 | Tobias Smollett - 1799 - 614 pages
...plunders flop, Who robb'da nation, and who robb'il a fhop. Rafcals alike, by Fortune's wayward fport One goes to Tyburn, t'other goes to court ; And while this rogue is doom'd in air to fwing, That for a peerage kneels to thank the king." p. ai. The Unfex'd Females ;... | |
 | 1799 - 612 pages
...plunder? »top, Who robb'da nation, and who robb'da shop. Rascals alike, by Fortune's wayward sport One goes to Tyburn, t'other goes to Court } And while this rogue is doom'dm air to swing, That for a peerage kneels to thank the King. We should greatly exceed our limits,... | |
 | David Lorne Macdonald - 2000 - 340 pages
...their plunders stop Who robb'da nation, and who robb'da shop. Rascals alike, by Fortune's wayward sport One goes to Tyburn, t'other goes to Court; And while this rogue is doom'd in air to swing, That for a peerage kneels to thank the King. ( 186-93)29 The Indian spoiler... | |
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Who robb'da nation, and who robb'da shop. Rascals alike, by Fortune's wayward sport One goes to Tyburn, t'other goes to Court; And while this rogue is doom'd in air to swing, That for a peerage kneels to thank the King. 