 | John Dryden - 1800 - 622 strani
...England, adopted the new spelling of his name, •' Where crowds can wink, and no offence be known, " Since in another's guilt they find their own ! " Yet...praise the Judge : "In Israel's courts ne'er sat an Abcthdin, " With more discerning eyes, or hands more clean ; " Unbribcd, unsought, the wretched to... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 606 strani
...four following lines, in celebration of the Earl's conduct as Lord Chancellor : " In Israel's court ne'er sat an Abethdin, " With more discerning eyes,...redress, " Swift of dispatch, and easy of access." " When King Charles the Second read these lines, he told Dryden, that he had spoiled by them all which... | |
 | 1801 - 416 strani
...wink, and no offence b« known, Since in another's guilt they find their ova ? Bit Yet fame deserv'd no enemy can grudge ; The statesman we abhor, but praise the judge. In Isr'el's courts ne'er sat an Abethdin With more discerning eyes, or hands more clean ; TJnbrib'd, unsought,... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1806 - 498 strani
...himself praises his conduct whilst he administered this great office, saying of him, " Yet fame deserv'd no enemy can grudge, The statesman we abhor, but praise...Abethdin With more discerning eyes, or hands more clean j Unbrib'd, unsought, the wretched to redress, Swift of dispatch, and easy of access'." Lord Shaftesbury... | |
 | John Dryden - 1808 - 382 strani
...can wink, and no offence be known, Siuce in another's guilt they find their own? Yet fame deserv'd no enemy can grudge ; The statesman we abhor, but...Abethdin With more discerning eyes, or hands more clean ; XJnbrib'd, unsought, the wretched to redress, Swift of dispatch, and easy of access. Oh ! bad he... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1806 - 434 strani
...himself praises his conduct whilst he administered this great office, saying of him, " Yet fame deserv'd no enemy can grudge, The statesman we abhor, but praise the judge; In Israel's courts ne'er sat an Abetbdin With more discerning eyes, or hands more dean; Unbrib'd, unsought, the wretched to redress,... | |
 | John Dryden - 1808 - 482 strani
...ill, Where none can sin against the people's will ? Where crowds can wink, and no offence be known, Since in another's guilt they find their own ? Yet...Abethdin With more discerning eyes, or hands more clean, Unbrited, unsought, the wretched to redress ; Swift of dispatch, and easy of access. A report was circulated,... | |
 | John Dryden - 1808 - 476 strani
...the popular party, to escape the odium attached to the measures he had himself recommended. Note XI. In Israel's courts ne'er sat an Abethdin With more...clean ; Unbribed, unsought, the wretched to redress, „ Hwijt of dispatch, and easy of access.— P. 223. In 1672, the seals were given to the Earl of... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 strani
...croudscan wink, and no onenccbcknown, Since in another's guilt they find their owu ! Yet fame descrv'd Each gaudy bird some slender tribute brings. And lends the growing insect proper wiu&s : Silks o »n Abethdin With more discerning eyes, or hands mote clean, Unbrib'il, unsought, the wretched to redress,... | |
 | Thomas Bayly Howell, Thomas Jones Howell - 1810 - 722 strani
...! Yet fame deserv'd no enemy can grudge ; The statesman we ahhor, but praise the judge. In Isr'el's courts, ne'er sat an Abethdin With more discerning eyes, or hands more clean ; Unbrib'd, unsought, the wretched to redress, Swift of dispatch, and easy of access. Oh ! had he been... | |
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With public zeal to cancel private crimes: How safe is treason and how sacred ill, Where none can sin against the people's will ! Where crowds can wink, and no offence be known, Since in another's guilt they find their own. 
