 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 396 sider
...bullies about JBR day and night , luunat and huntiug-horns never let me cool. Arbuthnot. All fame ii foreign, but of true desert ; Plays round the head, but comes not to the heart : One self-appoving hour whole years outweighs Of stupid starcrs and of loud huzzas. Ptrpe. Huzza boys !... | |
 | William Scott - 1829 - 420 sider
...great indeed. What's fame? a fanci'd life in others' breath, A thing beyond us, e'en before our death. All fame is foreign, but of true desert, Plays round the head but comes not te the heart ; One self approving hour whole years outweighs Of stupid starers, and of loud huzzas... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 662 sider
...not deserve, we are conscious of a sort of fraud or imposition on the world. " All fame is forcign but of true desert, Plays round the head, but comes not to the heart." In further confirmation of the same doctrine it may be observed, that, although the desire of esteem... | |
 | Jesse Torrey - 1830 - 336 sider
...the grave; When what t' oblivion better were resign'd, Is hung on high, to poison half mankind. 34 All fame is foreign, but of true desert; Plays round...but comes not to the heart: One self-approving hour whole years outweighs Of stupid starers, and of loud huzzas; And more true joy Marceilus exil'd feels,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1830 - 128 sider
...surely this is Wisdom's part, mm This is that incense of the heart, Whose fragrance smells to Heav'n. All fame is foreign, but of true desert ; Plays round...but comes not to the heart. One self-approving hour whole years outweighs Of stupid starers, and of loud huzzas ; 1 The tomcat travail. And more true joy... | |
 | William Mason - 1830 - 166 sider
...mellifluous lay " " Cease, friendly swain ; (Musaeus cried, and raised his aching head) sill praise is foreign, but of true desert; Plays round the head, but comes not to the heart. Ah ! why recall the toys of thoughtless youth ? When flowery fiction held the place of truth ? Ere... | |
 | 1831 - 616 sider
..."to blush unseen, And waste their sweetness in the desert air." We must not, however, forget, that " All fame is foreign, but of true desert, Plays round the head, but comes not near the heart." Yet, in too many instances, the phantom is courted with eagerness, pursued with avidity,... | |
 | Samuel Drew - 1831 - 658 sider
..."to blush unseen, And waste their sweetness in the desert air." We must not, however, forget, that " All fame is foreign, but of true desert, Plays round the head, but comes not near the heart." Yet, in too many instances, the phantom is courted with eagerness, pursued with avidity,... | |
 | A[rend] Fokke - 1831 - 286 sider
...what you hcar , you luive , and -what's iinknovvii The same (my Lord) if Tully's , or your own. AU fame is foreign , but of true desert ; Plays round the head , but comes nol to the heart : , One self-approving hout whole years out-weighs Of stupid starers , and of loud... | |
 | Samuel B. EMMONS - 1832 - 168 sider
...«frdm the grave; When what t' oblivion better were resign'd, Is hung on high, to poison half mankind. All fame is foreign, but of true desert; Plays round...but comes not to the heart: -One self-approving hour whole years outweighs Of stupid starers, and of loud huzzas; And more true joy Marcellus exil'd feels,... | |
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All fame is foreign but of true desert, Plays round the head, but comes not to the heart : One self-approving hour whole years outweighs Of stupid starers and of loud huzzas : And more true joy Marcellus exil'd feels Than Caesar with a senate at his heels. 
