 Embrac'd with ardor and with pride careft ; Thou common vice, thou moft contagious ill, Bane of the mind, and frenzy of the will ! Thou foe to private and to public health ; Thou dropfy of the foul, that thirfts for wealth, Infatiate Avarice ! — 'tis...  Poetical Works - Page 208by William Hayley - 1785Full view - About this book
 | William Hayley - 1781 - 418 pages
...refolution to punifh the Barbarians the canto concludes. CANTO III. Q CURELESS malady! Oh fatal peft ! Embrac'd with ardor and with pride careft ; Thou common...of their moft brilliant exploits, Ercilla opens his 3d canto. He does not fcruple to aflert, that the enmity of the Indians arofe from the avaricious feverity... | |
 | William Hayley - 1782 - 312 pages
...refolution to punifh the Barbarians the canto concludes. CANTO III. Q CURELESS malady ! Oh fatal peft ! Embrac'd with ardor and with pride careft; Thou common...of our mortal race. With this fpirited and generous invedtive againft that prevailing vice of his countrymen, which fullied the luftre of their moft brilliant... | |
 | John A. Crow - 1980 - 264 pages
...cureless malady! Oh fatal pest! Embraced with ardor and with pride caressed, Thou common vice, thou most contagious ill, Bane of the mind, and frenzy of the...will! Thou foe to private and to public health; Thou dropsy of the soul, that thirsts for wealth, Insatiate Avarice! — 'tis from thee we trace The various... | |
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