 | William Playfair - 1814 - 538 pagine
...nothing for him. No man has a better right than Mr. Sheridan to say, in the words of Goldsmith, For, what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls...follows wealth and fame, But leaves the wretch to weep ? Whilst Mr. Sheridan may with great truth com• w plain of the conduct of his associates, he gives,... | |
 | 1814 - 310 pagine
...trifling, and decay ; •' And those who prize the paltry things. " More trifling still than they. " And what is friendship but a name, " A charm that lulls to sleep : " A shade that follows wealth or fame, " But leaves the wretch to weep ? " And love is still an emptier sound, " The modern fair... | |
 | Thomas Raffles - 1814 - 326 pagine
...friendships by a principle of interest. This indeed governs the world in their associations: — "And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep, A shade that follows wealth or fame, But leaves the wretch to weep." But he sought not high connexions — exalted frierioTships... | |
 | 1814 - 632 pagine
...other with dissatisfaction and disgust, each appl^ ing to the other the words of the poet ! \VIiat is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep — A shade that follows wealth or fame, And leaves the wretch to weep ? But this must evidently arise from the imperfect manner in... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1815 - 268 pagine
...trifling, and decay; And those who prize the paltry things, .More trifling st ill than they. " And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep ; A shade that follows wealth or fame, But leaves the wretch to weep? " And love is still an emptier sound, The modern fair one's... | |
 | M. Derozario - 1815 - 252 pagine
...departed this Life the 10th day of Decemher 1778, in the 3S year of his Age. ' And what is friendship hut a name, A charm that lulls to sleep, A shade that follows wealth or fame, l!ut leaves the wretch to weep 1 To the Memory of SIR JOHN CLAVRRING, Knight of the Most Hon.... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1816 - 240 pagine
...Are trifling, and decay; And those who prize the paltry things, More trifling still than they. " And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep ; A shade that follows wealth or fame, And leaves the wretch to weep ? " And love is still an emptier sound, The modern fair-one's... | |
 | 1817 - 728 pagine
...But how rare is the blessing, and how few are the exceptions to the Poet's pathetic complaint, And what is Friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep, A shade that follows wealth or fame, And leaves the wretch to weep! With this English reinforcement to our party, we paid another... | |
 | Elizabeth Tomkins - 1817 - 276 pagine
...Are trifling, and decay; And those who prize the paltry things, More trifling still than they. " And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep; A shade that follows wealth or fume, And leaves the wretch to weep ? " And love is still an emptier sound, The modern fair-one's... | |
 | 1817 - 710 pagine
...rare is the blessing, and how few are the exceptioni to the Poet's pathetic complaint, And what i< Friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep, A shade that follows wealth or fame, And leaves the wretch to weep! With this English reinforcement to our party, we paid another... | |
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And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep ; A shade that follows wealth or fame, But leaves the wretch to weep... 
