| John Milton - 1824 - 510 sayfa
...fortune brings Are trifling, and decay : And those who prize the paltry things, More trifling still thau they. ' And what is friendship but a name, A charm...lulls to sleep ; A shade that follows wealth or fame, And leaves the wretch to weep ? 1 And love is still an emptier souna, The modern fair -one's jest ;... | |
| Barclay Mounteney - 1824 - 586 sayfa
...he only is rich in supporters who never has occasion to put benevolence to the test; — * ' if: " 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." . •.; '• .t The trial proceeded ; — the charges brought... | |
| Catherine George Ward - 1824 - 602 sayfa
...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... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1825 - 476 sayfa
...Alas ! the joys that fortune brings, Are trifling and decay ; And those who prize the paltry things, More trifling still than they. « And what is friendship...follows wealth or fame, But leaves the wretch to weep? « And love is still an emptier sound, The modern fair one's jest ; On earth unseen, or only found... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1825 - 440 sayfa
...brings. Are 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...follows wealth or fame, But leaves the wretch to weep ? u And love is still an emptier sound, The modern fair one's jest ; On earth unseen, or only found... | |
| John Benjamin Seely - 1825 - 650 sayfa
...study and 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...to sleep — . A shade that 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... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1825 - 160 sayfa
...Alas ! the joys that fortune brings Are trifling, and decay ; *ind those who prize the paltry things, More trifling still than they. " And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep ; \ shade that follows wealth or fame, And leaves the wretch to weep ? •' And love is still an emptier... | |
| John Benjamin Seely - 1825 - 676 sayfa
...; 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 that 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... | |
| Francis S. Higginson - 1825 - 586 sayfa
...mean time arrived : which the bearer represented as being of considerable importance. CHAPTER X. " And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep, A breath that follows wealth and fame, But leaves the wretch to weep." GOLDSMITH. The letter that had... | |
| Hubert (st.) - 1825 - 742 sayfa
...resumed Angelina, " that you men denied the existence of female friendship ? That you looked on it as * A name, A charm that lulls to sleep ; A shade that follows wealth and fame, And leaves the wretch to weep!' Goldsmith. • " Attribute not to me," cried the black domino,... | |
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