 | John Dryden - 1767 - 318 pagina’s
...gears.. At beft as little honeft as he could, And lilce white witches mifchievoufly good. To h-is firft bias longingly he leans; And rather would be great by wicked means. Thus fram'd for ill, -he loos'd our triple hold '; Advice unfafer precipitous, and bold. From hence... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 342 pagina’s
...gears. At beft as little honeft as he could, And like white witches mifchievoufly good. To his firft bias longingly he leans ; And rather would be great by wicked means. Thus fram'd for ill, he loos'd our triple hold ; Advice unfafe, precipitous, and bold. From hence thofe... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 476 pagina’s
...: At lead as little honeft as he cou'd : And, like white witches, mifchievoufly good. To this firft bias, longingly, he leans ; And rather would be great by wicked means. The Tbrenodia, which, by a term 1 am afraid neither authorized nor analogical, he calls Augujlalist... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 494 pagina’s
...At leaft as little honeft as he cou'd : And, like white witches, mifchievoufly good". To this firft bias, longingly, he leans ; And rather would be great by wicked means. TheThrcnodia^ which, by a term I am afraid ' ther authorized nor analogical, he calls Auguftalisv is... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 478 pagina’s
...gears, At leaft as little honeft as he cou'd, And, like white witches, mifchievoufly good. To this firft bias, longingly, he leans ; And rather would be great by wicked means. The 'fhrenodia, which, by a term I am afraid neither authorized nor analogical, he calls Augujlalis... | |
 | 1793 - 806 pagina’s
...gears. At heil us little honed as he could, And like white witches mifchievoufly good. To his firft bias longingly he leans; And rather would be great by wicked means. Thus fram'd for ill, he luos'd our triple hold; Advice unfafe, precipitous, and bold. From hence thofe... | |
 | Robert Anderson - 1795 - 842 pagina’s
...gears. At belt as little honefl as he could, And like white witches mifchievoufly good. To his firft bias longingly he leans; And rather would be great by wicked means. Thus fram'd for ill, he leu .'.i our triple hold; Advice unfafe, precipitous, and bold. From hcuce... | |
 | John Dryden, Edmond Malone - 1800 - 601 pagina’s
...knave. " The frauds he learn'd in his fanatick years " Made him uneasy in his lawful gears : " At best, as little honest as he could, " And, like white witches,...leans ; " And rather would be great by wicked means." Of this poem, which was published in the middle of March 1 68 1-2, Charles the Second is said to have... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 606 pagina’s
...knave. " The frauds he learn'd in his fanatick years " Made him uneasy in his lawful gears : " At best, as little honest as he could, " And, like white witches,...leans ; " And rather would be great by wicked means." Of this poem, which was published in the middle of March 1 68 1-2, Charles the Second is said to have... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 622 pagina’s
...The frauds he learn'd in his fanatick years " Made him uneasy in his lawful geari ; • " At best, as little honest as he could, " And, like white witches,...leans ; " And rather would be great by wicked means." Of this poem, which was published in the middle of March 1(581-2, Charles the Second is said to have... | |
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Even in the most sincere advice he gave He had a grudging still to be a knave. The frauds he learnt in his fanatic years Made him uneasy in his lawful gears. 60 At best, as little honest as he could, And, like white witches, mischievously good. To his... 
