 | 1809 - 954 pages
...integrity of his character : ' In Isranl'soouit ne'er satán Abetlidin With more discerning eyes and band* more clean : Unbrib'd, unsought, the wretched to redress, Swift of dispatch, and easy of accesg.' " Farther, Mr. Hume is pleased to inform us, ' that lord Shaftes' bury was reckoned a deist... | |
 | 1809 - 402 pages
...In Israel's courts ne'er sat an Abctbdin With morp discerning eyes, or bauds morf clean, Unlirth'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 ; Or had the ranknesa... | |
 | Thomas Bayly Howell, Thomas Jones Howell - Law reports, digests, etc - 1810 - 722 pages
...! Yet fame deserv'd no enemy can grudge ; The statesman we ahhor, but praise the judge. In Isr'el's courts, ne'er sat an Abethdin With more discerning...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 rankness... | |
 | 1812 - 576 pages
...suspicions that he may only turn out to bo '' His Worship. " For the sake of despatch, and in order at * In Israel's courts ne'er sat an Abethdin With more discerning eyes, or handa mxire clean ; Unbribed, unsought the wretched to redress, Swift of despatch, and easy of access.... | |
 | Arthur Collins - 1812 - 824 pages
...said to hare given rise to the following additional lines in the second edition : " 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." Rut Malone observes... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1813 - 540 pages
...four following lines, iu 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, Unbrih'd, unsought, the wretched to redress, Swift of dispatch, and easy of access." Notwithstanding... | |
 | Arthur Collins, Sir Egerton Brydges - Aristocracy (Social class) - 1812 - 828 pages
...said to hare given rise to the following addi:ional lines in the second edition : " 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." But Malone observes... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1813 - 538 pages
...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...to redress, Swift of dispatch, and easy of access." Notwithstanding the pains that had been taken by Mr. Martyn, the late earl of Shaftesbury did not think... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - Great Britain - 1816 - 532 pages
...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 we abhor, but praise...judge. ' In Israel's courts ne'er sat an Abethdin [chancellor] With more discerning eyes, or hands more clean; Unbribed, unbought, the wretched to redress,... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - Great Britain - 1816 - 536 pages
...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 we abhor, but praise...judge. ' In Israel's courts ne'er sat an Abethdin [chancellor] With more discerning eyes, or hands more clean ; Unbribed, unbought, the wretched to redress,... | |
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With public zeal to cancel private crimes. How safe is treason, and how sacred ill, Where none can sin against the people's will! 
