 | John Bell - 1796 - 524 pagine
...Riches, like insects, when conceal'd they lie, Wait but for wings, and in their season fly. 170 Who sees pale Mammon pine amidst his store, Sees but a...to keep and spare ; The next, a fountain, spouting thro' his heir, In lavish streams to quench a country's thirst, 175 And men and dogs shall drink him... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1804 - 232 pagine
...Riches, like insects, when conceal'd they lie, Wait but for wings, and in their season fly. 170 Who sees pale Mammon pine amidst his store, Sees but a...reservoir to keep and spare, The next a fountain spouting thro' his heir, In lavish streams to quench a country's thirst, 175 And men and dogs shall drink him... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1807 - 474 pagine
...when conceal'd they lie, Wait but for wings, and in their season fly. Who sees pale Mammon pine amidat his store, Sees but a backward steward for the poor...reservoir to keep and spare, The next a fountain spouting throngh his heir, In lavish streams to quench a country's thirst, And men and dogs shall drink him... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1807 - 316 pagine
...wings, and in their season fly. 170 Who sees pale Mammon pine amidst his store, Sees hut a hackward steward for the poor; This year a reservoir to keep and spare, The next a fountain spouting tbrough his heir, In lavish streams to quench a country's thirst, 175 And men and dogs shall drink... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1808 - 334 pagine
...rounds. Riches, like insects, when conceal'd they lie, Wait but for wings, and in their season fly. Who sees pale Mammon pine amidst his store, Sees but a...heir, In lavish streams to quench a country's thirst, And men and dogs shall drink him till they burst. Old Cotta sham'd his fortune and his birth, Yet was... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1808 - 702 pagine
...conceal'd they lie, Wait but for wings, and in their season flj , \V!io sees pale Mammon pine amidst bis store. Sees but a backward steward for the poor; This...heir. In lavish streams to quench a country's thirst, And UK n and dogs shall drink him till the; burst. Old Cotta sham'd his fortune and his birth, Yet... | |
 | William Hogarth - 1808 - 346 pagine
...of age, and strongly reminds us of those exquisite lines in Pope's Epistle to Lord Bathurst: " Who sees pale Mammon pine amidst his store, " Sees but..." The next a fountain spouting through his heir." " The first print of this capital work," says Mr. Gilpin, " is an excel" lent representation of a young... | |
 | Alexander Pope, Thomas Park - 1808 - 328 pagine
...for wings, and in their season fly. Who sees pale Mammon pine amidst his store, Sees but a hackward steward for the poor ; This year a reservoir to keep...heir, In lavish streams to quench a country's thirst, And men and dogs shall drink him till they burst. Old Cotta sham'd his fortune and his hirth, Yet was... | |
 | 1808 - 408 pagine
...Wait but for wings, and in their season fly. Who sees pale Mammon pine amidst his store, Sees buta backward steward for the poor : This year a reservoir, to keep and spare ; The next, a fountain, spout inj thro' his heir, In lavish slrrnms to quench n country's thirst ; And ir.i:ii anil dogs shall... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - 526 pagine
...life on death, on change duration founds, Aad gives the' eternal wheels to know their rounds. 'Who sees pale Mammon pine amidst his store. Sees but a...heir, In lavish streams to quench a country's thirst, And men and dogs shall drink him till they burst. Old Cotta sham'd his fortune and his birth, Yet was... | |
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Who sees pale Mammon pine amidst his store, Sees but a backward steward for the poor; This year a reservoir, to keep and spare : The next, a fountain, spouting through his heir, In lavish streams to quench a country's thirst, And men and dogs shall drink... 
