 | 1862 - 500 Seiten
...of clay. . . Yet fame deserv'd no enemy can grudge ; The statesman we abhor, but praise the judge. In Israel's court ne'er sat an Abethdin With more...Unbrib'd, unsought, the wretched to redress, Swift of despatch, and easy of access." It was here that the third Earl of Shaftesbury, the author of the "... | |
 | Archibald Hamilton Bryce - 1862 - 344 Seiten
...fame deserved 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, Unbribed, unsought, the wretched to redress; Swift of despatch and easy of access. Oh, had he been... | |
 | English poets - 1862 - 626 Seiten
...fame deserved 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, TJnbribed, unsought, the wretched to redress ; Swift of despatch, and easy of access. Oh ! had he been... | |
 | National portrait gallery - 1862 - 116 Seiten
..." Absalom and Achithopel," is familiar to every reader of English poetry : — " 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 despatch, and easy of access." His versatile... | |
 | George Godfrey Cunningham - 1863 - 846 Seiten
...of the poem, he added the four following lines in praise 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, UnbribVl, unsought, the wretched to redress, Swift of dispatch, and easy of access." Shaftesbury, now... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, sir William Smith - 1864 - 554 Seiten
...fame deserved 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, Unbribed, unsought, the wretched to redress ; Swift of dispatch and easy of access. Oh had he been... | |
 | Hugh Miller - 1865 - 516 Seiten
...the character of Jeffrey may be summed up in the vigorous stanza of Dryden : — " 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 despatch, and easy of access." All accounts agree... | |
 | Hugh Miller - 1865 - 508 Seiten
...the character of Jeffrey may be summed up in the vigorous stanza of Dryden : — " 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 despatch, and easy of access." All accounts agree... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1865 - 252 Seiten
...In Israel's courts ne'er sat an Abethdin l With more discerning eyes, or hands more clean, Unbribed, 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 ; Or had the ra.n1rnp.aa... | |
 | John Dryden - 1866 - 348 Seiten
...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...clean, Unbrib'd, unsought, the wretched to redress ; i» Swift of dispatch, and easy of access. Oh ! had he been content to serve the crown, With virtues... | |
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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;... 
