomson, Patrick Murdoch - 1788 - 326 pages
...and crown'd their cares, In comes another (at, and kicketh them down ftairs. LV. But what moft fhew'd the vanity of life, Was to behold the nations all on fire, In cruel broils engag'd, and deadly ftrife : Moft chriftian kings, inflam'd by black defire, With honourable ruffians... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 292 pages
...crown'd their cares, In comes another fett, and kicketh them- down ftairs. LV. But what moft fhew'd the vanity of life, Was to behold the nations all on fire, In cruel broils engag'd, and deadly ftrife : Aloft chriftian kings, inflam'd by black defire, With honourable ruffians... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1791 - 966 pages
...pow'r, and crown'd their cares, (fbirs. In comes another fet, and kickcth them down But what moft fhew'd r'rf. But (he wouIJ fpell him backward : if fair fac'd, She'd fwear th'.- engag'd, and deadly ft rife : Moft Chriftian kings, cnflam'dby bhck defirc, With honourable ruffians... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - Conduct of life - 1791 - 510 pages
...and crown'dj their cares, [flairs. In comes another let, and kickcth them down But what moft mew'd the vanity of life, Was to behold the nations all on fire ; In cruel broils cnL'ag'd, and deadly ftrifc : Moft chriftirin kingb, cnrlam'd by black d^-firc, With honourable ruffians... | |
 | Robert Anderson - English poetry - 1795 - 972 pages
...and croM(>'d their cares, [Aim. In comes another fett, and k;ckcth them down But wliat moft fhcw'd the vanity of life, Was to behold the nations all on fire, In cruel broik engug'd, and deadly ftrife : Mod Chrifthn kings, infiam'd by black deCrr, With honourable ruffians... | |
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With honourable ruffians in their hire, Cause war to rage, and blood around to pour... 
