 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 ! Yet fame deserved no enemy...  The Quarterly Review - Page 312edited by - 1871Full view - About this book
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 622 pages
...Where crowds can wink, and no offence be known, " Since in another's guilt they find their own ! " Yet fame deserved no enemy can grudge ; " The Statesman...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, Edmond Malone - English prose literature - 1800 - 608 pages
...Where crowds can wink, and no offence be known* " Since in another's guilt they find their own ! " Yet fame deserved no enemy can grudge ; " The Statesman...praise the Judge : " In Israel's courts ne'er sat an Abethdin, " With more discerning eyes, or hands more clean ; 1 Unbribed, unsought, the wretched to... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 606 pages
...Where crowds can wink, and no offence be known, • " Since in another's guilt they find their own ! " Yet fame deserved no enemy can grudge ^ " The Statesman...praise the judge : " In Israel's courts ne'er sat an Abethdin, " With more discerning eyes, or hands more clean ; " Unbribed, unsought, the wretched to... | |
 | John Dryden, Edmond Malone - English prose literature - 1800 - 601 pages
...grudge ; " The Statesman we abhor, but praise the Judge : " In Israel's courts ne'er sat an Abethdin, " With more discerning eyes, or hands more clean ; "...Unbribed, unsought, the wretched to redress, " Swift of dispatch, and easy of access." One of his adversaries' asserts, that for this addition, Dryden was... | |
 | English poetry - 1801 - 416 pages
...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,... | |
 | John Dryden - 1808 - 382 pages
...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 praise the judge. In Israel's courts ne'er sat an Abethdin With more discerning eyes, or hands more clean ; XJnbrib'd, unsought, the wretched to redress,... | |
 | Horace Walpole - English literature - 1806 - 498 pages
...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 Abethdin With more discerning eyes, or hands more clean j Unbrib'd, unsought, the wretched to redress,... | |
 | John Dryden - English literature - 1808 - 482 pages
...will ? Where crowds can wink, and no offence be known, Since in another's guilt they find their own ? Yet fame deserved no enemy can grudge ; The statesman...praise the judge. In Israel's courts ne'er sat an Abethdin With more discerning eyes, or hands more clean, Unbrited, unsought, the wretched to redress... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - English literature - 1808 - 476 pages
...? . Where crowds can wink, and no offence be known, Since in another's guilt they find their own ? Yet fame deserved no enemy can grudge ; The statesman...praise the judge. In Israel's courts ne'er sat an Abethdin With more discerning eyes, or hands more clean, Unbribed, unsought, the wretched to redress... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1809 - 604 pages
...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,... | |
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