 | John Bell - 1778 - 392 pages
...at the world, Is he whom tempt'ng fiends would pitch upon To do furh deeds as makes the profperous men Lift up their hands and wonder who could do them, And fuch a man was I ; a man declin'd, Who f/»w no end of black adverlity : Yet, for the wealth of kingdoms,... | |
 | John Bell - English drama - 1791 - 294 pages
...distress has spited at the world, Is he whom tempting fiends would pitch upon To do such deeds as make the prosperous men Lift up their hands and wonder who could do them. And such a man was I ja man declin'd, Who saw no end of black adversity: Yet, for the wealth of kingdoms, I would not Have... | |
 | English drama - 1797 - 462 pages
...distress has spited at the world, Is he whom tempting fiends would pitch upon To do such deeds as make the prosperous men Lift up their hands and wonder who could do them. And such a man was I ; a man declin'd, Who saw no end of black adversity : Yet, for the wealth of kingdoms, I would not Have touch'd... | |
 | John Bell - English drama - 1797 - 462 pages
...distress has spited at the world, Is he whom tempting fiends would pitch upon To do such deeds as make the prosperous men Lift up their hands and wonder who could do them. And such a man was I ; a man declin'd, Who saw no end of black adversity : Yet, for the wealth of kingdoms, I would not Have touch'd... | |
 | English drama - 1804 - 486 pages
...distress has spited at the world, Is he wljom tempting fiends would pitch upon To do such deeds as make the prosperous men Lift up their hands, and wonder...Yet, for the wealth of kingdoms, I would not Have touched that infant with a hand of harm. Lady R. Ha ! dost thou say so ? then perhaps he lives ! Pris.... | |
 | Mrs. Inchbald - English drama - 1808 - 404 pages
...thou kill what waves and tempests spar'd ? Pris. I am not so inhuman, Lady R. Didst ihou not ? Prti. The needy man, who has known better days, One whom...wonder who could do them. And such a man was I ; a man declin'd, Who saw no end of black adversity : Yet, for the wealth of kingdoms, 1 would not Have touch'd... | |
 | English drama - 1811 - 620 pages
...distress has spited at the world, Is he whom tempting fiends would pitch upon To do such deeds as make the prosperous men Lift up their hands, and wonder...Yet, for the wealth of kingdoms, I would not Have touched that infant with a hand of harm. Lady R. Ha ! dost thou say so : then perhaps he lives ! Prit.... | |
 | British drama - 1811 - 624 pages
...pitch upon To do such deeds as make the prosperous men Lift up their hands, and wonder who coukl du them. And such a man was I ; a man declined, Who saw no end of black adversity : Vet, for the wealth of kingdoms, I would not Have touched that infant with a hand of harm. ¡мац... | |
 | James Plumptre - English drama - 1812 - 480 pages
...murder ; Let him go on, and you, I hope, will hear Good tidings of your kinsman's long lost child. Pris. The needy man, who has known better days, One...wonder who could do them. And such a man was I ; a man declin'd, Who saw no end of black adversity : Yet, for the wealth of kingdoms, I would not Have touch'd... | |
 | John Craig - Political science - 1814 - 408 pages
...has spited at the world, " Is he whom tempting fiends would pitch upon " To do such deeds, as make the prosperous men " Lift up their hands, and wonder who could do them."* The evils resulting from great inequality of property are not, however, confined to the very rich and... | |
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The needy man who has known better days, One whom distress has spited at the world, Is he whom tempting fiends would pitch upon To do such deeds, as make the prosperous men Lift up their hands, and wonder who could do them... 
