 ... to scorn ; for opinion has no punishment for the base. If ever there was a man formed alike by nature and education to betray the land that gave him birth, and to act openly as the pander of political corruption, or secretly as the agent of defamation,...  Florence Macarthy: An Irish Tale - Page 57by Lady Morgan (Sydney) - 1818Full view - About this book
 | 1818 - 616 pages
...corruption, or remtl>/ nt the agmt of dffamation, who would stoop to seek his fortune by effecting tlie fall of a frail woman, or would strive to advance...would crush aspiring merit behind the ambuscade of anonvmous security, while he came forward openly in the defence of that vileness which rank sanctified... | |
 | 2007 - 448 pages
...a frail woman, or would strive to advance it by stabbing the character of an honest one, who could crush aspiring merit behind the ambuscade of anonymous...security, while he came forward openly in the defence of the vileness which rank sanctified and influence protected, that man was Conway Crawley. 22 In her... | |
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