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" But when the precious coin is kept unclean, The sovereign's image is no longer seen. If they be foul on whom the people trust, Well may the baser brass contract a rust. "
The History of Political Literature, from the Earliest Times - Page 373
by Robert Blakey - 1855 - 501 pages
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The Miscellaneous Works: Containing All His Original Poems, Tales ..., Volume 3

John Dryden - English poetry - 1760 - 526 pages
...no longer feen. If they be foul on whom the people truft, Well may the bafer brafs contract a ruft. The prelate, for his holy life he priz'd ; The worldly pomp of prelacy defpis'd, VOL. III. R His Saviour came not with a gaudy fhow ; Nor was his kingdom of the world below....
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The Works of the English Poets: Dryden

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 352 pages
...no longer feen. If they be foul on whom the people truft. Well may the bafer brafs contraft a ruft. The prelate, for his holy life he priz'd ; The worldly pomp of prelacy defpis'd. His Saviour came not with a gaudy fhow ; Nor was his kingdom of the world below. Patience...
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Fables ancient and modern, tr. into verse: with original poems, Volume 2

John Dryden - 1771 - 256 pages
...no longer feen. If they be foul, on whom the people truft, Well may the bafer brats contract a ruft. The prelate, for his holy life he priz'd ; The worldly pomp of prelacy defpis'd. His Saviour came not with a gaudy (how; Nor was his kingdom of the world below. Patient in...
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The works of the English poets. With prefaces, biographical and ..., Volume 20

English poets - 1790 - 352 pages
...no longer feen. If they be foul on whom the people truft, Well may the bafer brafs contract a ruft. The prelate, for his holy life he priz'd; The worldly pomp of prelacy defpis'd. His Saviour came not with a gaudy fhow; Nor was his kingdom of the world below. Patience...
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A Complete Edition of the Poets of Great Britain..: Dryden. Rochester ...

1793 - 806 pages
...no longer feen. If chty be foul on whom the people tiuft, Well may the bafer brafe contrae! а ruft. The prelate, for his holy life he priz'd ; The worldly pomp of prelacy defpis'd. His Saviour came not with a gaudy ihow : Nur was his kingdom of the world below. 1'itience...
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The Works of the British Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and ..., Volume 6

Robert Anderson - English poetry - 1795 - 806 pages
...no longer feen. If they be foul on whom the people 'mil, Well may the bafer brafs contract a rult. The prelate, for his holy life he priz'd ; The worldly pomp of prelacy defpis'd. His Saviour came not with a gaudy (how : NIT was his kingdom of the world below. Patience...
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The Canterbury Tales of Chaucer: Completed in a Modern Version ...

Geoffrey Chaucer - Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages - 1795 - 322 pages
...no longer feen. If they be foul on whom the people truft, Well may the bafer brafs contradt a ruft. The prelate, for his holy life, he priz'd ; The worldly pomp of prelacy defpis'd. His Saviour came not with a gaudy fhow, Nor was his kingdom of the world below. Patiefiee...
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The works of the poets of Great Britain and Ireland. With prefaces ..., Volume 3

Great Britain - 1804 - 658 pages
...longer feen. If they fc« foul, on whom the people traft, Well may the bafcr brafs contrail a ruft. The prelate, for his holy life he priz'd ; The worldly pomp of prelacy dcfpis'd. His Saviour came not with a gaudy (how ¡ Nor was his kingdom of the woi Id below. Patient...
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The poets of Great Britain complete from Chaucer to Churchill, Volume 22

John Bell - 1807 - 346 pages
...of heaven, who bear the God impress'd) : But when the precious coin is kept unclean, The sov'reign's image is no longer seen. If they be foul, on whom the people trust, 85 \Vell may the baser brass, contract a rust. The Prelate, for his holy life, he priz'd ; The wordly...
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The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected in Eighteen Volumes ..., Volume 11

John Dryden - English literature - 1808 - 500 pages
...rest ; (The gold of heaven, who bear the God impressed ;) But when the precious coin is kept unclean, The Sovereign's image is no longer seen. If they be...contract a rust. The prelate, for his holy life he prized ; The worldly pomp of prelacy despised; His Saviour came not with a gaudy show, Nor was his...
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