 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 514 strani
...petulance, the son's expense, Improve his heady rage with treach'rous skill, And mould his passions till they make his will. Unnumber'd maladies his joints invade, Lay siege to life, and press the dire blockade ; But unextinguish'd av'rice still remains, And dreaded losses aggravate his... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 504 strani
...petulance, the son's expense, Improve Jiis heady rage with treach'rous skill, And mould his passions till they make his will. Unnumber'd maladies his joints invade, Lay siege to life, arid press the dire blockade ; But unextinguish'd av'rice still remains, And dreaded losses aggravate... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 824 strani
...instances it offends against every part of grammar. Swift. The watchful guests still hint the last offence, The daughter's petulance, the son's expence. Improve his heady rage with treacherous skill. And mould his passions till they make his will. Johnson. Conscience is a gicat ledger... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1837 - 448 strani
...the gath'ring sneer, And scarce a legacy can bribe to hear : The watchful guests still hint the last offence ; The daughter's petulance, the son's expence,...his heady rage with treach'rous skill, And mould his passions till they make his will. Unnumber'd maladies his joints invade, Lay siege to life, and press... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1837 - 438 strani
...the gath'ring sneer, And scarce a legacy can bribe to hear : The watchful guests still hint the last offence ; The daughter's petulance, the son's expence,...his heady rage with treach'rous skill, And mould his passions till they make his will. Unnumber'd maladies his joints invade, Lay siege to life, and press... | |
 | Juvenal - 1837 - 306 strani
...petulance, the son's expense, 280' Improve his steady rage with treacherous skill, And mould his passions till they mak'e his will. Unnumber'd maladies his joints invade, Lay siege to life, and press the dire blockade; But unextinguish'd av'rice still remains, 285 But grant, the virtues of a... | |
 | 1840 - 368 strani
...petulance, the son's expense, Improve his heady rage with treach'rous skill, And mould his passions till they make his will. Unnumber'd maladies his joints invade, Lay siege to life, and press the dire blockade ; But unextinguish'd av'rice still remains, And dreaded losses aggravate his... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 580 strani
...petulance, the son's expense, Improve his heady rage with treach'rous skill, And mould his passions till they make his will. Unnumber'd maladies his joints invade, Lay siege to life, and press the dire blockade ; But unextinguish'd av'rice still remains, And dreaded losses aggravate his... | |
 | English poetry - 1848 - 468 strani
...the gathering sneer, And scarce a legacy can bribe to hear ; The watchful guests still hint the last offence, The daughter's petulance, the son's expence, Improve his heady rage with treacherous skill, And mould his passions till they make his will. Unnumber'd maladies his joints invade,... | |
 | Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff - 1852 - 438 strani
...petulance, the son's expence, Improve his heady rago with treach'rous skill, And mould his passions till they make his will. Unnumber'd maladies his joints invade, Lay siege to life, and press the dire blockade; But unextinguish'd av'rice still remains, And dreaded losses aggravate his... | |
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Improve his heady rage with treach'rous skill, And mould his passions till they make his will.. 
