 | Sir John Denham - 1709 - 24 pages
...Rage ? Was't Luxury, or Luft ? Was he fo Temperate, fo Chafle, fo Juft ? Were thcfe their Crimes? They were his own much more : But Wealth is Crime enough to him that's poor j , Who having fpent the Treafures of his Crown, Condemns their Luxury to feed his own, And yet this... | |
 | Sir John Denham - 1709 - 354 pages
...Crimes? They were his own much But Wealth is Crime enough to him that's poor, t Who having fpentthe Treafures of his Crown, Condemns their Luxury to feed his own. And yet this Ad, to varnifh o'er the fhame Of Sacrilege, muft bear Devotion's Name. No Crime fo bold, but would... | |
 | John Dryden, John Milton, William D'Avenant - 1716 - 418 pages
...luft? [more: Were thefe their Crimes? they were his own much Bur Wealth is Crime enough to him thar's poor, Who having fpent the Treafures of his Crown,...Condemns their Luxury to feed his own. And yet this Aft, to varnifli o'er the Shame Of Sacrilege, muft bear Devotion's Name. No Crime fo bold, bur would... | |
 | 1781 - 512 pages
...? Was he fo temperate, fo chafte, fo jufl? Were thefe their crimes ? They were his own much men c ; But wealth is crime enough to him that's poor ; Who...Condemns their luxury to feed his own. And yet this aft, to varnifh o'er the fhame Of facrilege, muft bear devotion's name. No crime fo bold, but would... | |
 | 1781 - 516 pages
...rage ? Was't luxury, or lull ? Was he fo temperate, fo chafte, fo juft? Were thefe their crimes ? They were his own much more ; But wealth is crime enough...poor, Who having fpent the treafures of his crown, pondemns their luxury to feed his own. And yet this a£l, to varniih o'er the (name Of facrilege, muft... | |
 | Johann Joachim Eschenaburg - 1789 - 486 pages
...Rage ? Was 't Luxury , or Luft ? Was he fo temperate, fo chart, lo juft? Were thefe their Crimes? They were his own much more: But Wealth is Crime enough...Condemns their Luxury to feed his own. And yet this ACT, to varnif h o'er the Shame Of Sacrilege, muft bear Devotionjs Name. No Crime k> bold, but would... | |
 | Johann Joachim Eschenaburg - 1789 - 484 pages
...Was 't Luxury1, or Luft? , Was he fo temperate, fo chart, lo juft? . Were thefe their Crimes? They were his own much more : But Wealth is Crime enough...his Crown, Condemns their Luxury to feed his own. i And yet this Act, to varnifh o'er the Shame Of Sacrilege, muft bear Devotion's Name. No Crime lo... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1790 - 372 pages
...Was't luxury, or luft ? K Was he fo temperate, fo chafte, fo juft ? " Were thefe their crimes ? they were his own much " more ; ** But wealth is crime enough to him that's poor *." This fame wealth, which is at all times treafon and kfe nation to indigent and rapacious defpotifm,... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1790 - 698 pages
...aux yeux de celui qui n'a rien ». (») The refi of the paffage is tins -" » Who liaving fpent die treafures of his crown , » Condemns their luxury to feed his own. » And yet tins aft, to varhish o'cr the shame n Of facri;cge , mufi bear devotion's name. » No crime fo bold,... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1791 - 966 pages
...Was he fo temperate, fo chafte, fo juft, ? [more : Were thefe their crimes? They were his own much But wealth is crime enough to him that's poor ; Who,...Condemns their luxury to feed his own. And yet this a£t, to varnifli o'er the (hame Of facrilegc, muft bear Devotion's name. No crime fo bold but would... | |
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Th' adjoining abbey fell. (May no such storm Fall on our times, where ruin must reform!) Tell me, my Muse! what monstrous dire offence, What crime could any Christian king incense To such a rage ? Was't luxury or lust ? Was he so temperate, so chaste,... 
