 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1822 - 488 страници
...country in this condition ? Is it a pleasure to see all that I love in the world is sold and destroyed 1 Shall I renounce all my old principles, learn the vile court arts, and make my peace by bribing some of them ? Shall their corruption and vice be my safety ? Ah ! no : better is a life among strangers,... | |
 | Robert Sidney Earl of Leicester - 1825 - 336 страници
...country in this condition ? Is it a pleasure to see that all I love in the world is sold and destroyed ? Shall I renounce all my old principles, learn the vile court arts, and make my peace by bribing some of them ? Shall their corruption and vice be my safety ? Ah no, better is a life among strangers,... | |
 | George Wingrove Cooke - 1836 - 636 страници
...country in this condition ? Is it a pleasure to & see that all I love in the world is sold and destroyed? Shall I renounce all my old principles, learn the vile court arts, and make my peace by bribing some of them. Shall their corruption and vice be my safety? Ah, no ! better is a life among strangers,... | |
 | George Van Santvoord - 1851 - 380 страници
...country in thii condition ? Is it a pleasure to see that all I love in the world is sold and destroyed ? Shall I renounce all my old principles, learn the vile court arts, and make my peace by bribing some of them ? Shall their corruption and vice be my safety f Ah ! no ; better is a life among strangers... | |
 | Andrew Bisset - 1867 - 538 страници
...ALGERNON SYDNEY. 137 as flattery and bribery ; what joy can I have in my own country in this condition ? Shall I renounce all my old principles, learn the vile court arts, and make my peace by bribing some of them ? Better is a life among strangers, than in my own country on such conditions. * * * Let... | |
 | Robert Charles Winthrop - 1867 - 756 страници
...this condition ? Is it a pleasure to see that all that I love in the world is sold and destroyed ? Shall I renounce all my old principles, learn the vile court arts, and make my peace by bribing some of them ? Shall their corruption and vice be my safety ? Ah, no ! better is a life among strangers,... | |
 | Andrew Bisset - 1867 - 552 страници
...and infamous means as flattery and bribery; what joy can I have in my own country in this condition ? Shall I renounce all my old principles, learn the vile court arts, and make my peace by bribing some of them ? Better is a life among strangers, than in my own country on such conditions. * * * Let... | |
 | Alexander Charles Ewald - 1873 - 438 страници
...country in this condition ? Is it a pleasure to see that all I love in the world is sold and destroyed ? Shall I renounce all my old principles, learn the vile court arts, and make my peace by bribing some of them ? Shall their corruption and vice be my safety ? Ah, no ! better is a life among strangers,... | |
 | William Wotherspoon Ireland - 1905 - 564 страници
...condition ? A pleasure to see that all I love in the world is sold and destroyed ? Shall I renounce my principles, learn the vile court arts, and make my peace by bribing some of them ? Shall their corruption and vice be my safety ? "Ah, no. Better is a life among strangers... | |
 | H. C. F. Lansberry - 2001 - 338 страници
...to monarchical rule and passionately rejected the suggestion that he might live under such a regime. Shall I renounce all my old Principles, learn the vile Court Arts, and make my Peace by bribing some of them? shall their Corruption and Vice be my safety? Ah! no; better is a Life among Strangers,... | |
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Army corrupted, the people enslaved ; all things vendible, no man safe, but by such evil and infamous means as flattery and bribery ; what joy can I have in my own country in this condition ? Is it a pleasure to see that all I love in the world is sold... 
