 What check restrain your thirst of pow'r and gold ? Behold rebellious virtue quite o'erthrown, Behold our fame, our wealth, our lives your own. To such, a groaning nation's spoils are giv'n, When public crimes...  Life. Poems. Irene, a tragedy - Page 6by Samuel Johnson - 1801Full view - About this book
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1872 - 524 pages
...age. Heroes, proceed ! what bounds your pride shall hold P What check restrain your thirst of power and gold ? Behold rebellious Virtue quite o'erthrown,...Behold our fame, our wealth, our lives your own. To such a groaning nation's spoils are given, When public crimes inflame the wrath of Heaven : But what,... | |
 | Samuel Orchart Beeton - 1873 - 782 pages
...age. " Heroes, proceed ! what bounds your pride shall hold ? What check restrain your thirst of power Beauty and her Chivalry, and bright The lamps shone...o'er fair women and bravo men; A thousand hearts be such a groaning nation's spoils are given, When public crimes inflame the wrath of Heaven : But What,... | |
 | John Wesley Hales - 1878 - 772 pages
...o'erthrovvn, Behold our fame, our wealth, our lives your own. To such the plunder of a land is giv'n, 65 When publick crimes inflame the wrath of heav'n : But what, my friend, what hope remains for me, Who start at theft, and blush at perjury ? Who scarce forbear, tho' Britain's court he sing, To pluck a... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1909 - 562 pages
...age. 60 Heroes,jroceed ! what bounds your pride shall hold? ! What check restrain your thirst of pow'r and gold ? Behold rebellious virtue quite o'erthrown,...Behold our fame, our wealth, our lives your own. To such the plunder of land is giv'n, 65 ( Who start at theft, and blush at perjury? Who scarce forbear,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1909 - 562 pages
...Behold our fame, our wealth, our lives your own. To such the plunder of a land is giv'n, 65 When public crimes inflame the wrath of Heav'n; But what, my friend, what hope remains for me, Who start at theft, and blush at perjury? Who scarce forbear, though Britain's court he sing, To pluck... | |
 | Henry Spackman Pancoast - 1915 - 852 pages
...CO •'Heroes, proceed! what bounds your pride shall hold? Wiiat check restrain your thirst of pow'r and gold? Behold rebellious Virtue quite o'erthrown,...Behold our fame, our wealth, our lives your own. To such the plunder of a land is giv'n, 65 When public crimes inflame the wrath of Heav'n; But what, my... | |
 | William Henry Hudson - 1918 - 186 pages
...age. Heroes, proceed ! what bounds your pride shall hold ? What check restrain your thirst of power and gold? Behold rebellious virtue quite o'erthrown...; Behold our fame, our wealth, our lives your own 1 Comparison of these two extracts will serve to illustrate Johnson's method of adapting (or, to use... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1928 - 564 pages
...wealth, our lives your own. To such the plunder of a land is giv'n, 65 When public crimes inflame tlie wrath of Heav'n; But what, my friend, what hope remains for me, Who start at theft, and blush at perjury? Who scarce forbear, though Britain's court he sing, • . To... | |
 | Lawrence Lipking - 2009 - 396 pages
...Heroes, proceed! What Bounds your Pride shall hold? What Check restrain your Thirst of Pow'r and Gold? 70 Behold rebellious Virtue quite o'erthrown, Behold our Fame, our Wealth, our Lives your own. (Lines 61-64) These lines refer to no specific passage in Juvenal and no specific act of government,... | |
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