 | Alexander Pope - Poets, English - 1881 - 608 pages
...wife ? Useful, we grant, it serves what life requires, But dreadful too, the dark assassin hires : 30 Trade it may help, society extend ; But lures the pyrate, and corrupts the friend : It raises armies in a nation's aid, But bribes a senate, and the land's betrav'd. Oh ! that such bulky... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Poets, English - 1881 - 572 pages
...wife * Useful, we grant, it serves what life requires. But dreadful too, the dark assassin hires : 30 Trade it may help, society extend ; But lures the pyrate, and corrupts the friend : It raises armies in a nation's aid, But bribes a senate, and the land's betray'd. Oh ! that such bulky... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Poetry - 1963 - 884 pages
...Wife ? Useful, I grant, it serves what life requires, But dreadful too, the dark Assassin hires : 30 Trade it may help, Society extend ; But lures the Pyrate, and corrupts the Friend : It raises Armies in a Nation's aid, But bribes a Senate, and the Land's betray'd. Oh! that such bulky... | |
 | Colin Nicholson - Business & Economics - 1994 - 252 pages
...'commodious gold' circulating naturally but soon tempting criminality, and soon being corruptly dispensed: Trade it may help, Society extend; But Lures the Pyrate, and corrupts the Friend: It raises Armies in a Nation's aid, But bribes a Senate, and the Land's betray'd. (31—4) The most glaring... | |
 | Caroline Postelle Clotfelter - Business & Economics - 1996 - 356 pages
...another's Wife? Useful, I grant, it serves what life requires, But dreadful, too, the dark Assassin hires: Trade it may help, Society extend; But lures the Pyrate, and corrupts the Friend: It raises Armies in a Nation's aid, But bribes a Senate, and the Land's betray'd. What Riches give us... | |
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Trade it may help, Society extend; But lures the Pyrate, and corrupts the Friend: It raises Armies in a Nation's aid, But bribes a Senate, and the Land's betray'd. 