 Yet fame deserved, no enemy can grudge; The statesman we abhor, but praise the judge. In Israel's courts ne'er sat an Abethdin With more discerning eyes, or hands more clean; Unbribed, unsought, the wretched to redress, Swift of despatch, and easy of...  Life of Sir John Beverly Robinson: BART., C.B., D.C.L., Chief-justice of ... - Page 319by Charles Walker Robinson - 1904 - 490 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 606 pages
...abhor, but praise the judge : " In Israel's courts ne'er sat an Abethdin, " With more discerning eyes, or hands more clean ; " Unbribed, unsought, the wretched to redress, " Swift of dispatch, and easy of access." One of his adversaries1 asserts, that for this addition, Dryden was... | |
 | John Dryden, Edmond Malone - 1800 - 601 pages
...abhor, but praise the Judge : " In Israel's courts ne'er sat an Abethdin, " With more discerning eyes, or hands more clean ; " Unbribed, unsought, the wretched to redress, " Swift of dispatch, and easy of access." One of his adversaries' asserts, that for this addition, Dryden was... | |
 | John Dryden - 1808 - 476 pages
...abhor, but praise the judge. In Israel's courts ne'er sat an Abethdin * With more discerning eyes, or hands more clean, Unbribed, unsought, the wretched to redress ; Swift of dispatch, and easy of access. Oh ! had he been content to serve the crown, With virtue only proper... | |
 | John Dryden - 1808 - 482 pages
...abhor, but praise the judge. In Israel's courts ne'er sat an Abethdin * With more discerning eyes, or hands more clean, Unbribed, unsought, the wretched to redress; Swift of dispatch, and easy of access. Oh ! had he been content to serve the crown, With virtue only proper... | |
 | 1812 - 576 pages
...and in order at * In Israel's courts ne'er sat an Abethdin With more discerning eyes, or handa mxire clean ; Unbribed, unsought the wretched to redress, Swift of despatch, and easy of access. Oh ! had he been content to serve the crown, With virtues onlv suited to the gown. ' &c. &c Absalom... | |
 | Arthur Collins - 1812 - 824 pages
...lines in the second edition : " In Israel's court ne'er sat an Abethdin, With more discerning eyes, or hands more clean ; Unbribed, unsought. the wretched to redress, Swift of dispatch, and easy of access." Rut Malone observes that there were eight more added lines, besides... | |
 | Arthur Collins, Sir Egerton Brydges - 1812 - 828 pages
...lines in the second edition : " In Israel's court ne'er sat an Abethdin, With more discerning eyes, or hands more clean ; Unbribed, unsought, the wretched to redress, Swift of dispatch, and easy of access." But Malone observes that there were eight more added lines, betides... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 316 pages
...we abhor, but praise the judge. In Israel's courts ne'er sat an Abethdin With more discerning eyes, or hands more clean ; Unbribed, unsought, the wretched to redress, Swift of dispatch, and easy of access. Oh ! had he been content to serve the Crown With virtues only proper... | |
 | 1902 - 742 pages
...has only made him interesting. " In Israel's courts ne'er sat an Abbethdin With more discerning eyes, or hands more clean. Unbribed, unsought, the wretched to redress, /Swift of despatch, and ea$y ofatcess." The last two are not among the commonest virtues, and foreign ministers, no less than... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - 1824 - 406 pages
...we abhor, but praise the judge. In Israel's courts ne'er sat an Abethdin With more discerning eyes or hands more clean ; Unbribed, unsought, the wretched to redress, Swift of dispatch, and easy of access. Oh!, had he been content to serve the Crown With virtues only proper... | |
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