 Speak thou, whose thoughts at humble peace repine, Shall Wolsey's wealth, with Wolsey's end, be thine? Or liv'st thou now, with safer pride content, The wisest justice on the banks of Trent? For, why did Wolsey, near the steeps of fate, On weak foundations...  The Works of Samuel Johnson - Stran 5avtor: Samuel Johnson - 1825Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | Tom Peete Cross, Clement Tyson Goode - 1927 - 1432 strani
...content, The wisest justice on the banks of Trent' For, whv did Wolsey, near the steeps of fate, 125 On weak foundations raise th' enormous weight? Why...What gave great Villiers to th' assassin's knife, And fixed disease on Harley's closing life? 130 What murdered Wentworth, and what exiled Hyde, By kings... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1927 - 68 strani
...Gulphs below ? What f gave great Filliers to th' Aflaflin's Knife, And fix'd Difeafe on Harle?s clofing Life ? What murder'd Wentworth^ and what exil'd Hyde, By Kings protected and to Kings ally'd ? What but their Wifh indulg'd in Courts to fhine, And Pow'r too great to keep or to refign... | |
 | James Boswell - 1928 - 390 strani
...than in the following noble passage of Dr. Johnson's Vanity of Human Wishes.10 What gave great Villars to th' assassin's knife? And fix'd disease on Harley's closing life? What murder'd Wentworth, and what exiled Hyde, By kings protected and to kings allied? What but their wish indulg'd in courts to shine,... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1896 - 876 strani
...pride content, The wisest Member on the banks of Trent ? And then follow the lines he quoted : (Oh, why did Wolsey) near the steeps of fate On weak foundations raise the enormous weight ? &c. 8th. — Made our annual excursion to White Horse Hill. We lunched, as usual,... | |
 | Richard Jenkyns - 1992 - 526 strani
...Disease, remember'd Folly stings, And his fast Sighs reproach the Faith of Kings. For why did Wolscy near the Steeps of Fate, On weak Foundations raise...beneath Misfortune's Blow, With louder Ruin to the Gulphs below? Johnson was able to find fresh inspiration in the Roman models; following Juvenal rather... | |
 | Howard Anderson - 1967 - 429 strani
...for himself, the style corresponding to his conception of sublime things as Burke was to see them: For why did Wolsey, near the steeps of fate, On weak foundations rear th' enormous weight? Why but to sink beneath misfortune's blow With louder ruin to the gulphs... | |
 | Adam Potkay - 2000 - 276 strani
...inmane ruinae" [106-7].) Johnson finds an English equivalent in the interrogative phrase "why did": For why did Wolsey near the Steeps of Fate, On weak Foundations raise th'enormous Weight? Why but to sink beneath Misfortune's Blow, With louder Ruin to the Gulphs below?... | |
 | Pauline Beard, Robert Liftig, James S. Malek - 2007 - 370 strani
...Shall Wolsey's wealth, with Wolsey's end be thine? Or liv'st thou now, with safer pride content, The wisest justice on the banks of Trent? For why did...near the steeps of fate, On weak foundations raise the enormous weight? 55 Why but to sink beneath misfortune's blow, With louder ruin to the gulfs below?... | |
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