 | Collection - 1758 - 354 pages
...not beftow, For great men want not what to give, but how. The race of men that follow courts, 'tii true, Think all they get, and more than all, their...ne'er confult their own deferts, And meafure by their intcreft, not their parts. From this miftake fo many men we fee But ill become the thing they wifh... | |
 | Collection - 1765 - 418 pages
...while they make the fortune, lofe the friend • Still give unthank'd ; ftill fquander, notbeftow; For great men want not what to give, but how. The...miftake fo many men we fee But ill become the thing they wifh to be : Hence difcontent and frefh demands arife, More power, more favour in the great man's eyes... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - English poetry - 1765 - 412 pages
...the friend : Still give unthank'd ; ftiH fquander, not beftow ; For great men want not what to giv«, but how. The race of men that follow courts, 'tis...their due ; Still afk, but ne'er confult their own dderts, And meafure by their intereft, not their parts. From this miftake fo many men we fee But ill... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 858 pages
...i But few there are that can be truly kind, Or know to fix their favours on the mind ; Hence, Tome, whene'er they would oblige, offend, And while they...deferts, And meafure by their intereft, not their parts i From this - miftake fo many men we fee, But ill become the thing they wifh'd to be; Hence difcontent,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 312 pages
...while they make the fortune, lofe the friend 5 Still give, unthank'd ; ftill fquander, not bellow ; For great men want not, what to give, but how. The...all they get, and more than all, their due ; Still aflc, but ne'er confult their own deferts, And meafure by their intereft, not their parts : From this... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 308 pages
...they would oblige, offend, And while they make the fortune, lofe the friend ; Still give, tmthank'd; ftill fquander, not beftow; For great men want not,...deferts, And meafure by their intereft, not their parts i From this miftake fo many men we fee, But ill become the thing they wifh'd to be ; Hence difcontent,... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - English poetry - 1782 - 438 pages
...And while they make the fortune lofe the friend: Still give unthank'd; ftill fquander, not be (low ; For great men want not what to give, but how. The...all they get, and more than all, their due ; Still alk, but ne'er confult their own deferts, And meafure by their intereft, not their parts. From this... | |
 | John Bell - English poetry - 1789 - 426 pages
...And while they make the fortune lose the friend: Still give unthank'd ; still squander, not bestow ; For great men want not what to give, but how. The...all they get, and more than all, their due ; Still ask, but ne'er consult their own deserts, And measure by their interest, not their parts. From this... | |
 | John Bell - English poetry - 1789 - 376 pages
...while they make the fortune lose the friend->'«» Still give' unthank'd ; still squander, not bestow j For great men want not what to give, but how. The...true, Think all they get, and more than all, their due ; Epist. XVI. ETHIC EPISTLES. 135 Still ask, but ne'er consult their own deserts, ^And measure by their... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 304 pages
...unthank'd ; ftill fquander, not beftow ; For great men want not, what to give, but how. The race of of men that follow courts, 'tis true. Think all they...deferts, And meafure by their intereft, not their parts : Prom this miftake fo many men we fee, .But ill become the thing they wifh'd to bej Hence Hence difcontent,... | |
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For great men want not, what to give, but how. The race of men that follow courts, 'tis true, Think all they get, and more than all, their due ; Still... 
