It's Writ On The Palace .... Quotation

devayaani | 22:52 Thu 25th Apr 2024 | Arts & Literature

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Can anyone please tell me where the following lines come from and the meaning?

It's writ on the palace where luxury dwells, That fortune on seeming to ive really sells.

Thanks for the help.

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correction for my quotation:

"ive" should have been "give".

Sorry for the typo.

wolf63

My eyesight is bad tonight but thid may be a starting point. I am struggling to see the text - sorry.

Ed. Cf. Voiture (to the Comte du Guiche)

devayaani

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wolf63 Thank you. Very much appreciated.

jourdain2

I'm glad you've got your quotation sorted out - but has anyone else noticed that there is suddenly only 1 question in thiscategory - there were loads of them!

ED what's gone wrong, please??

jno

you're just looking at the "recently answered" tab. Try the other ones.

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