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" Wharton, the scorn and wonder of our days, Whose ruling passion was the lust of praise: Born with whate'er could win it from the wise, Women and fools must like him or he dies; Though wondering senates hung on all he spoke, The club must hail him master... "
The poetical works of Alexander Pope. With his last corrections, additions ... - Page 166
by Alexander Pope - 1807
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Poems by Cowley, Waller, Butler, Denham, Dryden, and Pomfret, Issues 77-79

Abraham Cowley - 1810 - 314 pages
...known? 175 the fool consistent, and the false sincere; priest, princes, women, no dissemblers her^ This clue once found unravels all the rest, the prospect...it from the wise, women and fools must like him, or he dies: tho' wond'ring senates hung on all he spoke, the club must ilail him master of the joke. 185...
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Poems

Joseph Addison - 1810 - 312 pages
...Wharton ! the scorn and wonder of our days, . iijQ whose ruling passion was the lust of praise: ' Jl.;.£ born with whate'er could win it from the wise, women and fools must like him, or he dies: tho' wond'ring senates hung on all he spoke, the club must rlail him master of the joke. 185...
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Poems by Cowley, Waller, Butler, Denham, Dryden, and Pomfret, Issues 77-79

Abraham Cowley - 1810 - 314 pages
...and the false sincere; priest, princes, women, no dissemblers here. This clue once found unravels1 all the rest, the prospect clears, and Wharton stands confest. Wharton ! the scorn and wonder nf our days, 180 whose ruling passion was the lust of praise: ' born with whate'er could win it from...
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Broome, Pope, Pitt, Thomson

Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 536 pages
...unravels all the rest, The prospect clears, and Wharton stands confcst Wharton, the scorn and wond< r of our days, 180 Whose ruling passion was the lust of praise ; Born with whate'cr could win it from the wise, Women and fools must like him, or he die* : Though wondering senates...
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The works of Alexander Pope. With a selection of explanatory notes ..., Volume 3

Alexander Pope - 1812 - 348 pages
...cunning known 5 175 The fool consistent, and the false sincere ; Priests, princes, women, no dissemblers here. This clue once found, unravels all the rest,...it from the wise, Women and fools must like him, or he dies : Tho' wond'ring senates hung on all he spoke, The club must hail him master of the joke. 185...
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The General Biographical Dictionary: Containing an Historical and ..., Volume 31

Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1817 - 496 pages
...Pope has drawn his character in these masterly lines : " Wharton, the scorn and wonder of our days, Whose ruling passion was the lust of praise : Born...it from the wise, Women and fools must like him or he dies . Tho' wond'ring senates hung on all he spoke. The club must hail him master of the joke. Shall...
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The General Biographical Dictionary:: Containing an Historical and Critical ...

Biography - 1817 - 504 pages
...: " Wharton, the scorn and wonder of our days, Whose ruling pasoiun was the lust of praise : • t Born with whate'er could win it from the wise, Women and fools must like him or he dies ; Tho' wsnd'ring senates hung on all he spoke, The club must hail him master of the joke. Shall...
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The General Biographical Dictionary, Volume 31

Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1817 - 490 pages
...character in tbese masterly lines : t " Wharton, the scorn and wonder of our days, Whose ruling paieion was the lust of praise : Born with whate'er could win it from the wise, Women and fools must Mke him or Ife 'fifes ; Tli"' wond'ring senates htingon alHie 8pok>>. %. The clnb .must hail him muter...
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The General Biographical Dictionary:: Containing an Historical and Critical ...

Biography - 1817 - 490 pages
...survived to a very advanced age, and died in Feb. 1777, and was buried in St. Pancras church-yard. Born with whate'er could win it from the wise> • •, Women and fools must like him or he dies ; Tho' wend'ring senates hung on all he spoke, The club must hail him master of the joke. Shall...
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Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 36

England - 1834 - 918 pages
...cunning known; The fool consistent, and the false sincere, Priests, princes, women, all consistent here ! This clue once found, unravels all the rest, The prospect clears, and phantom stands contest. ##*##.. And you, great Cobham ! to the latest breath Shall feel your ruling...
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