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" One to deftroy is murder by the law; And gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe. To murder thoufands, takes a "
The Monthly Magazine - Page 672
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The Wordsworth Dictionary of Quotations

Connie Robertson - Reference - 1998 - 686 pages
...vibrates her eternal tongue, For ever most divinely in the wrong. 12934 The Love of Fame One to destroy, is murder by the law; And gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe To murder thousands, takes a specious name, ‘War's glorious art', and gives Immortal fame. 12935 The Love of...
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The Art of War: The Essential Translation of the Classic Book of Life ...

Sun-tzu - History - 2003 - 392 pages
...Translator: Or, as the poet Edward Young (1683-1765) expressed it in his poem "Love of Fame": One to destroy, is murder by the law; And gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe; To murder thousands, takes a specious name, War's glorious art, and gives immortal fame. There are Five Fundamentals...
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Poor Richard's Almanack

Benjamin Franklin - Reference - 2004 - 320 pages
...would bring up two Children. Many have been ruin'd by buying good pennyworths. OCTOBER One to destroy, is Murder by the Law, And Gibbets keep the lifted Hand in Awe. To murder Thousands, takes a specious Name, War's glorious Art, and gives immortal Fame. O great Alliance! 0...
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The Mystery of Frankenberg's Canadian Airman

Peter Hessel - History - 2005 - 262 pages
...bestows, To fill the catalogue of human woes. — John Scott of Amwell (1730-1783) — One to destroy is murder by the law; And gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe; To murder thousands takes a specious name — War's glorious art — And gives immortal fame. — Edward Young...
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The Wesleyan-Methodist Magazine, Volume 40

Arminianism - 1817 - 1000 pages
...manner, the triumphs of Alexander over various joms, adds the following lines :— " One to destroy is murder by the law, And gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe ; To murder thousands takes a specious name, Wai's glorious art, and gives immortal fame." on Original Sin, published...
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The Complete Poetical Works of Edward Young: With Life ; Eight Steel Engravings

Edward Young - 1866 - 574 pages
...When men extol a wild destroyer's name, Earth's builder and preserver they blaspheme. One to destroy, is murder by the law ; And gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe; To murder thousands, takes a specious name, War's glorious art, and gives immortal fame. When, after battle,...
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