 How rarely reason guides the stubborn choice, Rules the bold hand, or prompts the suppliant voice, How nations sink, by darling schemes oppress'd, When vengeance listens to the fool's request. Fate wings with ev'ry wish th...  Russell de Albuquerque, cônto moral - Página 149por Portuguêz - 1833 - 336 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | 1789 - 200 páginas
...How rarely reason guides the stubborn choice, Rules the bold hand, or prompts the suppliant voice ; How nations sink, by darling schemes oppress'd, When vengeance listens to the fool's request. Fate wings with every wish th' affliftive dart, Each gift of nature, and each grace of art; Epist.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 132 páginas
...How rarely reason guides the stubborn choice, Rules the bold hand, or prompts the suppliant voice* How nations sink, by darling schemes oppress'd, When Vengeance listens to the fool's request. Fate wings with ev'ry wish th' afflictive dart, Each gift of nature, and each grace of art, With fatal... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806
...How rarely reason guides the stubborn choice, Rules the bold hand, or prompts the suppliant voice; How nations sink, by darling schemes oppress'd, When Vengeance listens to the fool's request. Fate wings with ev'ry wish th' afflictive dart, Eaeh gift of nature, and each grace of art; With fatal... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806
...rarely reason guides the stubborn choice, Rules the bold hand, or prompts the suppliant voice ; Jlow nations sink, by darling schemes oppress'd, When Vengeance listens to the fool's request. Fate wings with ev'ry wish th' afflictive dart, Each gift of nature and each grace of art ; With fatal... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1809
...How rarely reason guides the stubborn choice, Rules the bold hand, or prompts the suppliant voice j How nations sink, by darling schemes oppress'd, When vengeance listens to the fool's request. Fate wings with ev'ry wish th' afflictive dart, Each gift of nature, and each grace of art ; With fatal... | |
 | British poets - 1809
...How rarely reason guides the stubborn choice. Rules the bold hand, or prompts the suppliant voice ; How nations sink, by darling schemes oppress'd, When vengeance listens to the fool's request. Fate wings with every wish the' afflictive dart, Each gift of nature, and each grace of art; With fatal... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 526 páginas
...How rarely reason guides the stubborn choice, Rules the bold baud, or prompts the suppliant voice ; How nations sink by darling schemes oppress'd, When vengeance listens to the fool's request. Fate wings with ev'ry wish th' afflictive dart, Each gift of nature and each grace of art j *' Maximus... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 133 páginas
...How rarely reason guides the stubborn choice. Rules the bold hand, or prompts the suppliant voice, How nations sink, by darling schemes oppress'd, When vengeance listens to the fool's request, Fate wings with every wish the' afflictive dart, Each gift of nature, and each grace of art ; With... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Francis William Blagdon - 1811 - 234 páginas
...How rarely reason guides the stubborn choice, Rules the bold hand, or prompts the suppliant voice ; How nations sink, by darling schemes oppress'd, When vengeance listens to the fool's request. Fate wings with every wish the afflictive dart, Each gift of nature, and each grace of art ; With fatal... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 140 páginas
...How rarely reason guides the stubborn, choice, Bules the bold hafld,or prompts the suppliant voice. How nations sink, by darling schemes oppress'd, When Vengeance listens to the fool's request — Fate wings with ev'ry wish the afflictive dart, .Each gift of nature, and each grace of art; With... | |
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