 And crowds with crimes the records of mankind : For gold his sword the hireling ruffian draws ; For gold the hireling judge distorts the laws ; Wealth heap'd on wealth, nor truth nor safety buys, The dangers gather as the treasures rise.  The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Page 157by Samuel Johnson - 1806Full view - About this book
 | Cassell, ltd - 1883 - 562 pages
...knowing and the bold Fall in the gen' nil massacre of Gold ; Wide-wasting pest, that rages uneonfin'd, And crowds with crimes the records of mankind ! For...the hireling ruffian draws, For gold the hireling judgo distorts the laws : Wealth hcap'd on wealth, nor truth nor safety buys, The dangers gather as... | |
 | Benjamin G. Lovejoy - 1883 - 304 pages
...party and party as indifferently as the herring's backbone doth lie in the midst of the fish." t " For gold his sword the hireling ruffian draws, For gold the hireling judge distorts the laws." — Johnson's Vanity of Human Wishes. § "The discretion of a judge is the law of tyrants." — Lord... | |
 | Truths - 1885 - 572 pages
...knowing and the bold Fall in the gen'ral massacre of Gold ; Wide wasting pest ! that rages uneonfin'd And crowds with crimes the records of Mankind : For...safety buys, The dangers gather as the treasures rise. OTterftlj. — Johnson. rPHE needy Traveller, serene and gay, J. Walks the wide heath, and sings his... | |
 | 1888 - 654 pages
...general massacre of gold ; Wide-wasting pest! that rages unconfin'd, And crowds with crimes the record of mankind; For gold his sword the hireling ruffian...gold the hireling judge distorts the laws; Wealth heaped on wealth nor truth nor safety buys, The dangers gather as the treasures rise.— Dr. Johnson.... | |
 | Margaret Lynn - 1907 - 528 pages
...gold ; Wide wasting pest ! that rages unconfined, And crowds with crimes the records of mankind ; a5 For gold his sword the hireling ruffian draws, For...gold the hireling judge distorts the laws ; Wealth heaped on wealth, nor truth nor safety buys, The dangers gather as the treasures rise. Let Hist'ry... | |
 | WALTER HURT - 1907 - 432 pages
...OF HISTORY. It raises armies in a nation's aid, But bribes a senate, and a land's betrayed. —Pope. For gold his sword the hireling ruffian draws ; For gold the hireling judge distorts the laws. . — Samuel Johnson. Blessed paper credit I Gold, imp'd with this, can compass hardest things, Can... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - 1907 - 616 pages
...knowing and the bold Fall in the gen'ral massacre of gold; Wide-wasting pest ! that rages unconfin'd, And crowds with crimes the records of mankind; For gold his sword the hireling ruffian draws, 25 For gold the hireling judge distorts the laws: Wealth heap'd on wealth nor truth nor safety buys;... | |
 | Robert Kleuker - 1907 - 188 pages
...36). (Sbenfo treten un§ bei So^nfon bie ЗКenfфen entgegen, alé bie „©flatien be§ ©olbe§": For gold his sword the hireling ruffian draws, For gold the hireling judge distorts the laws (The Vanity of Human Wishes, Xl 332). „(Sin S)urft naф SReiфtum" quält bie ЗКenfфen : ') The... | |
 | Edward Archibald Allen - 1909 - 184 pages
...in the general massacre of gold ; Wide-wasting pest ! that rages unconfined, And crowds with crime the records of mankind ; For gold his sword the hireling...gold the hireling judge distorts the laws ; Wealth heaped on wealth nor truth nor safety buys, The dangers gather as the treasures rise. 18. Our actions,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1909 - 562 pages
...knowing and the bold Fall in the gen'ral massacre of gold; .Wide wasting pest! that rages unconfin'd, I And crowds with crimes the records of mankind; For gold his sword the hireling ruffian draws, 25 For gold the hireling judge distorts the laws; Wealth heap'd on wealth, nor truth nor safety buys,... | |
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