| 1840 - 378 oldal
...knowing and the bold Fall in the gen'ral massacre of gold ; Wide-wasting pest ! that rages unconfined, And crowds with crimes the records of mankind ; For...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... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1841 - 538 oldal
...the gen'ral massacre of gold ; , Wide-wa*ting pest! that rage* unconfined, And crowds with crime* ths records of mankind; For gold his sword the hireling ruffian draws, . , For Rold the hireling judge distort! the laws. Wealth heap'd on wealth, nor truth nor safety buje ; The... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 oldal
...knowing and the bold, Fall in the general massacre of gold ; Wide-wasting pest ! that rages unconfined, outh of Chili:— In * twilight gloom, To cheer...beneath the odorous shade Of Chili's boundless forests l heaped on wealth, nor truth nor safety buys, The dangers gather as the treasures rise. Let history... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 oldal
...knowing and the bold, Fall_in the general massacre of gold ; Wide-wasting pest ! that rages unconfined, e reality of the scenes in 'Don Juan' heaped on wealth, nor truth nor safety buys, The dangers gather as the treasures rise. Let history... | |
| Jonathan Dymond - 1845 - 590 oldal
...the middling and lower orders of society."t " The middle rank contains most virtue and abilities."! " Wealth heap'd on wealth, nor truth nor safety buys, The dangers gather as the treasures rise."§ " There is no greater calamity than that of leaving children an affluent independence. — The worst... | |
| Charles Bathurst (schoolmaster.) - 1846 - 80 oldal
...the singular number : the verb in this case referring to each nominative case. Ex. : " Wealth heaped on wealth, nor 'truth nor 'safety 'buys, The dangers gather as the treasures rise." Johnson. " 2Pleasure or 2profit there 'is none in swearing, nor anything in men's natural tempers to... | |
| 1847 - 526 oldal
...unbought. Cease then on trash thy hopes to bind, Let nobler views engage thy mind. DR. JOHNSON. 1 1. For gold his sword the hireling ruffian draws ; For...safety buys ; The dangers gather as the treasures rise. DR. JOHNSON. 12. Can gold calm passion, or make reason shine ? Can we dig peace or wisdom from the... | |
| 1847 - 540 oldal
...unbought. Cease then on trash thy hopes to bind, Let nobler views engage thy mind. DR. JOHNSON. 1 1. For gold his sword the hireling ruffian draws ; For...safety buys : The dangers gather as the treasures rise. DR. JOHNSON. 12. Can gold calm passion, or make reason shine ? Can we dig peace or wisdom from the... | |
| John Pickering - 1847 - 222 oldal
...peculiar phraseology, we term the pre-eminent, intellectual, indispensable business men of community." " For gold, his sword the hireling ruffian draws, For...safety buys, The dangers gather as the treasures rise. But scarce observed, the knowing and the bold, Fall in the gen'ral massacre of gold; Wide wasting pest!... | |
| Half hours - 1847 - 580 oldal
...knowing and the bold, Fall in the gen'ral massacre of gold ; Wide-wasting pest ! that rages unconfined, And crowds with crimes the records of mankind ; 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 history tell... | |
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