 | Mrs. Inchbald - English drama - 1808 - 376 pages
...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,... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - 1809 - 624 pages
...even give double effect to a popular sentiment which kad already made too deep an impression : — " But gold from law can take out the sting, And if rich rugues like us were to swing, 'TwoulJ thin the laud, sndi numbers would string." The Chancellor of... | |
 | Charles Erpingham (earl ofpseud.) - 1817 - 550 pages
...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... | |
 | Mrs. Inchbald - English drama - 1824 - 432 pages
...AIR. I " Green Sleeves.'' Since laws were made JOT every degree, To curb vice in others, as well as m me, I wonder we han't better company Upon Tyburn tree....out the sting ; And if rich men, like us, were to siting, ' Twould thin the land, such numbers to string Upon Tyburn tree. Enter GAOLER. Gaoler. Some... | |
 | Art - 1824 - 436 pages
...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,... | |
 | English drama - 1824 - 656 pages
...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; And if rich men, like us, were to string, 'Twould thin the land, such numbers to Strug... | |
 | 1827 - 510 pages
...entirely as his own, in the song of Macheath, after his being taken, were — ' Since laws were made for every 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... | |
 | Henry Charles William Angelo - England - 1828 - 532 pages
...entirely as his own, in the song of Machcath, after his being taken, were, " Since Laws were made for every degree, To curb vice in others as well as in...wonder we han't better company Upon Tyburn tree." These, it appears, were not only Pope's, but most of the satirical parts pointed at the court and the... | |
 | Henry Angelo - England - 1830 - 564 pages
...entirely as his own, in the song of Macheath, after his being taken, were, " Since Laws were made for every degree, To curb vice in others as well as in...wonder we han't better company Upon Tyburn tree." These, it appears, were not only Pope's, but most of the satirical parts pointed at the court and the... | |
 | 1831 - 244 pages
...obliged to still down his cash, and to march off, singing in a minor key — " Since laws were made for every degree, To curb vice in others, as well as in...wonder we ha'n't better company Upon Tyburn tree." The poetry of these lines is quaint enough, but there is reason in the rhyme ; for how often do we... | |
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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. 
