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" Grown all to all, from no one vice exempt; And most contemptible, to shun contempt; His passion still to covet gen'ral praise, His life, to forfeit it a thousand ways; A constant bounty which no friend has made; An angel tongue which no man can persuade... "
The Good Lord Wharton: His Family, Life, and Bible Charity - Page 53
by Bryan Dale - 1906 - 208 pages
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The Works of Alexander Pope;

Alexander Pope - 1822 - 368 pages
...,whpres ', Enough, if all around him but admire, 190 And now the Punjc applaud, and now the Friar. Thus with each gift of nature and of art, And wanting...Vice exempt ; And most contemptible to shun contempt ; 195 His Passion still, to covet gen'ral praise, His Life, to forfeit it a thousand ways ; A constant...
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 3

Alexander Pope - 1822 - 370 pages
...and whores ; Enough, if all around him but admire, 190 And now the Punk applaud, and now the Friar. Thus with each gift of nature and of art, And wanting...Vice exempt ; And most contemptible to shun contempt ; 195 His Passion still, to covet gen'ral praise, His Life, to forfeit it a thousand ways ; A constant...
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The Works of Alexander Pope: Esq. with Notes and Illustrations by ..., Volume 5

Alexander Pope - English literature - 1824 - 430 pages
...passion. Warburton. Enough, if all around him but admire, 190 And now the punk applaud, and now the friar. Thus with each gift of nature and of art, And wanting...vice exempt ; And most contemptible to shun contempt ; 195 His Passion still, to covet general praise, His life, to forfeit it a thousand ways ; A constant...
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The Works of Alexander Popekesq., with Notes and Illustrations by ..., Volume 5

Alexander Pope - 1824 - 422 pages
...passion. Warburton. Enough, if all around him but admire, 190 And now the punk applaud, and now the friar. Thus with each gift of nature and of art, And wanting...vice exempt ; And most contemptible to shun contempt ; 195 His Passion still, to covet general praise, His life, to forfeit it a thousand ways ; A constant...
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Select Poets of Great Britain: To which are Prefixed, Criticial Notices of ...

William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1825 - 600 pages
...: Enough if all around him but admire, And now the punk applaud, and now the friar. Thus with eaeh on for Thomas Tegg viee exempt; And most eontemptible, to shun eontempt ; His passion still, to eovet general praise ;...
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The North American Review, Volume 21

North American review and miscellaneous journal - 1825 - 504 pages
...to which he had been exposed, might have applied to him the lines of his favorite poet — ' Blest with each gift of nature and of art, And wanting nothing but an honest heart.' With more kindness, however, and, perhaps, more justice, one might have ascribed to him a character,...
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A Review of the Character and Writings of Lord Byron

Willard Phillips - 1826 - 194 pages
...to 'which he had been exposed, might have applied to him the lines of his favorite poet — " Blest with each gift of nature and of art, And wanting nothing but an honest heart." With more kindness, however, and, perhaps, more justice, one might have ascribed to him a character,...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: To which is Prefixed a Life ..., Volume 1

Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1828 - 222 pages
...Enough if all around him but admire, And now the punk applaud, and now the friar. Thus with each giftof Nature and of Art, And wanting nothing but an honest heart; Grown all to nil, from no one vice exempt; And most contemptible to fi\wft coixV Hist I constant bounty which no...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: To which is Prefixed the Life of ...

Alexander Pope - 1830 - 500 pages
...whores; Knouph if all around him but admire, 190 And now the punk applaud, and now the friar. Thaa from Jove, and heavenly bora ; Else, singed with lightning, hadet rice exempt, And most contemptible, to ehun contempt ¡ Ни passion still, to covet general praise...
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The works of Alexander Pope; with a memoir of the author, notes ..., Volume 2

Alexander Pope - 1835 - 378 pages
...and whores : Enough, if all around him but admire, 190 And now the punk applaud, and now the friar. Thus with each gift of nature and of art, And wanting...vice exempt ; And most contemptible to shun contempt ; 195 His passion still, to covet general praise ; His life, to forfeit it a thousand ways ; again...
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