 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
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1897 - 296 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 j And, in his father's right and realm's defence, Ne'er to have peace with wit nor truce with sense.... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - 1899 - 550 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 admiring... | |
 | Theodor Schenk - 1900 - 154 pages
...verse: «To future ages may thy dulness last, As thou preserv'st the dulness of the past» «So Shadwell swore, nor should his vow be vain, That he till death true dulness would maintain* (M. JF1. 114-115). Auch die Fama führt Pope ganz ähnlich ein wie Diyden : «And now had Fame's posterior... | |
 | Augustine Birrell - 1902 - 268 pages
...Dryden : — "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." — MACi'LECKNOE.... | |
 | Lionel Strachey - 1906 - 326 pages
...around 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 realms defence, Ne'er to have peace with wit or truce with sense. The king himself... | |
 | Margaret Lynn - 1907 - 528 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 ; ns And, in his father's right, and realm's defence, Ne'er to have peace with wit, nor truce with... | |
 | Margaret Lynn - 1907 - 506 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; n5 And, in his father's right, and realm's defence, Ne'er to have peace with wit, nor truce with sense.... | |
 | Walter Cochrane Bronson - 1908 - 562 pages
...around 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, 115 And in his father's right and realm's defence Ne'er to have peace with wit nor truce with sense.... | |
 | John Dryden - 1909 - 1112 pages
...around his face. As Hannibal did to the altars come, Sworn by his sire a mortal foe to Rome; So Sh swore, nor should his vow be vain, That he till death true dulness would maintarn; And, in his father's right, and realm's defense, bind, Ne'er to have peace with wit, nor... | |
 | Alphonso Gerald Newcomer - 1910 - 776 pages
...his face. As Hannibal did to the altars come, Sworn by his sire a mortal foe to Rome;20 So Shadwell ee sons were gane. They hadna been a week father's right and realm's defence, Nc 'er to have peace with wit nor truce with sense. The king himself... | |
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