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The works of the English poets. With prefaces, biographical and critical, by ... - Page 18
by English poets - 1790
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The Works of Samuel Johnson.LL.D..: Essay on the life and genius of Dr ...

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...
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Life. Poems. Irene, a tragedy

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,...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.

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...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

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...
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Elegant Extracts, Volumes 1-2

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...
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The Poetical Works of Samuel Johnson: Collated with the Best Editions

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...
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The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia

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...
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The Plain Englishman [ed. by C. Knight and E.H. Locker]., Volume 1

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...
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The works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 1

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...
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Sequel to the English Reader: Or, Elegant Selections in Prose and Poetry ...

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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