 Bartering his venal wit for sums of gold, He cast himself into the saint-like mould ; Groan'd, sigh'd, and pray'd, while godliness was gain, The loudest bagpipe of the squeaking train.  The Life of John Locke - Página 133por Henry Richard Fox Bourne - 1876 - 506 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 412 páginas
...rebel ere a man, So young his hatred to his prince began. Next this, (how wildly will ambition steer!) A vermin, wriggling in the' usurper's ear; Bartering...gain, The loudest bagpipe of the squeaking train. But, as 'tis hard to cheat a juggler's eyes, . ' His open lewdness he could ne'er disguise: There split... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 410 páginas
...rebel ere a man, So young his hatred to his prince began. Next this, (how wildly will ambition steer !) A vermin, wriggling in the' usurper's ear ; Bartering...himself into the saint-like mould; Groan'd, sigh'd, and pray 'd, while godliness was gain, The loudeSt bagpipe of the squeaking train. But, as 'tis hard to... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1819 - 644 páginas
...ambition steer ! A vermin wriggling in th' usurper's ear. Bartering his venal wit for sums of cold, He cast himself into the saint-like mould ; Groan'd,...gain. The loudest bagpipe of the squeaking train. But, as 'tis hard to cheat a juggler's eyes, His open lewdness he could ne'er disguise. There split... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1821 - 474 páginas
...— how wildly will ambition steer ! A vermin wriggling in the usurper's ear ;f Bartering his venial wit for sums of gold, He cast himself into the saint-like mould ; Groan'd, sigh'd.andpray'd, while godliness was gain, The loudest bagpipe of the squeaking train. But, as 'tis... | |
 | William Bennet - 1822 - 298 páginas
...march as will follow in the next chapter. CHAPTER X. A vermin wriggling in th* usurper's ear, Bart'ring his venal wit for sums of gold ; He cast himself into...gain, The loudest bagpipe of the squeaking train. DBTDEN. THE year 1658, an era memorable to the world by the death of the Protector, Cromwell, was one... | |
 | Laconics - 1829 - 390 páginas
...blow, which neither feels, because each receives it for the sake of the other.— To1ler. CCCXXIV. Bartering his venal wit for sums of gold, He cast...gain, The loudest bag-pipe of the squeaking train. Dry den. cccxxv Clear and round dealing is the honour of man's nature, and mixture of falsehood is... | |
 | John Timbs - 1829 - 354 páginas
...a blow, which neither feels, because each receives it for the sake of the other— Tatler. CCCXXIV. Bartering his venal wit for sums of gold, He cast...gain, The loudest bag-pipe of the squeaking train. cccxxv. Clear and round dealing is the honour of man's nature, and mixture of falsehood is like alloy... | |
 | John Dryden - 1837 - 482 páginas
...rebel, ere a man So young his hatred to his prince began. Next this, (how wildly will ambition steer !). A vermin wriggling in the Usurper's ear. Bartering...himself into the saint-like mould ; Groan'd, sigh'd and pra/d, while godliness.wa*. gain, The loudest bagpipe of the squeaking train. But, as 't is hard to... | |
 | John Dryden - 1837 - 478 páginas
...rehel, ere a man So young his hatred to his prince hegan. Next this, (how wildly will amhition steer!), A vermin wriggling in the Usurper's ear. Bartering his venal wit for sums of gold, Ho cast himself into the saint-like mould i Groan'd, sigh'd and pray'd, while godliness.wajk gain,... | |
 | 1839 - 466 páginas
...now recognised the period of his great advancement come, and set that wit to work to profit by it. " He cast himself, into the saint-like mould, Groan'd,...was gain, The loudest bagpipe of the squeaking train !" No surer mark can we find of the present aspect of affairs than in the rise of such men as these.... | |
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