 | Richard Miller Devens - 1865 - 464 pages
...who knew his countrymen well, declared that : "Statesman лпА patriot ply alike the stocke; Heress and butler share alike the box ; And judges job, and bishops bite the town, And mighty ditke» pack carda for half a crown." In the twelfth century Richard I. pawned the revenues of the... | |
 | 1866 - 328 pages
...withstood) Shall deluge all ; and avarice, creeping on, Spread like a low-born mist and blot the sun ; Statesman and patriot ply alike the stocks, Peeress...town, And mighty dukes pack cards for half a crown : s " The two persona here mentioned," says Pope in a note, "were of quality, each of whom in the Mississippi... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1867 - 520 pages
...withstood) Shall deluge all ; and avarice creeping on, Spread like a low-born mist, and blot the sun; Statesman and patriot ply alike the stocks, Peeress...bishops bite the town, And mighty dukes pack cards for half-a-crown. See Britain sunk in lucre's sordid charms, And France revenged on ANNE'S and EDWARD'S... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1867 - 626 pages
...withstood, Shall deluge all ; and avarice, creeping on, Spread like a low-born mist, and blot the sun ; Statesman and patriot ply alike the stocks, Peeress and butler share alike the box, 140 And judges job, and bishops bite the town, And mighty dukes pack cards for half a crown. See Britain... | |
 | Edward Vaughan Kenealy - 1869 - 372 pages
...withstood) Shall deluge all ; and av'rice creeping on, Spread like a low-born mist, and blot the sun ; Statesman and Patriot ply alike the stocks, Peeress...Bishops bite the town, And mighty Dukes pack cards for half-a-crown. See Britain sunk in lucre's sordid charms, And France reveng'd on Anne's and Edward's... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1869 - 512 pages
...withstood) Shall deluge all ; and .avarice creeping on, Spread like a low-born mist, and blot the sun; Statesman and patriot ply alike the stocks, Peeress...bishops bite the town, And mighty dukes pack cards for half-a-cro\vn. See Britain sunk in lucre's sordid charms, And France revenged on AHNE'S and EDWARD'S... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1869 - 98 pages
...withstood, Shall deluge all ; and avarice, creeping on, Spread like a low-bora mist, and blot the snn ; Statesman and patriot ply alike the stocks, Peeress and butler share alike the box, And jndges job, and bishops bite the town, And mighty dukes pack cards for half-a-crown : lion of the age,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1869 - 570 pages
...withstood) ' Shall deluge all ; and Av'rice, creeping on, ' Spread like a low-born mist, and blot the Sun ; 'Statesman and Patriot ply alike the stocks, 'Peeress and Butler share alike the Box, 140 ' And Judges job, and Bishops bite the town, 'And mighty Dukes pack Cards for half a crown. ' See... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1872 - 744 pages
...withstood) Shall deluge all ; and avarice creeping on,. Spread like a low-born mist, and blot the sun ; Statesman and patriot ply alike the stocks, Peeress and butler share alike the box, MO» 1 ' To live on venison : ' in the extaivaganoe and hmity of the South-sea year, the price of a... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1873 - 590 pages
...the Sun ; "Statesman and Patriot ply alike the stocks, " Peeress and Butler share alike the Box, I )O "And Judges job, and Bishops bite the town, "And mighty...sunk in lucre's sordid charms, "And France reveng'd of ANNE'S and EDWARD'S arms?' 'Twas no Court-badge, great Scriv'ner ! fir'd thy brain, £4; Nor lordly... | |
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At length Corruption, like a gen'ral flood, "(So long by watchful Ministers withstood) "Shall deluge all; and Av'rice creeping on, "Spread like a low-born mist, and blot the Sun; "Statesman and Patriot ply alike the stocks, "Peeress and Butler share alike... 
