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
| Samuel Austin Allibone - 1896 - 794 páginas
...the same follies too, Gloss'd over only with a saintlike show, Still thou art bound to vice. DRYDEN. Bartering his venal wit for sums of gold, He cast...gain: The loudest bagpipe of the squeaking train. DRYDEN. Fair hypocrite, you seek to cheat in vain : Your silence argues you seek time to reign. DRYDEN.... | |
| George Edward Cokayne - 1896 - 480 páginas
...speaking of him as " a vermin wriggling in th' Usurper's ear " adds (with bitter sarcasm) " Bart'ring his venal wit for sums of gold, He cast himself into...mould, Groan'd, sigh'd and pray'd (while Godliness was дом) The loudest bagpipe of the squeaking train." His love of money is thus mentioned by Pepys (9... | |
| Cecil Headlam - 1897 - 346 páginas
...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... | |
| Cecil Headlam - 1897 - 348 páginas
...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... | |
| John Scott Clark - 1900 - 886 páginas
...began. Next this (how wildly will ambition steer !) A vermin wriggling in the Usurper's ear, Bantering his venal wit for sums of gold, He cast himself into...gain, The loudest bagpipe of the squeaking train." — The Medal. " Sir Fopling is a fool so nicely writ The ladies would mistake him for a wit ; And,... | |
| Sir Walter Alexander Raleigh, Walter Raleigh - 1900 - 328 páginas
...— Next this (how wildly will ambition steer), A vermin wriggling in the usurper's ear, H.irtcring his venal wit for sums of gold, He cast himself into the saint-like mould ; Groaned, sighed, and prayed, while godliness was gain, The loudest bagpipe of the squeaking train.... | |
| John Dryden - 1909 - 1112 páginas
...usurper's ear. 31 Bart'ring his venal wit for sums of gold, He cast himself into the saintlike mold; Groan'd, sigh'd, and pray'd, while godliness was gain, The loudest bagpipe of the squeaking train. But, as Ч is hard to cheat a juggler's eyes, His open lewdness he could ne'er disguise. There split... | |
| John Dryden - 1909 - 1112 páginas
...Next this, (how wildly will ambition steer !) A vermin wriggling in th' usurper's ear. 31 Bart'ring his venal wit for sums of gold, He cast himself into the saintlike mold; Groan 'd, sigh'd, and pray'd, while godliness was gain, The loudest bagpipe of the squeaking... | |
| John Dryden - 1923 - 196 páginas
...ere a man, So young his hatred to his Prince began. Next this, (how wildly will ambition steer !) 30 A vermin wriggling in the usurper's ear, Bartering...of gold, He cast himself into the saint-like mould ; Groaned, sighed, and prayed, while godliness was gain, The loudest bag-pipe of the squeaking train.... | |
| Hugh Walker - 1925 - 348 páginas
..."allows no sins but those it can conceal." With such hypocrisy Shaftesbury himself is charged: — " He cast himself into the saint-like mould ; Groan'd,...gain, The loudest bagpipe of the squeaking train." Dryden's prologue to Southerne's play The Loyal Prince extends the charge to the whole Whig party.... | |
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