 But all whom hunger spares, with age decay: Here malice, rapine, accident, conspire, And now a rabble rages, now a fire; Their ambush here relentless ruffians lay, And here the fell attorney prowls for prey; Here falling houses thunder on your head, And...  Miscellaneous and Fugitive Pieces - Page 301by Samuel Johnson - 1774 - 375 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1782 - 402 pages
...a fire,; / Their ambufh here relentlcfs ruffians lay, And here the fell attorney prowls for prey j Here falling houfes thunder on your head, And here...'contains Of diffipated wealth the fmall remains, On Thames's bank in filent thought we flood, Where Greenwich fmiles upon the filver flood. Struck with... | |
 | English poetry - 1782 - 516 pages
...age decay. Here malice, rapine, accident, confpire; And now a rabble rages, now a fire : Their ambufh here relentlefs ruffians lay. And here the fell attorney prowls for prey ; Here falling houfcs thunder on your head. And here a female atheift talks you dead. While Thales waits the wherry... | |
 | Decimus Junius Juvenalis - 1784 - 446 pages
...rapine, accident, confpire, And now a rabble rages, now a fire ; Thiir ambuih here rtlentlefs rufli..n¿ lay, And here the fell attorney prowls for prey ;...your head, And here a female atheift talks you dead. While THAI, ES waits the wherry that contains Of diffipated wealth the fmall remains, On Thames's bank... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1785 - 222 pages
...folttary fliore, Give to St. David one true Briton more. For who wou'd leave, unbrib'd, Hibetnia's land, Or change the rocks of Scotland for the Strand...your head, And here a female atheift talks you dead. ^, Sed, dura tota domus rheda componitur una, Subftitit ad veteres arcus. . Hie tunc UmbriciuS : Quando... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - English literature - 1787 - 546 pages
...recitantes menfc poetas ? There There none are fwept by fudden fate away, But all whom hunger ipares, with age decay: Here malice, rapine, accident, confpire,'...your head, And here a female atheift talks you dead. 3 While THALES waits the wherry that contains Of diflipated wealth the fmall remains, On Thames's banks,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 560 pages
...decay : Here malice, rapine, accident, confpire, And now a rabble rages, now a fire ; Their ambufh here relentlefs ruffians lay, And here the fell attorney...your head, And here a female atheift talks you dead. * While THALES waits the wherry that contains Of diffipated wealth the fmall remains, On Thames's banks,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 534 pages
...decay : Here malice, rapine, accident, confpire, And now a rabble rages, now a fire ; Their ambufh here relentlefs ruffians lay, And here the fell attorney...for prey ; Here falling houfes thunder on your head, 1 And here a female atheift talks you dead. 3 While THALES waits the wherry that contains' Of diffipated... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1789 - 248 pages
...age decay : Here malice, rapine, accident, conlpire. And now a rabble rages, now a fire; Their ambuih here relentlefs ruffians lay, And here the fell attorney...your head, And here a female atheift talks you dead. Sed, dum tota domus rheda componitur »n3, Subftitit ad veteres arcus. Hie tune UmbricJus : Quando... | |
 | John Adams - English poetry - 1789 - 376 pages
...decay : Here malice, rapine, accident, confpire, And-now a rabble rages, now a fire ; Their ambufh here relentlefs ruffians lay, And here the fell attorney...falling houfes thunder on your head, And here a female atheMt talks you dead. By numbers here from fhame or cenfure free, All crimes are fafe, but hated poverty.... | |
 | English poetry - 1789 - 228 pages
...now a rabble rages, now a fire ; Epist. III. EPISTLES SATIRICAL, &c. 37 Their ambush here relentless ruffians lay, And here the fell attorney prowls for prey ; Here falling houses thunder on your head, And here a female atheist talks you dead. While THALES waits the wherry... | |
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