 | William Cowper, James Robert Boyd - 1857 - 476 страници
...Indian provinces, escapes. Nor is it well, nor can it come to good, 782-785. She is rigid, <fec. : "One to destroy is murder by the law, And gibbets...in awe. To murder thousands takes a specious name." Young. Satire til. " Where little villains must submit to fate, That great ones may enjoy the world... | |
 | John Milton - 1860 - 574 страници
...name, Earth's Builder and Preserver they blaspheme. One to destroy is murder by the law, An«5 gibbrts keep the lifted hand in awe; To murder thousands takes...immortal fame. When after battle I the field have seen ' o'er with ghastly shapes which once were men, ::shcd, a nation of the brave! hn of death! and on... | |
 | 1861 - 356 страници
...accord) Man had not hellish foes enough besides, That day and night for his destruction wait. MILTON. One to destroy is murder by the law, And gibbets keep...name, War's glorious art, and gives immortal fame. Youxo. Rash, fruitless war, from wanton glory waged, Is only splendid murder. THOMSON. In every heart... | |
 | Peter Lund Simmonds - 1773 - 674 страници
...slaughter of tens or thousands, some with tolerance, and some even with approval ? " ' One to destroy to murder by the law, And gibbets keep the lifted hand...specious name, War's glorious art, and gives immortal.' Universal Pattion, Sect. vii. Such is the result of war, and while men will fight and slay their tens... | |
 | John Cooper Grocott - 1863 - 562 страници
...nature, Became its boast. One murder made a villain ; Millions a hero. Da. PORTEUS. — Poem on Death. One to destroy is murder by the law, And gibbets keep...name. War's glorious art, and gives immortal fame. YOUNG. — Love of Fame, Satire VII. Line 55. Murder may pass uupuni•h'd for a time, But tardy justice... | |
 | 1856 - 502 страници
...asked no questions. " One murfler makes a villain j Millions, a hero*." — Poem on Death, line 1 54. " One to destroy, is murder by the law, And gibbets...in awe ; To murder thousands takes a specious name, — War 's glorious art, and gives immortal fame." Love of Fame, Sat. VII. lines 55 - 58. The Poem... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1865 - 504 страници
...small appear ; Small sands the mountain, moments make the year And trifles life. Satire vi Line 208. One to destroy, is murder by the law ; And gibbets...name, War's glorious art, and gives immortal fame. Satire vii. Line 55. How commentators each dark passage shun, And hold their farthing candle to the... | |
 | John Bruce Norton - 1865 - 394 страници
...At caret iusidiis hominum, qnia mitis, hirundo, Quoeque alat terras Chaonis ales habet."—OVID. " One to destroy is murder by the law, And gibbets keep...murder thousands takes a specious name, War's glorious aet, and gives immortal fame."—BYHON. " There are crimes which become innocent and even glorious... | |
 | 1866 - 492 страници
...parties regard the slaughter of tens of thousands, some with tolerance, and some even with approval ? ' One to destroy is murder by the law, And gibbets keep...name, War's glorious art, and gives immortal fame.' Young, ' Universal Passion,' sect. vii. Such is the result of war, and while men will fight, and slay... | |
 | National Association for the Promotion of Social Science (Great Britain) - 1867 - 976 страници
...parties regard the slaughter of tens of thousands, some with tolerance, and some even with approval ? " /'One to destroy is murder by the law, And gibbets...name, War's glorious art, and gives immortal fame." Young 8 Universal Passion, sect. vii. Such is the result of war, and while men will fight, and slay... | |
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One to destroy, is murder by the law ; And gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe ; To murder thousands, takes a specious name, War's glorious art, and gives immortal fame. 
