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" Conscience ! . . . Poor plodding Priests and preaching Friars may make Their hollow pulpits and the empty aisles Of churches ring with that round word : but we, That draw the subtile and more piercing air In that sublimed region of a court, Know all is... "
Thalaba the Destroyer - Page 115
by Robert Southey - 1809
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The British Muse: Or, A Collection of Thoughts, Moral, Natural, and Sublime ...

Thomas Hayward - 1738 - 324 pages
...confcience. Poor plodding priefts, and preaching fryars may make Their hollow pulpits, and the empty ides Of churches ring with that round word : but we That draw the fubtile and more piercing air,. In that fublimed region of a court, Know all is good, we make fo ;...
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The Quintessence of English Poetry, Or, a Collection of All the Beautiful ...

William Oldys - 1740 - 328 pages
...confcienee. Poor plodding priefts, and preaching fryars may make Their hollow pulpits, and the empty ifles Of churches ring with that round word : but we That draw the fubtile and more piercing air, In that fublimed region of a court, Know all is good, we make fo ; and...
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The Poetical Works of Robert Southey, Esq. ...: Thalaba

Robert Southey - 1821 - 314 pages
...would have interrupted the flow of the main story. OBoofc. Conscience / . . . Poor jilodding Priests and preaching Friars may make Their hollow pulpits,...more piercing air In that sublimed region of a court, Anow all is good we make so, and go on Secured by the prosperity of our crimes, B. JONsON. MORTIKE»'s...
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The London Quarterly Review, Volume 4

1811 - 566 pages
...Conscience, says a state-villain, in one of Ben Jonson's plays, ' Conscience ! Poor plodding priests and preaching friars may make Their hollow pulpits...of a court, Know all is good we make so, and go on Secur'd by the prosperity of our crimes.' At present this might be the Corsican's motto. Sueh has been...
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Select Reviews, and Spirit of the Foreign Magazines, Volume 5

Enos Bronson - 1811 - 456 pages
...Conscience, says a state-villain in one of Ben Jonson's plays: " (Conscience, — Poor plodding priests and preaching friars may make Their hollow pulpits and the empty aisles Of churclies ring with that round word: but we That draw the subtile and more piercing ail In that sublimed...
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Select Reviews, Volume 5

1812 - 470 pages
...Conscience, says a state-villain in one of Ben Jonsou's plays: " Conscience,— Voor plodding priests and preaching friars may make Their hollow pulpits...and go on, Secured by the prosperity of our crimes." At present this might be the Coraican's motto. Such has been the career of that imperial barbarian,...
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The Works of Ben Jonson...: With Notes Critical and Explanatory ..., Volume 6

Ben Jonson, William Gifford - 1816 - 528 pages
...Committunt eadem diverto crimina fato ; Illc crucem tceleris pretiwn tat it. kic diaicma. Juv. Sat. i iii. That draw the subtile and more piercing air, In that...and go on Secured by the prosperity of our crimes. To.day is Mortimer made earl of March. For what? For that, the very thinking it Would make a citizen...
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A dictionary of quotations from the British poets, by the author of The ...

British poets - 1824 - 676 pages
...Doge of Venice, a. 3, s. 2. CONSCIENCE. Conscience ! That draw the subtile and more piercing air la that sublimed region of a court, Know all is good...and go on Secured by the prosperity of our crimes. Ren Jonson. He that has light within his own clear breast, May sit i' th' centre, and enjoy bright...
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The Sketch Book of the South

1835 - 292 pages
...their history with dignity enough. It seemed he would have said — Conscience 1 Poor plodding priests, and preaching friars may make Their hollow pulpits,...we That draw the subtile and more piercing air, In this sublimed region in the skies, Know all is good we make so '. The monks of this convent looked...
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The sketch book of the South

South - 1835 - 300 pages
...their history with dignity enough. It seemed he would have said— Conscience! Poor plodding priests, and preaching friars may make Their hollow pulpits,...we That draw the subtile and more piercing air, In this sublimed region in the ekies, Know all is good we make so ! The monks of this convent looked neither...
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