 | William Ayre, Edmund Curll - 1745 - 426 pages
...Great, By a Trade not mar e honeft than mine. And the Song of Mackeath after his being fakefl, I 2 SINCE SINCE Laws were made for every Degree, *To curb Vice in others as well as me, I wonder we han't better Company Upon Tyburn Tree, fck. Was wholly added by Mr. Pope, after Mr.... | |
 | John Bell - 1777 - 374 pages
...bufies, Recall my love---ah, muft I die ! AIR LXVII. Green jlccves. Since laws were made for ev'ry degree, To curb vice in others, as well as in me, I wonder we han't better company Upon Tyburn tree ! But gold from law, can take .out the (ling ; And if rich men like us were to fwing, 'Twould thin... | |
 | George Hanger - 1801 - 356 pages
...many of the grossest libels on our Mobility, people of fashion, and opulerit men. For instance : . * " Since laws were made for every degree, " To curb vice...'wonder we ha'n't better company Upon Tyburn Tree. " But gold from law can take out the sting; " For if, like us, rich men were to swing, " It would thin... | |
 | George Coleraine, George Hanger - 1801 - 356 pages
...of fashion, and opulent men. For instance : " Since laws were made for every degree, " To curb vide in others, as well as in me, " I wonder we ha'n't better company f< Upon Tyburn Tree. " But gold from law can take out the sting ; " For if, like us, rich men were... | |
 | 1804 - 626 pages
...Their eyes, their fips, their busses,' Recal my 'lore — Ah! must I die ! AIR.— Green Sltaxt. -" -> Since laws were made for every degree, To curb vice...I wonder we ha'n't better company Upon Tyburn tree ! But gold from law can take out the sting, And if rich men like us were to swing, Twould thin the... | |
 | 1804 - 630 pages
...? Their eyes, their lips, their busses, Rccal my love — Ah ! must I die ! AIB — Green Sleeves. Since laws were made for every degree, To curb vice...well as in me, I wonder we ha'n't better company Upon Tvburn tree ! But gold from law can take out the sting, And if rich men like us were to swing, Twould... | |
 | Mrs. Inchbald - 1808 - 382 pages
...J" Their eyes, their lips, their busses, Recall my lore — Ah ! must I die ? AIR. " Green Sleeves." Since laws were made, for every degree, To curb vice...wonder we ha'n't better company Upon Tyburn tree. But gold, from law, can take out the sting ; And if rich men, like us, were to swing, 'Twould thin... | |
 | Mrs. Inchbald - 1808 - 376 pages
...hussies, Without one tear, or tender sigh ? AIR. " Why are mine eyes thus flowing?" AIR. " Green Sleeves," Since laws were made, for every degree, To curb vice in others, as well as in me, I wonder we hu'n't better company Upon Tyburn tree. But gold, from law, can take out the sting ; And if rich men,... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1811 - 698 pages
...? Tlieir eyes, their lips, their busses, Recal my love — Ah ! must I die ! AIR.— Green Sleeves. Since laws were made for every degree. To curb vice in others, as tcell as in me, I wonder we ha'n't better company Upon Tyburn tree ! But gold from law can take out... | |
 | Charles Molloy Westmacott - 1813 - 404 pages
...ourselves, however, I am not the only one here who has reason to boast of good luck. SONG—CRISPIN. Since Laws were made for every degree^ To curb vice in others, and also in me, T is lucky that I and this company Have not grac'd Newgate tree i r 02 Btt< But gold... | |
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Since laws were made for every degree, to curb vice in others as well as in me — and so forth you know — doesn't it strike you in that light? 
