 | Collection - 1755 - 378 sider
...and cripled hands, His bonds of debt, and mortgages of lands ; Or view? his coffers with fufpicious eyes, Unlocks his gold, and counts it till he dies. But grant, the virtues of a temp'rate prime Blefs with an age exempt from fcorn or crime ; An age that melts in unperceivM decay,... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - 1758 - 384 sider
...and cripled hands^ His bonds of debt, and mortgages of lands ; Or views his coffers with fufpicious eyes, Unlocks his gold, and counts it till he dies. But grant, the virtues of a temp'rate prime Blefs with an age exempt from fcorn or crime j An age that melts in unperceiv'd decay... | |
 | Tibullus - 1759 - 276 sider
...and crippled Hands, His Bonds of Debt, and Mortgages of Lands ; Or views his Coffers with fufpicious Eyes, Unlocks his Gold, and counts it till he dies....Prime, Blefs with an Age exempt from Scorn or Crime 5 An Age that melts in unperceiv'd Decay, And glides in modeft Innocence away t Whofe peaceful Days... | |
 | Collection - 1765 - 418 sider
...and crippled hands, Kis bonds of debt, and mortgages of lands ; Or views his coffers with fufpicious eyes, Unlocks his gold, and counts it 'till he dies. But grant, the virtues of a temp'rate prime Blefs with an age exempt from fcorn or crime; An age that melts in unperceiv'd decay,... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - 1765 - 412 sider
...and crippled hands, His bonds of debt, and mortgages of lands ; Or views his coffers with fufpicious eyes, Unlocks his gold, and counts it 'till he dies. But grant, the virtues of a temp'rate prime Blefs with an age exempt from fcorn or crime» An age that melts in unperceiv'd decay,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1774 - 374 sider
...and crippled Hands, His Bonds of Debts, and Mortgages of Lands ; Or views his Coffers with fufpicious Eyes, Unlocks his Gold, and counts it till he dies. But grant, the Virtues of a temp'rate Prime, Blefs with an Age exempt from Scorn or Crime ; An Age that mells in unperceiv'd Decay,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1774 - 374 sider
...and crippled Hands, His Bonds of Debts, and Mortgages of Lands ; Or views his Coffers with fufpicious Eyes, Unlocks his Gold, and counts it till he dies. But grant, the Virtues of a temp' rate Prime, Blefs with an Age exempt from Scorn or Crime ; An Age that melts in unpercciv'd Decay,... | |
 | Decimus Junius Juvenalis - 1784 - 446 sider
...and crippled hands, His bonds of debt, and mortgages of lands; Or views hii coffers with fufpicious eyes, Unlocks his gold, and counts it till he dies. But grant the virtues of a cemp'rate prime Blcfs with an age exempt from fcorn or crime : An age that melts in unpercciv'd decay,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1785 - 222 sider
...and cripled hands,. His bonds of debt, and mortgages, of lands ; Or views his coffers with fufpicious eyes, Unlocks his gold, and counts it till he dies. But grant, the virtues of a temp'rate prime Blefs with an age exempt from fcorn or crime ; An age that melts in unperceiv'd decay,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 546 sider
...and crippled hands, His bonds of debt, and mortgages of lands; Or views his coffers with fuipicious eyes, Unlocks his gold, and counts it till he dies. But grant, the virtues of a temp'rate prime Blefs with an age exempt from fcorn or crime j An age that melts with unperceiv'd decay,... | |
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But unextinguish'd av'rice still remains, And dreaded losses aggravate his pains; He turns, with anxious heart and crippled hands... 
