| Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 652 pages
...For gold the hireling judge diftorts the laws ; Wealth heap'd on wealth, nor truth nor fafety buys, The dangers gather as the treafures rife. Let Hift'ry...glean the refufe of the fword, How much more fafe the vaflal than the lord -, Low fculks the hind beneath the rage of pow'r. And leaves the wealthy traitor... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 416 pages
...For gold the hireling judge diftorts the laws ; Wealth heap'don wealth, nor truth nor fafety buys, The dangers gather as the treafures rife. Let Hift'ry...the lord ; Low fculks the hind beneath the rage of power, And leaves the wealthy traitor in the Tower, Untouch'd his cottage, and his flumbers found,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 422 pages
...For gold the hireling judge diftorts the laws ; Wealth heap'don wealth, nor truth nor fafety buys, The dangers gather as the treafures rife. Let Hift'ry...tell where rival kings command, And dubious title fhakcs the madded land, When ftatutes glean the refufe of the fword, How much more fafe the vaflal... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 436 pages
...For gold the hireling judge diftorts the laws ; Wealth heap'd on wealth, nor truth nor fafety buys, The dangers gather as the treafures rife. Let Hift'ry...glean the refufe of the fword, How much more fafe the vaflfal than the lord ; Low fculks the hind beneath the rage of power, And leaves the wealthy traitor... | |
| Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 pages
...When statutes glean the refuse of the sword, How much more safe the vassal than the lord : Low sculks age industrious Ant, thu wisest inicct, And Tower, Untouch'd his cottage, and his ilumbers souufi, Tho' confiscation's vultures hover round. The... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 206 pages
...When statutes glean the refuse of the sword, How much more safe the vassal than the lord ; Low sculks the hind beneath the rage of pow'r, And leaves the...traitor in the Tow'r, Untouch'd his cottage, and his slumbers sound, Though confiscation's vultures hover round. The needy traveller, serene and gay, Walks... | |
| Samuel Johnson, Francis William Blagdon - 1811 - 250 pages
...When statutes glean the refuse of the sword, How much more safe the vassal than the lord; Low sculks the hind beneath the rage of pow'r, And leaves the...traitor in the tow'r, Untouch'd his cottage, and his slumbers sound, Though confiscation's vultures hover round. The needy traveller, serene and gay, Walks... | |
| Charles Knight - 1820 - 636 pages
...When statutes glean the refuse of the sword, How much more safe the vassal than the lord ; Low skulks the hind beneath the rage of pow'r, And leaves the wealthy traitor in the Tow'r, Untoocb'd his collage, and his slumbers sound, Tint' confiscation's vullures hover round. The needy... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1824 - 426 pages
...When statutes glean the refuse of the sword, How much more safe the vassal than the lord ; Low sculks the hind beneath the rage of pow'r, And leaves the...traitor in the Tow'r, Untouch'd his cottage, and his slumbers sound, Though Confiscation's vultures hover round. The needy traveller, serene and gay, Walks... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1825 - 310 pages
...When statutes glean the refuse of the sword, How much more safe the vassal than the lord. Low sculks the hind beneath the rage of pow'r, And leaves the...traitor in the Tow'r ; Untouch'd his cottage, and his slumbers sound, Tho' confiscation's vultures hover round. The needy traveller, serene and gay, Walks... | |
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