“None think the great unhappy, but the great.”
Source: The Poetical Works of Edward Young: In Four Volumes. Collated with the Best Editions:
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“The booby father craves a booby son, And by Heaven's blessing thinks himself undone.”
Source: The poetical works of Edward Young
Source: The Works of the Author of The Night-thoughts
Source: Extracts from Young's Night thoughts, with observations upon them
“Some for renown, on scraps of learning dote, And think they grow immortal as they quote.”
Source: The poetical works of ... E. Young. With the life of the author. Cooke's ed