 | John S. Gibson - 1993 - 172 Seiten
...distress has spited at the world, Is he whom tempting friends would pitch upon, To do such deeds, as make the prosperous men, Lift up their hands and wonder who could do them. and conceded that the Deacon did not fall into this category. Brodie was a gambler, said the Dean of Faculty,... | |
 | Jeffrey Kahan - 2004 - 392 Seiten
...has spited at the world, 105 Is he, whom tempting fiends would pitch upon To do such deeds as make the prosperous men, Lift up their hands and wonder who could do them. And such a man was I; a man declin'd, Who saw no end of black adversity. 110 Yet, for the wealth of kingdoms, I would not Have... | |
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The needy man who has known better days, One whom distress has spited at the world, Is he whom tempting fiends would pitch upon To do such deeds, as make the prosperous men Lift up their hands, and wonder who could do them... 
