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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. "
The Great Oyer of Poisoning: The Trial of the Earl of Somerset for the ... - Page 198
by Andrew Amos - 1846 - 551 pages
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Works. Repr. of the 1st eds., with intr. and notes by C. Dickens the younger ...

Charles Dickens - 1892 - 730 pages
...if somebody must — but upon my word, I'm unwilling that anybody should. 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?" The single gentleman smiled as...
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The Poetical Works of John Gay, Volume 2

John Gay - English poetry - 1893 - 420 pages
...must I die ? 5 Green sleeves Since laws were made for every degree, To curb vice in others, as well as me, I wonder we ha'n't better company Upon Tyburn tree. But gold from law can take out the sting ; j And if rich men, like us, were to swing, 'Twould thin the land, such numbers to string Upon Tyburn...
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The Poetical Works of John Gay, Volume 2

John Gay - English poetry - 1893 - 422 pages
...must I die ? 5 Green sleeves Since laws were made for every degree, To curb vice in others, as well as me, I wonder we ha'n't better company Upon Tyburn tree. But gold from law can take out the sting ; 5 And if rich men, like us, were to swing, 'Twould thin the land, such numbers to string Upon Tyburn...
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The Poetical Works of John Gay, Volume 2

John Gay - English poetry - 1893 - 426 pages
...must I die ? 5 Green sleeves Since laws were made for every degree, To curb vice in others, as well as me, I wonder we ha'n't better company Upon Tyburn tree. But gold from law can take out the sting ; 5 And if rich men, like us, were to swing, 'Twould thin the land, such numbers to string Upon Tyburn...
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The Writings of Charles Dickens: With Critical and ..., Volume 19

Charles Dickens - 1894 - 526 pages
...his companion's shoulder, " my learned friend will set me right : — " ' Since laws were made for every degree, To curb vice in others as well as in...I wonder we ha'n't better company Upon Tyburn Tree ! ' " These words brought them to the drawing-room, where Mr. Merdle stood before the fire. So immensely...
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Little Dorrit

Charles Dickens - 1894 - 828 pages
...eye-glass on his companion's shoulder, " my learned friend will set me right : ' Since laws were made for every degree, To curb vice in others as well as in me, I wonder we ha' n't better company Upon Tyburn Tree ! ' " These words brought them to the drawing-room, where Mr....
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The Writings of Charles Dickens: With Critical and Bibliographical ..., Volume 7

Charles Dickens - 1894 - 714 pages
...if somebody must — but upon my word, I 'm unwilling that anybody should. Since laws were made for every degree, to curb vice in others as well as in me — and so forth you know — does n't it strike you in that light ? " The single gentleman smiled...
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Reviews and Essays in English Literature

Duncan Crookes Tovey - English literature - 1897 - 208 pages
...delicate satire of " When everybody's somebody Nobody's anybody " — to— " Since laws were made for every degree To curb vice in others, as well as in...wonder we ha'nt better company Upon Tyburn tree." Or— " How happy could I be with either, Were t'other dear charmer away ; But while you thus tease...
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The Works of Charles Dickens, Volume 20

Charles Dickens - 1897 - 602 pages
...his companion's shoulder, " my learned friend will set me right : ' Since laws were made for cvory degree, To curb vice in others as well as in me, I wonder we hu'n't better company Upon Tyburn Tree I '" These words brought them to the drawing-room, where Mr....
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Thackerayana: Notes and Anecdotes Illustrated by Hundreds of Sketches by ...

Joseph Grego - Novelists, English - 1898 - 554 pages
...premature exit. The Captain 'Since laws were made for etfry degree, To cvrb vice in ot/urs, as well as me, I wonder we han't better company Upon Tyburn tree!...men like us were to swing, 'Twould thin the land, siich numbers to string Upon Tyburn tree!' ' The charge is prepaid, the Lawyers are met; The fudges...
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