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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 poetical works of Alexander Pope, ed. with notes and intr. memoir by A.W ...

Alexander Pope - 1869 - 570 pages
...spirit] Spirit, for principle, after a Hie of mad dissipation and adventure, died not passion. Warbwrton. Thus with each gift of nature and of art, And wanting...heart; Grown all to all, from no one vice exempt; 195 ' And most contemptible, to shun contempt : His Passion still, to covet gen'ral praise, His Life,...
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Life of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 1

William Forsyth - Cicero, Marcus Tullius - 1869 - 588 pages
...himself at one time was almost deceived by the better qualities of his nature— Thus with each fjift of nature and of art, And wanting nothing but an honest heart. As in the case of Verres, so also in the case of Catiline, some attempts have recently been made to...
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Himself His Worst Enemy: Or, Philip, Duke of Wharton's Career ...

Alfred Paxton Brotherhead - 1871 - 388 pages
...bravery; and his heart throbs an lo Triumphs in the glorious anticipation of the future. CHAPTER XXXIV. Thus, with each gift of nature and of art, And wanting nothing but an honest heart. POPE'S " WHARTON." He must be greater than his sire ; — SWIFT. PHILIP is soon a great favorite in...
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Memorials of Twickenham: Parochial and Topographical

Richard Stuteley Cobbett - Twickenham (London, England) - 1872 - 458 pages
...disreputable Duke of Wharton, whom Pope describes as " the scorn and wonder of our days, possessing — . . . Each gift of nature and of art, And wanting nothing but an honest heart." During Pope's time it was the residence of his friend James Craggs, junior, whom Horace Walpole spitefully...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope

Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1873 - 590 pages
...Second. P. [See note p. 181.] 5 With the same spirit] Spirit, for principle, not passion. Warburton. Thus with each gift of nature and of art, And wanting...heart; Grown all to all^ from no one vice exempt; 195 And most contemptible, to shun contempt : His Passion still, to covet gen'ral praise, His Life,...
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POPE, SELECTED POEMS; THE ESSAY ON CRITICISM; THE MORAL ESSAYS; THE DUNCIAD

THOMAS ARNOLD - 1876 - 312 pages
...master of the joke. Shall parts so various aim at nothing new ? He'll shine a Tully and a Wilmot too. Thus with each gift of nature and of art, And wanting...contempt; His passion still, to covet general praise ; 190 A fool, with more of wit than half mankind, Too rash for thought, for action too refined ; A...
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Tales of Our Great Families, Volume 2

Edward Walford - Nobility - 1877 - 370 pages
...master of the joke. Shall parts so various aim at nothing new ? He'll shine a Tully and a Wilmot too. Thus, with each gift of nature and of art, And wanting...from no one vice exempt, And most contemptible to show contempt ; His passion still, to covet general praise ; His life, to forfeit it a thousand ways...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope

Alexander Pope - 1879 - 570 pages
...sp\m\ S £irit, foe ^\\cvc\^ i life of mad dissipation and at/venture, died not passion. W arburton. Thus with each gift of nature and of art, And wanting...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...
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 3

Alexander Pope - Poets, English - 1881 - 572 pages
...drinks and whores ; Enough, if all around him but admire, And now the punk applaud, and now the friar.' Thus with each gift of nature and of art, And wanting nothing but an honest heart ; lines were printed after ver. 171. Instead of " Search then," the reading was "Tis in," ie, 'Tis...
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 3

Alexander Pope - Poets, English - 1881 - 608 pages
...drinks and whores ; Enough, if all around him but admire, And now the punk applaud, and now the friar." Thus with each gift of nature and of art, And wanting nothing but an honest heart ; IM lines were printed after ver. 171. Instead of " Search then," the reading was "Tis in," ie, 'Tis...
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