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... Beulah: A Novel - Page 408by Augusta Jane Evans - 1898 - 492 pagesFull view - About this book
| Catherine George Ward - 1823 - 780 pages
...gilded and charmed with the insidious art ;>i' flattery, or soft deluding friendship ; — for " What is friendship but a name, — A charm, that lulls to sleep ; A shade that follows wealth and fame, — But leaves the wretch to weep ?" And whether Jessy thought this or no, as the arms of... | |
| John Collins (merchant.) - 1823 - 404 pages
..." Donee erisfelix, multos numerabis amicos ; " Tempora si fuerint nubila, solus ens." OVID. " What is .friendship but a name, -" A charm that lulls to sleep ; " A shade that follows wealth and fame, " But leaves the wretch to weep ¥* Amigo viejo, tocino y vino anejo. — " A friend, your... | |
| John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...trifling, and decay : And those who prize the paltry things, More trifling still thau they. ' And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep...follows wealth or fame, And leaves the wretch to weep ? 1 And love is still an emptier souna, The modern fair -one's jest ; On earth^ unseen, or only found... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 pages
...trifling, and decay; And those who prize the paltry things, More trifling still than they. " And what s dames before ; Oft list'ning how the hounds and...the slumb'ring morn, From the side of some hoar hill ? " And love is still an emptier sound, The modern fair-one's jest: On earth unseen, or only found... | |
| Barclay Mounteney - 1824 - 580 pages
...he only is rich in supporters who never has occasion to put benevolence to the test :— " And what is friendship but a name, — A charm that lulls to sleep, A shade that follows wealth and fame, And leaves the wretch to weep." The trial proceeded ;— -the charges brought against the... | |
| Catherine George Ward - 1824 - 602 pages
...determined to hold no communication, or tender them any friendship, for to them— " All, what was friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep, A shade that follows wealth and fame, And leaves the wretch to weep." No, Captain Singleton sought for dearer ties, and more sacred... | |
| John Benjamin Seely - 1825 - 650 pages
...deep seclusion ; and as to society, what is it but a name, a shadow ? Nay, the poet asks, " And what is friendship, but a name— A charm that lulls to...follows wealth or fame, And leaves the wretch to weep ?" This is the opinion of one who had felt what he wrote. In these monastic retreats, with my books... | |
| John Benjamin Seely - 1825 - 676 pages
...; and as to society, what is it but a name, a shadow ? Nay, the poet asks, " And what \sjnendship, but a name— A charm that lulls to sleep — A shade...follows wealth or fame, And leaves the wretch to weep ?" This is the opinion of one who had felt what he wrote. In these monastic retreats, with my books... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1825 - 440 pages
...trifling, and decay; And those who prize the paltry things, More trifling still than they. ii 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 ? u And love is still an emptier sound, The modern fair one's jest ;... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1825 - 600 pages
...prize the paltry things More trifling still than they. " And what is friendship but a name, A eharm gg wreteh to weep ? " And love is still an emptier sound, The modern fair-one's jest : On earth unseen,... | |
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