Hidden fields
Books Books
" At Timon's villa let us pass a day, Where all cry out,' What sums are thrown away!' So proud, so grand: of that stupendous air, Soft and agreeable come never there. Greatness, with Timon, dwells in such a draught As brings all Brobdignag before your thought.... "
The Battle Abbey Roll: With Some Account of the Norman Lineages - Page 226
by Catherine Lucy Wilhelmina Powlett Duchess of Cleveland - 1889
Full view - About this book

Greater London: A Narrative of Its History, Its People, and Its Places, Volume 1

Edward Walford - 1883 - 610 pages
[ Sorry, this page's content is restricted ]
Snippet view - About this book

Greater London: A Narrative of Its History, Its People, and Its Places, Volume 1

Edward Walford - 1883 - 610 pages
[ Sorry, this page's content is restricted ]
Snippet view - About this book

Wilton castle: its present condition and past history, by the vicar of the ...

Henry Wilson Tweed - 1884 - 68 pages
...improvement of Cannons, the estate which he inherited with his first wife Mary, daughter of Sir Thomas Lake. At Timon's villa let us pass a day, Where all cry...grand, of that stupendous air, Soft and agreeable come never there. Greatness with Timon dwells in such a draught, As brings all Brobdignag before your...
Full view - About this book

Village London: The Story of Greater London, Volume 1

Edward Walford - 1884 - 628 pages
...addressed by Pope to the Earl of Burlington, have been often quoted, and speak for themselves : — At Timon's villa let us pass a day, Where all cry...grand, of that stupendous air, Soft and agreeable come never there. Greatness, with Timón, dwells in such a drouj.t As brings all Brobdignag before...
Full view - About this book

Harrow School and Its Surroundings

Percy Melville Thornton - 1885 - 534 pages
...Pope's poem as was supposed to speak of Canons and its owner, satirised under the name of Timon:— " At Timon's Villa let us pass a day, Where all cry...grand ; of that stupendous air, Soft and Agreeable come never there Greatness, with Timon, dwells in such a draught, As brings all Brobdignag before your...
Full view - About this book

The Works of Alexander Pope: Poetry

Alexander Pope - 1881 - 570 pages
...thriving plants ignoble broomsticks made, »5 Now sweep tho.-e allies they were born to shade. At Timou's villa let us pass a day, Where all cry out, " what...sums are thrown away ! " So proud, so grand, of that stu]>endou8 air, Soft and agreeable come never there. 100 Greatness, with Timon, dwells in such a draught...
Full view - About this book

The Works of Alexander Pope: Poetry

Alexander Pope - 1881 - 570 pages
...yews. The thriving plants ignoble broomsticks made, M Now sweep those allies they were born to shade. At Timon's villa let us pass a day, Where all cry out, " what sums are thrown away I " So proud, so grand, of that stupendous air, Soft and agreeable come never there. 100 Greatness,...
Full view - About this book

Wit and Humour, Selected from the English Poets: With an Illustrative Essay ...

Leigh Hunt - 1890 - 364 pages
...ascendancy which she lost over Queen Anne. CHARACTER OP THE DUKE OF CHANDOS, AND DESCRIPTION OF HIS VILLA. At Timon's villa, let us pass a day ;" Where all cry...away ! " So proud, so grand; of that stupendous air, Greatness with Timon dwells, in such a draught At brings all Uroudingnag before your thought. To compass...
Full view - About this book

Swift: The Mystery of His Life and Love

James Hay - 1891 - 392 pages
...the Duke. Pope once more espouses Swift's side, and satirises the place and person of the Duke thus : At Timon's villa let us pass a day, Where all cry out what sums are thrown away : Who but must laugh the master when he sees A puny insect shivering at a breeze. I think these quotations...
Full view - About this book

From Milton to Tennyson: Masterpieces of English Poetry

Louis Du Pont Syle - 1894 - 488 pages
...loves, Foe to the Dryads of his Father's groves; One boundless Green, or flourish'd Carpet views, 95 At Timon's Villa let us pass a day, Where all cry out, "What sums are thrown away!" 100 So proud, so grand; of that stupendous air, Soft and Agreeable come never there. Greatness, with...
Full view - About this book




  1. My library
  2. Help
  3. Advanced Book Search
  4. Download EPUB
  5. Download PDF