 Whate'er thy countrymen have done, By law and wit, by sword and gun, In thee is faithfully recited ; And all the living world that view Thy work, give thee the praises due, At once instructed and delighted. ' " Yet for the fame of all these deeds, What...  The Poetical Works of Matthew Prior - עמוד 132מאת Matthew Prior - 1907 - 150 דפיםתצוגה מלאה - מידע על ספר זה
 | John Dennis - 1906 - 286 דפים
...That he applied them to himself was touchingly obvious, and therefore I must quote them. ' " Whate'er thy countrymen have done, By law and wit, by sword...Invalides, With lameness broke, with blindness smitten, Wished ever decently to die, To have been either Mezeray, Or any monarch he has written? '"It strange,... | |
 | Gerald Le Grys Norgate - 1906 - 434 דפים
...poet on Mezeray, in which after praising the historian's faithful record he goes on to ask : — " Yet for the fame of all these deeds What beggar in...Invalides, With lameness broke, with blindness smitten, Wished ever decently to die To have been either Mezeray — Or any monarch he has written ? " and to... | |
 | John Dennis - 1908 - 288 דפים
...That he applied them to himself was touchingly obvious, and therefore I must quote them. ' " Whate'er thy countrymen have done, By law and wit, by sword...Invalides, With lameness broke, with blindness smitten, Wished ever decently to die, To have been either Mezeray, '"It strange, dear author, yet it true is,... | |
 | Sir Adolphus William Ward, Alfred Rayney Waller - 1912 - 636 דפים
...the stanzas, Sir Walter Scott's favourite, Written in the Beginning of Mezeray's History of France : Yet for the fame of all these Deeds, What Beggar in...Invalides, With Lameness broke, with Blindness smitten, Wished ever decently to die, To have been either Mezeray, Or any Monarch He has written ? He writes... | |
 | Sir Adolphus William Ward, Alfred Rayney Waller - 1912 - 626 דפים
...the stanzas, Sir Walter Scott's favourite, Written in the Beginning of Mezeray's History of France : Yet for the fame of all these Deeds, What Beggar in the Invalided, With Lameness broke, with Blindness smitten, Wished ever decently to die, To have been either... | |
 | Mary Elizabeth Brown - 1913 - 504 דפים
...Walter Scott was a great admirer, — " In the beginning of Mezeray's History of France": "Whate'er thy countrymen have done, By law and wit, by sword...Invalides, With lameness broke, with blindness smitten, Wished ever decently to die, To have been either Mezeray, Or any monarch he has written," etc. The... | |
 | John Dennis - 1924 - 280 דפים
...he applied them to himself was touchingly obvious, and therefore I must quote them. ' ' ' Whate'or thy countrymen have done, By law and wit, by sword...once instructed and delighted. ' " Yet for the fame ol all these deeds, What beggar in the Invalides, With lameness broke, with blindness smitten, Wished... | |
 | David Nichol Smith - 1926 - 744 דפים
...Miscellaneous Works, 1740 w: 14 Written in the 'Beginning of ^Mezeray's History of France rHATE'ER thy Countrymen have done, By Law and Wit, by Sword...Invalides, With Lameness broke, with Blindness smitten, Wished ever decently to die, To have been either Mezeray, Or any Monarch He has written ? It strange,... | |
 | John Dennis - 1928 - 280 דפים
...That he applied them to himself was touchingly obvious, and therefore I must quote them. ' " Whate'er thy countrymen have done, By law and wit, by sword...living world that view Thy work, give thee the praises <lue, At once instructed and delighted. ' " Yet for the fame of all these deeds, What beggar in the... | |
 | Robert Wyndham Ketton-Cremer - 32 דפים
...his copy of Mezeray's History of France, what is surely the finest of his graver poems. 12 Whate'er thy Countrymen have done By Law and Wit, by Sword...Delighted. Yet for the Fame of all these Deeds, What Begger in the Invalides, With Lameness broke, with Blindness smitten, Wished ever decently to die,... | |
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