 Hail, Hieroglyphic State machine, Contriv'd to punish Fancy in! Men that are men, in thee can feel no pain, And all thy insignificants disdain. Contempt, that false new word for shame, Is, without crime, an empty name. A Shadow to amuse mankind, But ne'er...  Daniel De Foe and Charles Churchill - Էջ 67John Forster - 1855 - 267 էջԱմբողջությամբ դիտվող - Այս գրքի մասին
 | sir Walter Scott (bart [prose, collected]) - 1827 - 500 էջ
...Condemn'd to punish fancy in ; Men, that are men, can in thee feel no pain, And all thy insignificance disdain. Contempt, that false new word for shame,...crime an empty name— A shadow to amuse mankind, But never frights the wise or well-fix'd mind ; Virtue despises human scorn, And scandals innocence adorn.... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1827 - 506 էջ
...Condemn'd to punish fancy in ; Men, that are men, can in thee feel no pain, And all thy insignificance disdain. Contempt, that false new word for shame,...crime an empty name— A shadow to amuse mankind, But never frights the wise or well-fix'd mind ; Virtue despises human scorn, And scandals innocence adorn.... | |
 | Walter Wilson - 1830 - 548 էջ
...situation, as well as to the men who contrived it for him :— " Hail Hieroglyphick state machine, Contrived to punish fancy in ; Men that are men in thee can...crime, an empty name ; A shadow to amuse mankind, But never frights the wise or well-fixed mind. Virtue despises human scorn, And scandals innocence adorn."... | |
 | Walter Wilson - 1830 - 560 էջ
...situation, as well as to the men who contrived it for him :— " Hail Hieroglyphick state machine, Contrived to punish fancy in ; Men that are men in thee can...crime, an empty name ; A shadow to amuse mankind, But never frights the wise or well-fixed mind. Virtue despises human scorn, And scandals innocence adorn."... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart [prose, selections]) - 1830 - 492 էջ
...Condemn'd to punish fancy in; Men, that are men, can in thee feel no pain, And all thy insignificance disdain. Contempt, that false new word for shame,...crime an empty name— A shadow to amuse mankind, But never frights the wise or well-fix'd mind; Virtue despises human scorn, And scandals innocence adorn.... | |
 | Walter Wilson - 1830 - 560 էջ
...situation, as well as to the men who contrived it for him:— " Hail Hieroglyphick state machine, Contrived to punish fancy in ; Men that are men in thee can feel no pain, And all thy insignincants disdain. Contempt, that false new word for shame, Is, without crime, an empty name ;... | |
 | 1831 - 628 էջ
...his fine and the fees on his enlargement from prison. " Hail hieroglyphic State machine, ('nutrivi-,I to punish fancy in ! Men that are men, in thee can feel no pain, And all thy insignificance disdain. " * • » Thou bugbear of the law, stand up and Thy long misconstrued silence... | |
 | 1842 - 528 էջ
...the allusion to Seiden has already been explained : " Hail Hieroglypliick state machine. Contrived to punish fancy in ; Men that are men in thee can feel no pain, And all thy insignificante disdain. Contempt, that false new word fur shamr, Is, without crime, an empty name ;... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1834 - 452 էջ
...Condemn'd to punish fancy in ; Men, that are men, can in thee feel no pain, And all thy insignificance disdain. Contempt, that false new word for shame,...crime an empty name— A shadow to amuse mankind, But never frights the wise or weu-fix'd mind ; Virtue despises human scorn, • And scandals innocence... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1834 - 452 էջ
...Condemn'd to punish fancy in; Men, that are men, can in thee feel no pain, And all thy insignificance disdain. Contempt, that false new word for shame, Is without crime an empty nama—. A shadow to amuse mankind, But never frights the wise or well-fix'd mind; Virtue despises... | |
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