 | John Burke - 1832 - 768 páginas
...acquitted, after a public trial, by his peers. His memory is celebrated by Pope, in the following line* : " A soul supreme, in each hard instance tried, Above...breath, The lust of lucre, and the dread of death." The earl d. 21st May, 172-1, and was s. by his only son, EDWARD, second earl. This nobleman devoted... | |
 | 1832 - 616 páginas
...describes him as having possessed A soul supreme, in each bard instance tried. Above all paui. sll auger, and all pride ; The rage of power, the blast of public breath ; The lust of lucre, aud the dread of death. He was not only a great encourager of literature, but the greatest collector... | |
 | Thomas Parnell - 1833 - 318 páginas
...in thy fall. And sure if ought below the seats divine Can touch immortals, 'tis a soul like thine : A soul supreme, in each hard instance tried, Above...breath, The lust of lucre, and the dread of death. In vain to deserts thy retreat is made ; The Muse attends thee to the silent shade : Tis hers, the... | |
 | John Gorton - 1833 - 820 páginas
...Pope, anc other literary men, who repaid his favours with their eulogies. Pope thus celebrates him " A soul supreme in each hard instance tried. Above...breath, The lust of lucre, and the dread of death." Lord Oxford was himself an author, having published — " A Letter to Swift for correcting »nd improving... | |
 | Thomas Smith (Of Mary-le-bone) - 1833 - 354 páginas
...Poems to this Earl, celebrated him as possessing " A soul supreme, in each hard initance tried, Abore all pain, all anger, and all pride ; The rage of power,...breath, The lust of lucre, and the dread of death." He was a great encourager of learning,f and the greatest collector in his time of all curious Books... | |
 | Charles N. Baldwin - 1833 - 466 páginas
...lines : 11 Л soul supreme in each hard instance tried, Above all pain, all anger, and all pride, 4'ho rage of power, the blast of public breath, The lust...of death." This nobleman laid the foundation of the Harloian Collection of MSS. now In the British Museum ; which was enlarged by his son Edward, who succeeded... | |
 | Samuel Tymms - 1834 - 334 páginas
...Oxford, founder of the Harleian Library in the British Museum, who died in 1/24, and of whom Pope wrote: A soul supreme in each hard instance tried, Above...breath, The lust of lucre, and the dread of death. In DORE Church-yard lies its Rector and historian, Matthew Gibson. DOWNTON Castle was the residence... | |
 | John Gorton - 1835 - 822 páginas
...anil other literary men, who repaid his favours with their eulogies. Pope thus celebrates him : " Л soul supreme in each hard instance tried, Above all...breath, The lust of lucre, and the dread of death." Lord Oxford was himself an author, having published — " A Letter to Swift for correcting and improving... | |
 | Englishmen - 1835 - 476 páginas
...immortals. Ч» а «oui like thine; A soul supremo in each hard instance tried, Above all pain, all pauion, and all pride, The rage of power, the blast of public...breath, The lust of lucre, and the dread of death." Never was praise more beautiful and more unjust. The sole attribute of a great mind which Harley possessed,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1835 - 318 páginas
...'tis a soul like thine : A soul supreme, in each hard instance tried, Above all pain, all passion, and all pride ; The rage of power, the blast of public breath, 25 The lust of lucre, and the dread of death. In vain to deserts thy retreat is made ; The Muse attends... | |
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... tis a soul like thine, a soul supreme, in each hard instance tried, above all pain, all passion and all pride, the rage of power, the blast of public breath, the lust of lucre and the dread of death. 
