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...continual exposure of immense piles of that bewitching metal. A celebrated poet says, " For gold, Ills sword, the hireling ruffian draws; " For gold, the hireling judge distorts the laws." Be this as it may, the astonished visitants of those nefarious receptacles are no less surprised at...

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...as virtue in the breast of a miser." Doctor Johnson, in his " Vanity of Human Wishes," says — 10 " Wealth heap'd on wealth, nor truth nor safety buys, The dangers gather as the treasures rise." It were an easy task to multiply extracts of this tendency, even to satiety ; but the writer is anxious...

...knowing and the bold Fall in the gen'ral massacre of gold ; Wide wasting pest ! that rages unconfin'd, And crowds with crimes the records of mankind ; For...hist'ry tell where rival kings command, And dubious tide shakes the madded land, When statutes glean the refuse of the sword, How much more safe the vassal...

...knowing and the bold Fall in the general massacre of gold ; Wide-wasting pest ! that rages unconfined, And crowds with crimes the records of mankind : For...buys, The dangers gather as the treasures rise. Let history tell where rival kings command, And dubious title shakes the madded land, When statutes glean...

...knowing and the bold Fall in the gen'ral massacre of gold ; Wide wasting pest ! that rages unconfin'd, And crowds with crimes the records of mankind ; For...safety buys, The dangers gather as the treasures rise. • Vcr. 1—11. » Vcr. 12—22. Let hist'ry tell where rival kings command, And dubious title shakes...

...bold Fall in the gen'ral massacre of gold ; -4- v -v. Wide wasting pest ! that rages unconfin'd, V And crowds with crimes the records of mankind ; .,...Wealth heap'd on wealth, nor truth nor safety buys, y The dangers gather as the treasures rise. ( • Ver. 1—11. t Ver. 12-«. Let Hist'ry tell where...

...knowing and the bold Fall in the gen'ral massacre of gold ^ Wide-wasting pest '.-that rages unconfin'd, And crowds with crimes the records of mankind ! For...laws ; Wealth heap'd on wealth nor truth nor safety buy! j The dangers gather as the treasures rise. Let hist'ry tell, where rival kings command, And dubious...

...! that rages unconfined, And crowds with crimes the records of mankind : * Ver. l-ll. t Ver. U- 22. 1 The dangers gather as the treasures rise, [buys, Let History tell where rival kings command, And dubious...