...paltry things. More trifling Mill than they. And what is friendship hnt a name, A charm that lnlls to sleep ; A shade that follows wealth or fame, And leaves the wretch to weep ( • And love is still an emptier sonnd, The modern fair-one's jest ; On earth nnseen, or only i*ouml...

...realized those hopes, would it not have reanimated one who if now lost to society ? " What then is friendship but a name ? " A charm that lulls to sleep, " A shade that follows wealth and fame, " But leaves the wretch to weep." I — PERSECUTION. WHATEVER are my faults, exclaims the...

..." And those who prize *.e•c. paltry thirds, "More trifling stUHhan they. F •• '! And what is friendship but a name, « A charm that lulls to sleep ; " A shade that follows wealth, or fame ? " But leaves the wrel^ to weep? " And love is still an emptier sound, " The modern fair one's jest:...

...other with dissatisfaction and disgust, each appl^ ing to the other the words of the poet ! \VIiat is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep...follows wealth or fame, And leaves the wretch to weep ? But this must evidently arise from the imperfect manner in which they understand the nature of true...

...decay ; •' And those who prize the paltry things. " More trifling still than they. " And what is friendship but a name, " A charm that lulls to sleep : " A shade that follows wealth or fame, " But leaves the wretch to weep ? " And love is still an emptier sound, " The modern fair one's jest...

...friendships by a principle of interest. This indeed governs the world in their associations: — "And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep, A shade that follows wealth or fame, But leaves the wretch to weep." But he sought not high connexions — exalted frierioTships — or...

...for him. No man has a better right than Mr. Sheridan to say, in the words of Goldsmith, For, what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep; A shade that follows wealth and fame, But leaves the wretch to weep ? Whilst Mr. Sheridan may with great truth com• w plain of...

...trifling, and decay; And those who prize the paltry things, .More trifling st ill than they. " And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep ; A shade that follows wealth or fame, But leaves the wretch to weep? " And love is still an emptier sound, The modern fair one's jest ; On...

...departed this Life the 10th day of Decemher 1778, in the 3S year of his Age. ' And what is friendship hut a name, A charm that lulls to sleep, A shade that follows wealth or fame, l!ut leaves the wretch to weep 1 To the Memory of SIR JOHN CLAVRRING, Knight of the Most Hon. Order,...

...trifling, and decay; And those who prize the paltry things, More trifling still than they. " And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep...follows wealth or fame, And leaves the wretch to weep ? " And love is still an emptier sound, The modern fair-one's jest : On earth unseen, or only found...