 | William Ayre, Edmund Curll - 1745 - 426 Seiten
...Great, By a Trade not mar e honeft than mine. And the Song of Mackeath after his being fakefl, I 2 SINCE SINCE Laws were made for every Degree, *To curb Vice in others as well as me, I wonder we han't better Company Upon Tyburn Tree, fck. Was wholly added by Mr. Pope, after Mr.... | |
 | George Coleraine, George Hanger - 1801 - 356 Seiten
...of fashion, and opulent men. For instance : " Since laws were made for every degree, " To curb vide in others, as well as in me, " I wonder we ha'n't better company f< Upon Tyburn Tree. " But gold from law can take out the sting ; " For if, like us, rich men were... | |
 | 1804 - 630 Seiten
...? Their eyes, their lips, their busses, Rccal my love — Ah ! must I die ! AIB — Green Sleeves. Since laws were made for every degree, To curb vice...well as in me, I wonder we ha'n't better company Upon Tvburn tree ! But gold from law can take out the sting, And if rich men like us were to swing, Twould... | |
 | Mrs. Inchbald - 1808 - 376 Seiten
...hussies, Without one tear, or tender sigh ? AIR. " Why are mine eyes thus flowing?" AIR. " Green Sleeves," Since laws were made, for every degree, To curb vice in others, as well as in me, I wonder we hu'n't better company Upon Tyburn tree. But gold, from law, can take out the sting ; And if rich men,... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1811 - 698 Seiten
...? Tlieir eyes, their lips, their busses, Recal my love — Ah ! must I die ! AIR.— Green Sleeves. Since laws were made for every degree. To curb vice in others, as tcell as in me, I wonder we ha'n't better company Upon Tyburn tree ! But gold from law can take out... | |
 | Charles Molloy Westmacott - 1813 - 404 Seiten
...ourselves, however, I am not the only one here who has reason to boast of good luck. SONG—CRISPIN. Since Laws were made for every degree^ To curb vice in others, and also in me, T is lucky that I and this company Have not grac'd Newgate tree i r 02 Btt< But gold... | |
 | Charles Erpingham (earl ofpseud.) - 1817 - 550 Seiten
...The play was the " Beggar's Opera," and I chanced to enter the house as Macheath was singing : — " Since laws were made for every degree " To curb vice in others as well as in me, " I wonder we hare not better company, " Upon Tyburn Tree." I turned round significantly to Villiers. — He comprehended... | |
 | 1824 - 436 Seiten
...finishing satire in the song, after Macheath is taken, was wholly an addition of Mr. Pope's : — " Since laws were made for every degree, To curb vice in others as well as in me, I wonder we fan 'n't better company Upon Tyburn tree! But gold from law can lake out the sting; And if rich men,... | |
 | 1824 - 656 Seiten
...tender sigh ! Thar eyes, their lips, their busses. Recall my love : — Ah ! must I die? Since laics were made for every degree, To curb vice in others, as well as. m гас-. / wonder we ha'n't better company Upon Tyburn tree. But gold from law can take eut the sling;... | |
 | 1827 - 510 Seiten
...last lines. ' The priest calls the lawyer a cheat, The lawyer be-knaves the divine, And the tradesman, because he's so great, Thinks his trade is as honest...degree ' To curb vice in others as well as in me, 1 wonder we hadn't better company tUpon Tyburn tree.' These, it appears were not only Pope's, but most... | |
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Since laws were made for every degree, to curb vice in others as well as in me — and so forth you know — doesn't it strike you in that light? 
