 | William Passman - 1815 - 328 pages
...him justice, will render him infamous. — — — " Talents angel bright, If wanting worth, are but shining instruments In false ambition's hand, to finish faults Illustrious, and give infamy renown." 2. A REPLY TO AGRICOLA. MR. EDITOII, I WAS inclined to communicate this in time for insertion in No.... | |
 | Edward Young - 1816 - 284 pages
...melancholy sight. At once compassion soft, and envy, rise^— But wherefore envy ? Talents angel-bright, If wanting worth, are shining instruments In false...finish faults Illustrious, and give infamy renown. r Great ill is an achievement of great powers : Plain sense but rarely leads us far astray, Reason... | |
 | Edward Young - 1816 - 390 pages
...melancholy sight! At once Compassion soft, and envy, ris But wherefore envy ? Talents, angel bright, If wanting worth, are shining instruments In false...ambition's hand, to finish faults Illustrious, and give infiuny renown. Great ill is an achievement of great p<ra>*re. Plain sense but rarely leads us far... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 498 pages
...melancholy sight, At once compassion soft, and envy riseBut wherefore envy ? Talents angel-bright, If wanting worth, are shining instruments In false...finish faults Illustrious, and give infamy renown. DESCRIPTION OF THE MAN WHOSE THOUGHTS ARE NOT OF THIS WORLD. FROM NIGHT VIII. SOME angel guide my pencil,... | |
 | Edward Young - 1826 - 318 pages
...angel-bright, If wanting worth, are shining instruments . In false Ambition's hand, to )ioi> U faults 275 Illustrious, and give Infamy renown. Great ill is...choose our end. Means have no merit, if our end amiss. 280 If wrong our hearts, our heads are right in vain. Wljat is a Pelham's head to Pelham's heart ?... | |
 | Edward Young - 1826 - 284 pages
...angel-bright, If wanting worth, are shining instruments In false Ambition's hand, to iini; U faults 975 Illustrious, and give Infamy renown. Great ill is an achievement of great power*. Plain sense but rarely leads ns far astray. Reason the means, Affections choosa our end. Means... | |
 | 1827 - 290 pages
...p. 148. Heart-merit wanting, mount we ne'er so high, Our height is but the gibbet of our name. ***** Means have no merit, if our end amiss. - • , If wrong our hearts. our heaasfmre right in vain; What is a Pelham's head, to Pelham's heart ? Hearts are proprietors of all... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1828 - 414 pages
...melancholy sight, At once compassion soft, and envy, rise 20 But wherefore envy f Talents angel-bright, If wanting worth, are shining instruments In false...infamy renown. Great ill is an achievement of great pdw'rs, 25 Plain sense but rarely leads us far astray. Means have no merit, if our end amiss. Hearts... | |
 | 1830 - 684 pages
...for the poet's affecting description of the prostitution of such endowments : "Talents, angel-bright, If wanting worth, are shining instruments In false...finish faults Illustrious, and give Infamy renown." Parents seem to be gifted by nature for early cultivating the affections of their children. The mother... | |
 | 1830 - 690 pages
...the poet's affecting description of the prostitution of such endowments : " Talents, angel-bright, If wanting worth, are shining instruments In false Ambition's hand, to finish iUuIis Illustrious, and give Infamy renown." Parents seem to be gifted by nature for early cultivating... | |
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But wherefore envy \ Talents angel-bright, If wanting worth, are shining instruments In false ambition's hand, to finish faults Illustrious, and give infamy renown. 
