| John Lauris Blake - 1833 - 286 páginas
...mask, behind which it is impossible for him, at once, to distinguish the basilisk from the dove. " And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep, A shade that follows wealth and fame, But leaves the wretch to weep." If a man is rich, a large class court his favor, in hopes... | |
| 1832 - 858 páginas
...in gloomy solitude tits their ingratitude, and to feel the biting memory rf " benefits forgot." "For what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep ; A shade that follow ; wealth or fame, And leaves llie wretch to weep." But the attachment of a mother.no change... | |
| Samuel Kirkham - 1834 - 360 páginas
...then', is fortitude'? And', fortitude abandoned', where is man'? And what is friendship but a name1? A charm that lulls to. sleep'? A shade that follows wealth or fame'? But leares the wretch to weep'? Nor yet for the ravage of winter I mourn'; Kind nature the embryo blossom... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1835 - 334 páginas
...brings, Are trifling and decay ; And those who prize the paltry things, More trifling still than they. ' And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep ; A shade that follows wealth or fame, But leaves the wretch to weep ? " And love is still an emptier sound, The modern fair one's jest ;... | |
| Noah Webster - 1835 - 270 páginas
...brings Are trifling, and decay; And those who prize the paltry things, More trifling still than they. And what is friendship, but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep, A shade that follows wealth or fame, But leaves the wretch to weep? And love is still an emptier sound, The modern fair one's jest ; On... | |
| 1835 - 440 páginas
...interest. This indeed governs tie world in their associations : — " And whnt is friendship but a namo, A charm that lulls to sleep, A shade that follows wealth or fame, But leaves the wretch to weep." But he sought not high connections— exalted friendships — or splendid... | |
| Carlton BRUCE (pseud. [i.e. George Mogridge.]) - 1837 - 300 páginas
...find a single stick at the North Pole; and Greenland is not half so green as other places. FRIENDSHIP. And what is friendship, but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep, A shade that follows wealth or fame, But leaves the wretch to weep. GOLDSMITH. I COULD laugh outright at the absurd notions which in my... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1837 - 472 páginas
...grieve for friendship unreturn'd, Or unregarded love? *&' « Alas! the joys that fortune brings, « And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep; A shade that follows wealth or fame, But leaves the wretch to weep? « And love is still an emptier sound, The modern fair one's jest; On... | |
| William Evans Burton, Edgar Allan Poe - 1837 - 460 páginas
...blessings. From the earliest ages to the present time, experience has led many to exclaim with Goldsmiih, " What is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep, A shade that follows wealth or fame, But leaves the wretch to weep." In as great a ratio лв genuine friendship enhances the pleasures... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith, Sir James Prior - 1837 - 530 páginas
...trifling and decay ; And those who prize the paltry things, More trifling still than they. " And what rs friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep ; A shade that follows wealth or fame, But leaves the wretch to weep ? " And love is still an emptier sound, The modern fair-one's jest :... | |
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