 | Walter Scott - 1827 - 506 strani
...Condemn'd to punish fancy in ; Men, that are men, can in thee feel no pain, And all thy insignificance disdain. Contempt, that false new word for shame,...shadow to amuse mankind, But never frights the wise or well-fix'd mind ; Virtue despises human scorn, And scandals innocence adorn. Exalted on thy stool of... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart [prose, collected]) - 1827 - 500 strani
...Condemn'd to punish fancy in ; Men, that are men, can in thee feel no pain, And all thy insignificance disdain. Contempt, that false new word for shame,...shadow to amuse mankind, But never frights the wise or well-fix'd mind ; Virtue despises human scorn, And scandals innocence adorn. Exalted on thy stool of... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart [prose, selections]) - 1830 - 492 strani
...Condemn'd to punish fancy in; Men, that are men, can in thee feel no pain, And all thy insignificance disdain. Contempt, that false new word for shame,...shadow to amuse mankind, But never frights the wise or well-fix'd mind; Virtue despises human scorn, And scandals innocence adorn. Exalted on thy stool of... | |
 | 1831 - 628 strani
...his fine and the fees on his enlargement from prison. " Hail hieroglyphic State machine, ('nutrivi-,I to punish fancy in ! Men that are men, in thee can feel no pain, And all thy insignificance disdain. " * • » Thou bugbear of the law, stand up and Thy long misconstrued silence... | |
 | 1842 - 528 strani
...in which it is conceived : the allusion to Seiden has already been explained : " Hail Hieroglypliick state machine. Contrived to punish fancy in ; Men that are men in thee can feel no pain, And all thy insignificante disdain. Contempt, that false new word fur shamr, Is, without crime, an empty name ;... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1834 - 452 strani
...Condemn'd to punish fancy in ; Men, that are men, can in thee feel no pain, And all thy insignificance disdain. Contempt, that false new word for shame,...shadow to amuse mankind, But never frights the wise or weu-fix'd mind ; Virtue despises human scorn, • And scandals innocence adorn. Exalted on thy stool... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1834 - 452 strani
...Condemn'd to punish fancy in; Men, that are men, can in thee feel no pain, And all thy insignificance disdain. Contempt, that false new word for shame, Is without crime an empty nama—. A shadow to amuse mankind, But never frights the wise or well-fix'd mind; Virtue despises... | |
 | Daniel Defoe - 1836 - 406 strani
...Condemn'd to punish fancy in ; Men, Ihat are men, can in i hce feel no pain, And all thy insignificance disdain. Contempt, that false new word for shame....shadow to amuse mankind, But never frights the wise or well-fix'i) mind; Virtue despises human scorn, And scandale inuocence adorn. Exalted on thy stool of... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1843 - 456 strani
...Condemn'd to punish fancy in; Men, that are men, can in thee feel no pain, And all thy Insignificance disdain. Contempt, that false new word for shame, Is without crime an empty nameA shadow to amuse mankind, But never frights the wise or well-flx'd mind; Virtue despises human... | |
 | Thomas Wright - 1845 - 310 strani
...Ode to the Pillory " in 1703, which he apostrophises thus : — " Hail, hieroglyphic state machine 1 Contrived to punish fancy in : Men that are men in thee can feel no pain, And all thy insignificance disdain." He describes it as serving political purposes, and punishing party and not... | |
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Hail Hieroglyphick state machine, Contrived to punish fancy in ; Men that are men in thee can feel no pain, And all thy insignificants disdain. Contempt, that false new word for shame, Is, without crime, an empty name ; A shadow to amuse mankind, But... 
