| Half hours - 1856 - 676 sayfa
...knowing aud the bold, Fall in the gcn'ral massacre of gold ; Wide-wasting pest ! that rages unconfined, And crowds with crimes the records of mankind ; For...ruffian draws, For gold the hireling judge distorts tho laws ; Wealth heaped on wealth nor truth nor safety buys, The dangers gather as the treasures rise.... | |
| Frederick Saunders - 1856 - 422 sayfa
...wasting pest ! that rages uncon8ned, And crowds with crimes the records of mankind : For gold, bis sword the hireling ruffian draws, For gold, the hireling judge distorts the laws ; Wealth heaped on wealth, nor truth nor safety bays, The dangers gather as the treasures rise." " A miser."... | |
| Mary Ann Harris Gay - 1859 - 254 sayfa
...our goods may become the possessions of enemies, to the oppression of our own heirs: " Wealth heaped on wealth, nor truth nor safety buys, The dangers gather as the treasures rise." Is knowledge ? " Sorrow is knowledge : they who know the most, Must moan the deepest o'er the fatal... | |
| 1861 - 356 sayfa
...knowing and the bold Fall in the general 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. Da . JOHNSON.... | |
| Choice poems - 1862 - 368 sayfa
...knowing and the bold, Fall in the general 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... | |
| William Swan Plumer - 1864 - 620 sayfa
...us." "If the world be our portion here, hell will be our portion hereafter.'1 Johnson : "Wealth heaped on •wealth nor truth nor safety buys, The dangers gather as the treasures rise." When his vast estates were confiscated for his adherence to God's truth, the Marquis of Vico said,... | |
| Mary Andrews Denison - 1864 - 370 sayfa
...hundred thousand pounds ! " Heaven help those who are suddenly lifted into prosperity. " Wealth heaped on wealth, nor truth nor safety buys, The dangers gather as the treasures rise," When he went into the little sitting-room, Mrs. Franklin stood there, caudle in hand. She beckonetl... | |
| 1865 - 496 sayfa
...couplets enough to make it a perfect quarry of quotations if it were known, eg : — u Wealth heaped on wealth nor truth nor safety buys; The dangers gather as the treasures rise. ****** Yet reason frowns on war's unequal game, Where wasted nations raise a single name, And mortgaged... | |
| John Rolfe - 1867 - 404 sayfa
...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...safety buys, The dangers gather as the treasures rise. DR. JOHNSON. 'Tis true, w' have money th' only pow'r That all mankind fall down before ; Money, that,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1868 - 280 sayfa
...knowing and the bold Pall in the general massacre of gold ; Wide-wasting pest ! that rages unconfined, And crowds with crimes the records of mankind For...laws ; Wealth heap'd on wealth, nor truth, nor safety buyvs, The dangers gather as the treasures rise. Let history tell, where rival kings command, And dubious... | |
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