 AUTHORITY intoxicates, And makes mere sots of magistrates ; The fumes of it invade the brain, And make men giddy, proud, and vain : By this the fool commands the wise, The noble with the base complies, The sot assumes the rule of wit, And cowards make...  The Works of the English Poets: Butler - Page 289by Samuel Johnson - 1779Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Butler, Robert Thyer - 1759 - 538 pages
...perverfe in Nature, As a profound Opiniafter. Authority intoxicates, And makes mere Sots of Magiftrates, The Fumes of it invade the Brain, And make Men giddy,...commands the wife; The noble with the bafe complies, I. R The Sot afliimes the Rule of Wit, And Cowards make the Bafe fubmit. A godly Man, that has ferv'd... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 842 pages
...perverfc in nature As a profound opiniator* AUTHORITY intoxicates And makes mere fots of magistrates ; The fumes of it invade the brain, And make men giddy, proud, and vain ; By this tiie fool commands the wife, The noble with the bafe complies, The fot affiimes the rule of wit, And... | |
 | Samuel Butler, Samuel Johnson - 1807 - 414 pages
...perverse in nature As a profound opiniator. AUTHORITY intoxicates, And makes mere sots of magistrates ; The fumes of it invade the brain, And make men giddy, proud, and vain : By this the fool commands the wise, The noble with the base complies, The sot assumes the rule of wit, And cowards make the base... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 654 pages
...perverse in nature As a profound opiuiator. AUTHORITY intoxicates, And makes mere sots of magistrates; The fumes of it invade the brain, And make men giddy, proud, and vain ; By this the fool commands the wise, The noble with the base complies, The sot assumes the rule of wit, And cowards make the base... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 312 pages
...perverse in nature As a profound opiniator. AUTHORITY intoxicates, And makes mere sots of magistrates; The fumes of it invade the brain, And make men giddy, proud, and vain: By this the fool commands the wise, The noble with the base complies, The sot assumes the rule of wit, And cowards make the base... | |
 | Literary gems - 1826 - 718 pages
...nature : :. . As a profound opiniator. Authority intoxicates, And makes mere sots of magistrates ; The fumes of it invade the brain, And make men giddy, proud and vain : By this the fool commands the wise, The noble with the base complies, The sot assumes the rule of wit, And cowards make the brave... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1827 - 344 pages
...perverse in nature, As a profound opiniaster. Authority intoxicates, And makes mere sots of magistrates, The fumes of it invade the brain, And make men giddy, proud, and vain: By this the fool commands the wise ; The noble with the base complies, The sot assumes the rule of wit, And cowards make the base... | |
 | Robert Montgomery - 1827 - 344 pages
...to plod on in the path of obscurity. 1 Authority intoxicates, And makes mere sots of magistrates ; The fumes of it invade the brain, And make men giddy, proud, and vain ; By this the fool commands the wise, The noble with the base complies ; The sot assumes the RULE of WIT, And cowards make the base... | |
 | Robert Montgomery - 1827 - 348 pages
...left to plod on in the path of obscurity. 1 Authority intoxicates, And makes mere sots of magistrates; The fumes of it invade the brain, And make men giddy, proud, and vain 5 By this the fool commands the wise, The noble with the base complies; The sot assumes the RULE of... | |
 | John Timbs - 1829 - 354 pages
...song of "placebo." — Lord Bacon. DCXX1V. Authority intoxicates, And makes mere sots of magistrates; The fumes of it invade the brain, And make men giddy, proud, and vain: By this the fool commands the wise, The noble with the base complies, The sot assumes the rule of wit, And cowards make the base... | |
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