 All human things are subject to decay, And, when Fate summons, monarchs must obey: This Flecknoe found, who, like Augustus, young Was call'd to empire, and had govern'd long: In prose and verse, was own'd, without dispute Through all the realms of Non-sense,...  The Works of John Dryden,: Religio laici, or a Layman's Faith, an epistle ... - Page 433by John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808Full view - About this book
 | Philip Hugh Dalbiac - 1897 - 526 lehte
...Sc. I. " All hoods make not monks." SHAKESPEARE. Henry VIII. (Queen Katharine), Act III., Sc. I. " All human things are subject to decay, And when fate summons, monarchs must obey." DRYDEN. Mac Flccknoe, line 1. " All is not false which seems at first a lie." SOUTHEY. St. Gualberto,... | |
 | Cecil Headlam - 1897 - 346 lehte
...that, not to miss Of being known (his last and utmost bliss), From ' MacFlecknoe.' ALL things human are subject to decay, And when fate summons, monarchs must obey. This Flecknoe1 found, who, like Augustus, young Was call'd to empire, and had governed long ; In prose and... | |
 | Cecil Headlam - 1897 - 348 lehte
...last and utmost bliss), He rather would be known for what he is. From ' MacFlecknoe.' ALL things human are subject to decay, And when fate summons, monarchs must obey. This Flecknoe1 found, who, like Augustus, young Was call'd to empire, and had governed long ; In prose and... | |
 | 1899 - 788 lehte
...3otm Brg&en 1631-1700 MAC-FLECKNOE ; OR. A SATIRE ON THE TRUE BLUE PROTESTANT POET, T. 8. (1682) ALT, human things are subject to decay, And, when fate...young Was called to empire, and had governed long; 5 In prose and verse was owned, without dispute, Through all the realms of Nonsense, absolute. This... | |
 | Paul T. Lafleur - 1899 - 120 lehte
...left the University, learn, learn. FARQUHAR. Love and a Bottle, Act III. ILLUSTRATIONS OF LOGIC. 1. All human things are subject to decay, And, when fate summons, monarchs must obey. DRYDEN : Mac Flecknoe. 2. I never held it my forte to be a severe reasoner, but I can see that if whatever... | |
 | John Scott Clark - 1900 - 886 lehte
...follows, and no further knows, For to write verse with him is to transpose." — Absalom and Achitophel. " All human things are subject to decay, And when fate...This Flecknoe found, who, like Augustus, young Was call'd to empire, and had govern'd long ; In prose and verse, was own'd, without dispute, Through all... | |
 | W. V. Byars - 1901 - 616 lehte
...fate. Which in success oft disinherits, For spurious causes, noblest merits. —Butler: 'Hudibras.* All human things are subject to decay, And when fate summons, monarchs must obey. —Dry den : • МасМесЪюе.* Heaven from all creatures hides the Book of Fate, All but the... | |
 | William Vincent Byars - 1901 - 610 lehte
...fate. Which in success oft disinherits, For spurious causes, noblest merits. —Butler.- "Hudibrai* All human things are subject to decay, And when fate summons, monarchs must obey. —Dryden : • MacFledenoe. • Heaven from all creatures hides the Book of Fate, All but the page... | |
 | Thomas Marc Parrott, Augustus White Long - 1902 - 432 lehte
...Dryden." He was buried with great ceremony in Westminster Abbey. From MAC FLECKNOE SHADWELL ALL humane things are subject to decay, And, when Fate summons,...This Flecknoe found, who, like Augustus, young Was call'd to empire and had govern'd long, In prose and verse was owned without dispute 5 Through all... | |
 | George Saintsbury - 1902 - 222 lehte
...for illustration of Dryden's satirical faculty is hardly possible without them :— All human tilings are subject to decay, And, when fate summons, monarchs must obey. This Pleckuoe found, who, like Augustus, young Was called to empire, and had governed long ; In prose and... | |
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