 | Albin Joseph U. Hennet - 1806 - 458 страници
...— Nor can weak truth your reputation save, The knaves will all agree to call you knave : WYong'd shall he live , insulted o'er, opprest , "Who dares be less a villain than the rest. Thus , sir, you see what human nature craves ; . Most men are cowards, all men should be knaves. The... | |
 | Albin-Joseph-Ulpien Hennet - 1806 - 456 страници
...think it fair Amongst known cheats to play upon the square, You'll be undone — Nor can weak truth your reputation save, The knaves will all agree to call you knave : fWrong'd shall he live, insulted o'er, opprest, "Who dares be less a villain than the rest. Thus,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 654 страници
...you think it fair, Amongst known cheats, to play upon the square, You Ml be undone Nor can weak truth your reputation save ; The knaves will all agree to call you knave. WrwifrM shall he live, insulted o'er, opprest, Who dares be less a villain than the rest Thus here... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 страници
...you think it fair, Amongst known cheats, to play upon the square, You'll be undone Nor can weak truth that thy softening soul At length may learn what energy...passion swelling with distress and pain, To mitigat Thus here you see what human nature craves, Most men are cowards, all men should be knaves. The difference... | |
 | 1830 - 368 страници
...LETTER XXXV. " Behold, sir Balaam, now a man of Ascribes bis gettings to his parts and merit." POPI. ** Weak truth cannot your reputation save, The knaves...that when any books had not gone off so rapidly as expected, or so fast as to pay for keeping them in store, they would put what remained of such articles... | |
 | Extracts - 1828 - 786 страници
...you think it fair Among known cheats to play upon the square, You'll be undone. Nor can weak truth your reputation save, The knaves will all agree to call you knave; • Long shall he live, insulted or oppress'd, Who dares be less a villian than the rest. EARL OF ROCHESTER.... | |
 | 1830 - 372 страници
...satisfaction. I am, dear friend, yours. LETTER XXXV. " Behold, sir Balaam, now a man of spirit, Asciibes his gettings to his parts and merit." POPE. " Weak truth...than the rest." SATIRE AGAINST MAN. DEAR FRIEND, WHEN I was first initiated into the various manoeuvres practised by booksellers, i found it customary among... | |
 | William John Courthope - 1903 - 590 страници
...you think it fair Amongst known cheats to play upon the square You'll be undone Nor can weak truth your reputation save ; The knaves will all agree to call you knave. Wronged shall he live, insulted o'er, opprest, Who dares be less a villain than the rest. Thus here... | |
 | Tom Peete Cross, Clement Tyson Goode - 1927 - 1432 страници
...— Nor can weak truth your reputation save; 160 The knaves will all agree to call you knave. Wronged shall he live, insulted o'er, opprest, Who dares be less a villain than the rest. Thus here you see what human nature craves, Most men are cowards, all men should be knaves. 165 The... | |
 | Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - 1995 - 936 страници
...think it fair Amongst known cheats to play upon the square, You'll be undone — Nor can weak truth your reputation save: The knaves will all agree to...opprest, Who dares be less a villain than the rest. Thus, sir, you see what human nature craves: Most men are cowards, all men should be knaves. The difference... | |
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Mankind's dishonest; if you think it fair Amongst known cheats to play upon the square, You'll be undone — Nor can weak truth your reputation save: The knaves will all agree to call you knave. Wrong'd shall he live, insulted o'er, opprest, Who dares... 
