 See how the world its veterans rewards ! A youth of frolics, an old age of cards; Fair to no purpose, artful to no end, Young without lovers, old without a friend; A fop their passion, but their prize a sot, Alive, ridiculous; and dead, forgot!  The Works of Jonathan Swift: Accurately Revised in Twelve Volumes, Adorned ... - Stran 146avtor: Jonathan Swift, John Hawkesworth - 1754Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1896 - 794 strani
...how the world its veterans rewards ! A youth of frolies, an old age of cards ; Fair to no purpose, artful to no end ; Young without lovers, old without a friend ; A fop their passion, but their prize a sot ; Alive, ridiculous ; and dead, forgot ! POPE : Moral Essays. Man's... | |
 | Henry Augustin Beers - 1899 - 346 strani
...SEE how the world its veterans rewards ! A youth of frolic, an old age of cards ; Fair to no purpose, artful to no end, Young without lovers, old without a friend ; A fop their passion, but their prize a sot ; Alive, ridiculous, and dead, forgot. Ah 1 Friend,' to dazzle let the... | |
 | John Scott Clark - 1900 - 886 strani
...how the world its veterans rewards ! A youth of frolics, an old age of cards ; Fair to no purpose, artful to no end, Young without lovers, old without a friend ; A fop their passion, but their prize a sot." — The Rape of the Lock. Great Nature spoke ; observant men obey'd... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1903 - 704 strani
...See how the world its veterans rewards! A youth of frolics, an old age of cards; Fair to no purpose, artful to no end, Young without lovers, old without a friend; A Fop their passion, but their prize a Sot, Alive ridiculous, and dead forgot! All! friend! to dazzle let the vain... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Veterans' Affairs - 1971 - 532 strani
...See how the World its Veterans rewards! A youth of Frolics, an old age of Cards! Fair to no purpose, artful to no end, Young without lovers, old without a friend; A Fop their passion, but their prize a Sot; Alive, ridiculous, and dead, forgot! Epistle to a Lady. I would also... | |
 | Yasmine Gooneratne - 1976 - 164 strani
...how the World its Veterans rewards! 243 A Youth of frolicks, an old Age of Cards, Fair to no purpose, artful to no end, Young without Lovers, old without a Friend, A Fop their Passion, but their Prize a Sot, Alive, ridiculous, and dead, forgot! The positives put forward in the... | |
 | John Hollander - 1990 - 280 strani
...See how the world its veterans rewards! A Youth of Frolics, an Old Age of cards; Fair to no purpose, artful to no end. Young without Lovers, old without a Friend; A Fop their Passion, hut their Prize a Sot; Alive, ridiculous, and dead, forgot. ["To a Lady," 243-48] The succession... | |
 | Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - 2007 - 764 strani
...See how the World its Veterans rewards! A Youth of Frolicks, an old Age of Cards, Fair to no purpose, artful to no end, Young without Lovers, old without a Friend, A Fop their Passion, but their Prize a Sot, Alive, ridiculous, and dead, forgot! The preceding passage, taken from... | |
 | Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - 1995 - 936 strani
...See how the World its veterans rewards! A youth of frolics, an old age of cards; Fair to no purpose, artful to no end, Young without lovers, old without a friend; A Fop their Passion, but their Prize a Sot, Alive ridiculous, and dead forgot! Ah friend! to dazzle let the vain... | |
 | Charles Doyle - 1997 - 528 strani
...See how the World its Veterans rewards! A Youth of Frolics, an old Age of Cards; Fair to no purpose, artful to no end, Young without Lovers, old without a Friend; A Fop their Passion, but their Prize a Sot; Alive, ridiculous, and dead, forgot! The immediacy and precision and... | |
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