| Stephen Jones - Biography - 1799 - 456 pages
...the following lines ; ** A soul supreme, in each hard instance meet, Abcve all p.-,.; -, all anger, and all pride, The rage of power, the blast of public breath, The lust of lucre, and the dread of death." t , . ÍJARMER (THOMAS) an emijient dissenting divine, and critical... | |
| 1901 - 604 pages
...depreciatory damnation is unjust. ' A soul supreme, in each hard instance try'd, Above all pain, and passion, and all pride ; The rage of power, the blast of public breath, The lust of lucre, and the dread of death.' % These fine lines — which we must remember were written » .= a... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1807 - 288 pages
...fall. JO And sure if aught helow the seats divine Can touch immortals, 'tis a soul like thine; A soul supreme, in each hard instance tried, Above all pain, all passion, and all pride, The rage of pow'r, the blast of public breath, 85 The lust of lucre, and the dread of death. In vain to deserts... | |
| Thomas Frognall Dibdin - 1807 - 692 pages
...intrinsically valuable, should have beA soul supreme, in each hard instance tried, Above all pain, and passion, and all pride; The rage of power, the blast of public breath, The lust of lucre, and the dread of death. In vain to deserts thy retreat is made ; The muse attends thec to thy... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1808 - 334 pages
...17»«. And sure if aught below the seats divine Can touch immortals, 'tis a soul like thine ; A soul supreme, in each hard instance tried, Above all pain,...of power, the blast of public breath, The lust of lucre, and the dread of death. In vain to deserts thy retreat is made, The Muse attends thee to thy... | |
| Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1808 - 702 pages
...immortals, 'tis a soul like thine : A soul supreme, in each hard instance tried. Above all pain, and passion, and all pride. The rage of power, the blast of public breath. The lust of lncre, and the dread of death. In vain to deserts thy retreat is made ; The muse attends thee to thy... | |
| Thomas Mortimer - 1808 - 496 pages
...Pope no less verify the last : A soul supreme, in each hard instance try'd, Above all pain, all anger, and all pride ; 'The rage of power, the blast of public breath, The lust of lucre, and the dvead of death. We presume thereforej that we shall be justified in recommending to... | |
| Arthur Aikin - 1809 - 832 pages
...celebrates him as possessing « A soul supreme, in each hard instance tried, Above all pain, all anger, and all pride ; The rage of power, the blast of public breath, The lust of lucre, and the dread of death." « He died 1724, set. 64. He was the rival of Bolingbroke, who has... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 536 pages
...immortals, 'tis a soul like thine : A soul supreme, in each hard instance try'd, Above all pain, and passion, and all pride, The rage of power, the blast of public breath, The lust of lucre, and the dread of Death. In vain to deserts thy retreat is made ; The Muse attends thec to thy... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 664 pages
...immortals, 'tis a soul like thine: A soul supreme, in each hard instance try'd, Above all pain, all nir.er, and all pride; The rage of power, the blast of public breath, The lust of lucre, and the dread of death. In vain to deserts thy retreat is made; The Muse attends thee to thy... | |
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