 | John Dryden - 1800 - 606 pages
...of this poem, the 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, or hands more clean ; " Unbribed, unsought, the wretched to redress, " Swift of dispatch, and easy of access." " When King... | |
 | John Dryden, Edmond Malone - English prose literature - 1800 - 608 pages
...of this poem, the 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, or hands more clean ; " Unbribed, unsought, the wretched to redress, " Swift of dispatch, and easy of access." " When King... | |
 | John Dryden, Edmond Malone - English prose literature - 1800 - 601 pages
...this poem, the four following lines, in celebration of the Earl's conduct as Lord Chancellor : " Jn Israel's court 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," " When... | |
 | John Dryden, Edmond Malone - 1800 - 614 pages
...Israel's courts ne'er sat an Abctlulin, " 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 paid by Shaftesbury; and a later... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 622 pages
...Israel's courts ne'er sat an Abcthdin, " With more discerning eyes, or hands more clean ; " Unbribcd, unsought, the wretched to redress," Swift of dispatch, and easy of access." * One of his adversaries' asserts, that for this addition, Dryden was paid by Shaftcsbury ; and a later... | |
 | English poetry - 1801 - 416 pages
...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, the wretched to redress, 194 Swift of dispatch, and easy of access. Oh ! had... | |
 | Horace Walpole - English literature - 1806 - 468 pages
...fame deserr'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...to redress, Swift of dispatch, and easy of access." '-' Lord Shaftesbury was concerned in all the political transactions in the reign of Charles the second.... | |
 | William Belsham - 1806 - 646 pages
...tegrity of his character : " In Israel's court ne'er sat an Abethdin With more discerning eyes and hands more clean : Unbrib'd, unsought, the wretched...to redress, Swift of dispatch, and easy of access." Farther, Mr. Hume is pleased to inform us, " that lord Shaftesbury was reckoned a deist j" although... | |
 | John Dryden - 1808 - 382 pages
...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, Swift of dispatch, and easy of access. Oh ! bad he... | |
 | Horace Walpole - English literature - 1806 - 498 pages
...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, Swift of dispatch, and easy of access'." Lord Shaftesbury... | |
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In Israel'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 content to serve the crown, With -virtues only proper to the gown;... 
