 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 History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia - الصفحة 165بواسطة Samuel Johnson, Francis William Blagdon - 1811 - عدد الصفحات: 234عرض كامل - لمحة عن هذا الكتاب
 | William Swan Plumer - 1864 - عدد الصفحات: 620
...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,... | |
 | 1865 - عدد الصفحات: 496
...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 - عدد الصفحات: 404
...of gold ; Wide- wasting pest that rages unconfined, And crowds with crimes the records of mankind ; For gold his sword the hireling ruffian draws, 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 - عدد الصفحات: 280
...of gold ; Wide-wasting pest ! that rages unconfined, And crowds with crimes the records of mankind For gold his sword the hireling ruffian draws, 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... | |
 | William Jones (F.S.A.) - 1868 - عدد الصفحات: 360
...of gold ; Wide-wasting pest ! that rages unconfined, 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 heaped on wealth, nor truth nor safety buys, The dangers gather as the treasures rise. " CHAPTER III.... | |
 | John T. Watson - 1869 - عدد الصفحات: 524
...unbrib'd, unbought. Cease then on trash thy hopes to bind, Let nobler views engage thy mind. DR. JOHNSON For gold his sword the hireling ruffian draws; For...safety buys : The dangers gather as the treasures rise. DR. JOHNSON Can gold calm passion, or make reasoti shine ? Can we dig peace or wisdom from the mine... | |
 | John Wesley Hales - 1872 - عدد الصفحات: 552
...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...buys ; The dangers gather as the treasures rise. Let hist'ry tell, where rival kings command, And dubious title shakes the madded land, 30 When statutes... | |
 | 1872 - عدد الصفحات: 710
...unconfin'd, And crowds with crime the records of mankind : [draws, For gold his sword the hireling ruffian ; So strong is man, that with a gasping breath He totters and bcqueathes his strength Samuel Johnton. 991§. MAMMON, Enslavement of. Nor riches boast superior worth, Their charms at best... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1872 - عدد الصفحات: 524
...of gold ; Wide-wasting pest ! that rages unconfined, 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 heaped on wealth nor truth nor safety buys, The dangers gather as the treasures rise. Let history tell... | |
 | John Seely Hart - 1872 - عدد الصفحات: 188
...light The evening and the dawn unite, The sunset hues of time blend with the soul's new morning. * "Wealth heap'd on wealth nor truth nor safety buys: The dangers gather as the treasures rise. 7. If happiness on wealth "were built, Rich rogueo might comfort find in guilt. As grows the miser's... | |
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