 Consistent in our follies and our sins, Here honest Nature ends as she begins. Old politicians chew on wisdom past, And totter on in business to the last ; As weak, as earnest ; and as gravely out, As sober Lanesborow dancing in the gout.  De Vere; Or, The Man of Independence - Seite 63von Robert Plumer Ward - 1831Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Leigh Hunt - 1846 - 416 Seiten
...sand. Consistent in our follies and our sins, Here honest nature ends as she begins. Old politicians chew on wisdom past, And totter on in business to the last ; As weak, as earnest, and as gravely out, As sober Lanesb'row dancing in the gout. Behold a reverend... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1847 - 524 Seiten
...225 Consistent in our follies and our sins, Here honest Nature ends as she begins. Old politicians chew on wisdom past, And totter on in business to the last ; COMMENTARY. Ver. 222. In this one Passion, #c.] But now it may be objected to our philosophic Poet,... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Charles Macready - 1849 - 646 Seiten
...sand. Consistent in our follies and our sins, Here honest Nature ends as she begins. Old politicians chew on wisdom past, And totter on in business to the last ; As weak, as earnest ; and as gravely out, As sober Lanesb'row q dancing in the gout. A salmon's belly,... | |
 | 1852 - 874 Seiten
...sand. Consistent in our follies and our sins, Here honest Nature ends as she begins. Old politicians ckonh * ; As weak, as earnest ; and as gravely out, As sober Lanesborow dancing in the gout, Behold a reverend... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1854 - 338 Seiten
...225 Consistent in our follies and our sins, Here honest Nature ends as she begins. Old politicians chew on wisdom past, And totter on in business to the last; As weak, as earnest, and as gravely out, 230 As sober Lanesborough dancing in the gout.19 Behold a... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1856 - 512 Seiten
...sand. Consistent in our follies and our sins, Here honest Nature ends as she begins. Old politicians chew on wisdom past, And totter on in business to the last; As weak, as earnest, and as gravely out As sober Lanesborow dancing in the gout. Behold a reverend... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1856 - 362 Seiten
...sand. Consistent in our follies and our sins, Here honest Nature ends as she begins. Old politicians chew on wisdom past, And totter on in business to the last ; As weak, as earnest, and as gravely out, 230 As sober Lanesborough1 dancing in the gout. Behold a... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1859 - 550 Seiten
...sand. Consistent in our follies and our sins, Here honest nature ends as she begins. Old politicians chew on wisdom past, And totter on in business to the last ; As weak, as earnest, and as gravely out, As sober Lanesb'row dancing in the gout. Behold a reverend... | |
 | Henry George Davis - 1859 - 320 Seiten
...Pennant as the country house of the eccentric nobleman immortalised by Pope :— " Old politicians chew on wisdom past, And totter on in business to the last, As weak, as earnest, and as gravely out, As sober Laneshro' dancing with the gout." He caused the following... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1859 - 330 Seiten
...pile. Consistent in our follies and our sins, Here honest Nature ends as she begins. Old politicians chew on wisdom past, And totter on in business to the last ; As weak, as earnest, and as gravely out As sober Lanesb'row 1 dancing in the gout. Behold a reverend... | |
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