 Ne'er to have peace with wit, nor truce with sense. The king himself the sacred unction made, As king by office, and as priest by trade. In his sinister hand, instead of ball, He placed a mighty mug of potent ale;  The Miniature - Page 290by Solomon Grildrig - 1805 - 368 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Bell - 1777 - 644 pages
...Hannihal did to the altars come, Swore by his sire a mortal foe to Rome ; So Shadwell swore, nor stiould his vow be vain, That he till death true Dulness would maintain ; 115 And, in his father's right, and realm's defence, Ne'er to have peace with wit, n6r truce with... | |
 | 1801 - 416 pages
...his face. As Hannibal did to the altars come, Swore by his sire a mortal fo,e to Rome; So Shadwell swore, nor should his vow be vain, That he till death true Dulness would maintain; And, in his father's right, and realm's defence, Ne'er to have peace with wit, nor truce with sense. The king himself... | |
 | Solomon Grildrig - 1805 - 412 pages
...from the ladder, still the same nonsense reigns triumphant, and under the influence of her " tambent dulness," each of the before-mentioned " Swore, nor...vain, That he till death, true dulness would maintain; T And in his mother's right, and realms defence, Ne'er to have peace with wit, or truce with sense."... | |
 | Albin-Joseph-Ulpien Hennet - 1806 - 360 pages
...naturelle de Shadwell n'admet point d« trône de la bêtise, et prononce son serment : So Shadwell swore, nor should his vow be vain That he, till death, true dullness would maintain; And, in his father's right, andrealm's defence, Ne'er to have peace with wit,... | |
 | John Bell - 1807 - 458 pages
...his face. As Hannibal did to the altars come, Sworn by his sire a mortal foe to Rome ; So Shadwell swore, nor should his vow be vain, That he till death true Dulness would maintain ; And, in his father's right, and realm's defence, Ne'er to have peace with wit, nor truce with sense. The king himself... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 474 pages
...his face. As Hannibal did to the altars come, Swore by his sire, a mortal foe to Rome, So Shadwell swore, nor should his vow be vain, That he till death true dulness would maintain; And, in his father's right, and realm's defence, Ne'er to have peace with wit, nor truce with sense. The king himself... | |
 | John Dryden - 1808 - 480 pages
...his face. As Hannibal did to the altars come, Swore by his sire, a mortal foe to Rome, So Shadwell swore, nor should his vow be vain, That he till death true dulness would maintain; And, in his father's right, and realm's defence, Ne'er to have peace with wit, nor truce with sense. The king himself... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 472 pages
...his face. As Hannibal did to the altars come, Swore by his sire, a mortal foe to Rome, So Shadwell swore, nor should his vow be vain, That he till death true dulness would maintain ; And, in his father's right, and realm's defence, Ne'er to have peace with wit, nor truce with sense. The king himself... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1810 - 314 pages
...his face. As Hannibal did to the altars come, swore by his sire, a mortal foe to Rome; so Shadwell swore, nor should his vow be vain, that he till death true dulness would maintain : and in his father's right, and realm's defence, ne'er to have peace with wit nor truce with sense. The king himself... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1810 - 312 pages
...his face. As Hannibal did to the altars come, swore by his sire, a mortal foe to Rome; so Shadwell swore, nor should his vow be vain, that he till death true dulness would maintain : and in his father's right, and realm's defence, ne'er to have peace with wit nor truce with sense. The king himself... | |
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