Johnson. Vanity of human wishes, ed. with notes by E.J. Payne1876 |
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1st ed Alluding allusion Bavaria British army Charles XII Countess of Dorchester couplet Democritus devotion fills thy disregarding accent Dryden erring still excuse examples of Vane eyes fall fame fate fav'rites fills thy glowing foes Frederick Prince gen'ral hear Heav'n highwayman HUMAN WISHES Hyde ignorance sedate ill by transmuting ills which lurk Impeachment James II Juvenal Juvenal's example kings line without disregarding literary Lord Louis XIV mankind Maria Theresa Marlborough mischief glows name of Vanella not='ceases o'er opiate Oxford peace perhaps from Prior Peru poem pow'r pride Prince of Wales resign rival sacred presence blest Satire SATIRE OF JUVENAL scarce scene scorn secret ambush sense of sacred Sense-Able to conquer septennial Sir Charles Sedley slave Smollett's Memoirs solemn toys strong devotion fills subject of Smollett's suppliant Swift Swim darkling sword thee thou Thro thy glowing breast Toil Vane and Sedley VANITY OF HUMAN Voltaire wealth Wentworth wise Xerxes
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Seite 5 - LET observation, with extensive view, Survey mankind, from China to Peru ; Remark each anxious toil, each eager strife, And watch the busy scenes of crowded life...
Seite 11 - While ladies interpose, and slaves debate. But did not Chance at length her error mend? Did no subverted empire mark his end? Did rival monarchs give the fatal wound? Or hostile millions press him to the ground? His fall was destined to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious hand; He left the name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale.
Seite 10 - The march begins in military state, And nations on his eye suspended wait : Stern Famine guards the solitary coast, And Winter barricades the realms of Frost : He comes : nor want nor cold his course delay. — Hide, blushing glory, hide Pultowa's day.
Seite 12 - Enlarge my life with multitude of days, In health, in sickness,' thus the suppliant prays; Hides from himself his state, and shuns to know That life protracted is protracted woe. Time hovers o'er, impatient to destroy, And shuts up all the passages of joy...
Seite 7 - How wouldst thou shake at Britain's modish tribe, Dart the quick taunt, and edge the piercing gibe? Attentive truth and nature to descry, And pierce each scene with philosophic eye. To thee were solemn toys or empty show...
Seite 10 - On what foundation stands the warrior's pride, How just his hopes, let Swedish Charles decide. A frame of adamant, a soul of fire, No dangers fright him, and no labours tire...
Seite 13 - Lydia's monarch should the search descend, By Solon caution'd to regard his end, In life's last scene what prodigies surprise, Fears of the brave, and follies of the wise? From Marlb'rough's eyes the streams of dotage flow, And Swift expires a driv'ler and a show.
Seite 8 - Where'er he turns, he meets a stranger's eye, His suppliants scorn him, and his followers fly ; Now drops at once the pride of awful state, The golden canopy, the glitt'ring plate,. The regal palace, the luxurious board, The liv'ried army, and the menial lord. With age, with cares, with maladies oppress'd., He seeks the refuge of monastic rest. Grief aids disease, remember'd folly stings, And his last sighs reproach the faith of kings.
Seite 13 - By day the frolic, and the dance by night ; Who frown with vanity, who smile with art, And ask the latest fashion of the heart ; What care, what rules, your heedless charms shall save, Each nymph your rival, and each youth your slave ? Against your fame with fondness hate combines, The rival batters, and the lover mines.
Seite 13 - New sorrow rises as the day returns, A sister sickens, or a daughter mourns. Now kindred Merit fills the sable bier, Now lacerated Friendship claims a tear. Year chases year, decay pursues decay...