 Things vulgar, and well weigh'd, scarce worth the praise ? They praise and they admire they know not what, And know not whom, but as one leads the other: And what delight to be by such extoll'd, To live upon their tongues and be their talk, Of whom to...  The Works of the English Poets: Milton - Pagina 182door Samuel Johnson - 1779Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | John Aikin - 1843 - 826 pagina’s
...miscellaneous rabble, who extol Things vulgar, and, well weigh'd, scarce worth the praise) They praise, and such extoll'd, To live upon their tongues, and be their talk, Of whom to be disprais'd were no small... | |
 | Kenelm Henry Digby - 1848 - 348 pagina’s
...same indifference, " nee his dolendum nee illis gaudendum ;" " with Milton, that " they praise and they admire they know not what and know not whom, but as one leads the other;"7 with Cicero, that their consent and agreement might only lead us from the truth ; 8 with Demosthenes,... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pagina’s
...miscellaneous rabble, who extol Things vulgar, and, well weighed, scarce worth the praise ? They praise and they admire they know not what, And know not whom,...as one leads the other ; And what delight to be by such extolled, To live upon their tongues and be their talk, Of whom to be dispraised were no small... | |
 | Alexander Graydon - 1846 - 530 pagina’s
...miscellaneous rabble, who extol Things vulgar, and well weigh'd, scarce worth the praise: They praise and they admire they know not what; And know not whom,...as one leads the other; And what delight to be by such extolled. To live upon their tongues and be their talk, Of whom to be despised, were no small... | |
 | Alexander Graydon - 1846 - 532 pagina’s
...miscellaneous rabble, who extol Things vulgar, and well weigh'd, scarce worth the praise: They praise and they admire they know not what ; And know not whom,...as one leads the other ; And what delight to be by such extolled, To live upon their tongues and be their talk, Of whom to be despised, were no small... | |
 | Louisa Caroline Tuthill - 1847 - 362 pagina’s
...duty by this intangible phantom ! Terrific consideration ! What will people say ? " They praise and they admire, they know not what, And know not whom,...as one leads the other. And what delight, to be by such extolled, • To live upon their tongues, and be their talk, Of whom to be dispraised were no... | |
 | 1847 - 540 pagina’s
...and heartless smile. JG WHITTIER. MISFORTUNE. — (See ADVERSITY.) MOB — RABBLE. 1. They praise and they admire they know not what, And know not whom,...as one leads the other : And what delight to be by such extoll'd, To live upon their tongues, and be their talk, Of whom to be disprais'd were no small... | |
 | 1847 - 526 pagina’s
...heartless smile. JG WHITTIER. MISFORTUNE. — (See ADVERSITY.) MOB — RABBLE. 1 . They praise and they admire they know not what, And know not whom,...as one leads the other : And what delight to be by such extoll'd, To live upon their tongues, and be their talk, Of whom to be disprais'd were no small... | |
 | National Sunday school union - 1871 - 598 pagina’s
...what is glory but the blaze of fame? The peoples praise, if always praise unmixed ? They praise, and they admire, they know not what, And know not whom,...as one leads the other. And what delight to be by such extolled. To live upou their tongues, aud be their talk. Of whom to be dispraised were no small... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1850 - 402 pagina’s
...enlisted under the banners of liberty, from no principles or with bad ones: whether they be those, who admire they know not what, And know not whom, but as one leads the other : or whether those, Whose end is private hate, not help to freedom, Adverse and turbulent when she... | |
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