 | sir Henry Wotton - 1845 - 222 Seiten
...: I have wish'd all, but now I wish for neither ; Great, high, rich, wise, nor fair ; — poor I'l be rather. Would the world now adopt me for her heir ; Would Beautics Queen entitle me the Fair ; Fame speak me Fortunes Minion ; could I vic Angels* with India... | |
 | Sir Henry Wotton - 1845 - 236 Seiten
...: I have wish'd all, but now I wish for neither ; Great, high, rich, wise, nor fair ; — poor I'l be rather. Would the world now adopt me for her heir ; Would Beauties Queen entitle me the Fair ; Fame speak me Fortunes Minion ; could I vie Angels" with India... | |
 | Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton - 1847 - 606 Seiten
...Great fear"d ; fair tempted ; high still enmfd more : I have wish'd all ; but now I wish for neither ; Great, high, rich, wise, nor fair ; poor I'll be rather....could I vie Angels with India,' with a speaking eye * An angel was a gold coin varying in value, so called from having the figure of an angel (Angelut... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1849 - 578 Seiten
...feared ; fair, tempted ; high, still envied more. I have wished all ; but now I wish for neither — Great, high, rich, wise, nor fair, — poor I'll be...with India ; with a speaking eye Command bare heads, bowed knees, strike justice dumb, As well as blind and lame, or give a tongue To stones by epitaphs... | |
 | Izaak Walton - 1851 - 502 Seiten
...Great fear'd ; Fair tempted ; High, still envy'd more : I have wish'd all ; but now I wish for neither; Great, high, rich, wise, nor fair; poor I'll be rather....could I vie Angels* with India ; with a speaking eye * Angel, a coin of the value of ten shillings. The expression " vie angels/' signified to compete in... | |
 | Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton - 1854 - 348 Seiten
...fear'd — fair, tempted — high, still envied more : I have wish'd all ; but now I wish for neither, Great, high, rich, wise, nor fair — poor I'll be...could I vie Angels with India* — with a speaking eye * An angel is a piece of coin, value ten shillings. The words to vie angels, are a periphrasis, and... | |
 | Izaak Walton - 1856 - 592 Seiten
...fear'd:—Fair tempted :—High still envy'd more : I have wish'd all; but now I wish for neither; Great, High, Rich, Wise, nor Fair; Poor I'll be rather....queen entitle me the fair;— Fame speak me fortune's minion;—could I vie Angels ; with India;—with a speaking eye Command bare heads, bow'd knees, strike... | |
 | Aubrey Thomas De Vere - 1858 - 298 Seiten
...Great, fear'd ; fair, tempted ; high, still envied more. I have wish'd all ; but now I wish for neither Great, high, rich, wise, nor fair, — poor I'll be...fair," Fame speak me fortune's minion, could I vie Angelsi with India ; with a speaking eye Command bare heads, bow'd knees, strike justice dumb As well... | |
 | Clarion tracts - 1858 - 594 Seiten
...for neither: Great, high, rich, wise, nor fair — poor Til be rather. Fame speak me fortune s mimon, could I vie Angels* with India; with a speaking eye...heads, bow'd knees; strike justice dumb, As well as blind and lame, or give a tongue To stones by epitaphs; be call'd great master In the loose rhymes... | |
 | Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton - 1859 - 342 Seiten
...fear'd — fair, tempted — high, still envied more : I have wish'd all ; but now I wish for neither, Great, high, rich, wise, nor fair — poor I'll be...for her heir — Would beauty's queen entitle me the fail' — Fame speak me fortune's minion — could I vie Angels with India* — with a speaking eye... | |
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I'll be rather. Would the world now adopt me for her heir, Would beauty's queen entitle me " the fair," Fame speak me fortune's minion, could I vie Angels... 
