 | Great Britain - 1808 - 348 pages
...the stock jobber, and all the locust tribe of paymasters, eomisinisaries, contractors, and agents. "- whose equipages shine like meteors, and whose palaces rise like exhalations ;" these men are objects of our supreme and sovereign detestation.— " These are the men," Dr. Johnson well... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 388 pages
...victory, he might shew his gains without envy. But at the con*, elusion of a ten years war, how are we recompensed for the death of multitudes and the expense...like meteors, and whose palaces rise like exhalations ? t .*.,.,., These are the men who, without virtue, labour, or hazard, are growing rich as their country... | |
 | International peace society - 232 pages
...the expense of million*, but by contemplating the sudden glory of paymasters and ngents, cnutractors and commissaries, whose equipages shine like meteors, and whose palaces rise like exhalations !" TALLEYRAND'S PLAN OF PEACE. Tins prince of diplomatists seems to have been much more a man of peace... | |
 | Peace - 1821 - 388 pages
...victory, he might shew his gains without envy. But at the conclusion of a ten years' war, how are we recompensed for the death of multitudes and the expense...like exhalations ! These are the men who, without yiftue, labour, or hazard, are growing rich as their country is impoverished ; they rejoice when obstinacy... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1823 - 572 pages
...victory, he might show his gains without envy. But at the conclusion of a ten years' war, how are we recompensed for the death of multitudes and the expense...commissaries, whose equipages shine like meteors, and whose palacjes rise like exhalations? These are the men who, without virtue, labour, or hazard, are growing... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 542 pages
...victory, he might show his gains without envy. But, at the conclusion of a ten years' war, how are we recompensed for the death of multitudes, and the expense...sudden glories of paymasters and agents, contractors arid commissaries, whose equipages shine like meteors, and whose palaces rise like exhalations ! These... | |
 | Henry Roscoe - Lawyers - 1830 - 554 pages
...ocean without notice, without remembrance." ..." But at the conclusion of a ten years' war how are we recompensed for the death of multitudes, and the expense...paymasters and agents, contractors and commissaries, whose equi* Cobbett'l Part. Deb. vol. xxviii. p. 1035. f Id. p. 1043, pages shine like meteors, and whose... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1834 - 722 pages
...victory, he might show his gains without envy. But at the conclusion of a ten years' war, how are we recompensed for the death of multitudes and the expense...sudden glories of paymasters and agents, contractors ana commissaries, whose equipages shine like meteors, and whose palaces rise like exhalations ? These... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1838 - 716 pages
...victory, he might show his gains without envy. B'ut at the conclusion of a ten years' war, how are we recompensed for the death of multitudes and the expense...like meteors, and whose palaces rise like exhalations 7 These are the men who, without virtue, labour, or hazard, are growing rich as their country is impoverished;... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1842 - 716 pages
...victory, lie might show his gains without envy. But at the conclusion of a ten years' war, how are we he starts a sudden question, to the confusion of philosophy...grace, Why does that twining plant the oak embrace j coiiimiss¡iri< s, whose equipages shine like meteors, and whose palaces rise like exhalations? These... | |
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But at the conclusion of a ten years' war, how are we recompensed for the death of multitudes and the expense of millions, but by contemplating the sudden glories of paymasters and agents, contractors and commissaries, whose equipages shine like meteors,... 
