 | James Anderson - 1792 - 394 pages
...pageants for proud swelling veins j And blood aHy'd to greatnefs, is alone Inherited, nor purchas'd, nor our own ; Fame, honour, beauty, state, train, blood and birth, Are but the fading blofsoms of the earth. J would be great, but that the sun doth still Level his rays against the rising... | |
 | James Anderson - 1792 - 386 pages
...pageants for proud swelling veins ; An! blood ally'd to greatnefs, is alone Inherited, nor purchas'd, nor our own ; Fame, honour, beauty, state, train, blood and birth, Are but the fading biofsoms of the earth. 1 would be great, but that the sun doth still 'Level his rays against the rising... | |
 | Charles Snart - 1808 - 496 pages
...pageants for proud swelling veins ! And blood ally'd to greatness, is alone Inherited, not purchas'd, nor our own. Fame, honour, beauty, state, train, blood...and birth, Are but the fading blossoms of the earth. I would be great, but that the sun doth still Level his rays against the rising hill : I would be high,... | |
 | Henry Headley - 1810 - 236 pages
...pageants for proud swelling veins; And blood ally'd to greatness, is alone Inherited, not purchas'd nor our own, Fame, honour, beauty, state, train, blood...and birth, Are but the fading blossoms of the earth. I would be great, but that the sun doth still Level his rays against the rising hill: I would be high,... | |
 | 1839 - 894 pages
...but a damask'd skin ; Slate but a golden prison to live in, And torture free-born minds ; embroidered trains Merely but pageants for proud swelling veins...own : Fame, honour, beauty, state, train, blood and hirth, Are but the fading blossoms of the earth. •' I would be great, but that the sun doth still... | |
 | Izaak Walton, John Hawkins - 1822 - 486 pages
...pageants for proud swelling reins ; And Blood allied to greatness is alone Inherited, not purrhas'd, nor our own. Fame* Honour, Beauty, State, Train, Blood...and Birth, Are but the fading blossoms of the earth. j I would be great,..but that the sun doth still Level his rays against the rising hill; I would be... | |
 | Izaak Walton, Sir John Hawkins, John Hawkins - 1822 - 490 pages
...but a damask'd skin ; State, but a golden prison, to live in And torture free-born minds; embroidered Trains, Merely but pageants for proud swelling veins...Blood allied to greatness is alone Inherited, not purchas'd, nor our own. Fame, Honour, Beanty, State, Train, Blood and Birth, Are but the fading blossoms... | |
 | Izaak Walton, Sir John Hawkins, John Hawkins - 1822 - 494 pages
...prond swelling veins; And Blood allied to greatness is alone Inherited, not purchas'd, nor our owu. Fame, Honour, Beauty, State, Train, Blood and Birth, Are but the fading blossoms of the earth. I would be great, b.ut that the sun doth still Level his rays against the rising hill; I would be high,... | |
 | Izaak Walton - 1824 - 516 pages
...pageants for proud swelling veins : — And blood ally'd to greatness, is alone Inherited, not purchasd, nor our own. Fame, Honour, Beauty, State, Train, Blood,...and Birth, Are but the fading blossoms of the earth. I would be High, — but see the proudest oak Most subject to. the rending thunder-stroke: I would... | |
 | George Tucker - 1825 - 306 pages
...Darling, Leadenhall-Street, London. IKE VALLEY OF SHENANDOAH; OR, OF THE GRAYSONS. IN THREE VOLUMES. Fame, honour, beauty, state, train, blood, and birth, Are but the fading blossoms of the earth. Sir H. WOTTOH. VOL. III. NEW- YORK : PRINTED FOR C. WILEY, WALL-STREET. LONDON : REPRINTED FOR AK NEWMAN... | |
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Inherited, not purchased, nor our own. Fame, honour, beauty, state, train, blood, and birth, Are but the fading blossoms of the earth. 
