"Avarice has canker'd their imprison'd minds, / And lust of gold has blinded them to justice."
— Cradock, Joseph (1742-1826)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for T. Cadell
Date
1762
Metaphor
"Avarice has canker'd their imprison'd minds, / And lust of gold has blinded them to justice."
Metaphor in Context
INDATER.
Thou hast none.—Know, that th' unworthy Scythians,
Who border on thy climes, are not like us;
Avarice has canker'd their imprison'd minds,
And lust of gold has blinded them to justice.
(p. 47)
Thou hast none.—Know, that th' unworthy Scythians,
Who border on thy climes, are not like us;
Avarice has canker'd their imprison'd minds,
And lust of gold has blinded them to justice.
(p. 47)
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Provenance
ECCO-TCP
Citation
5 entries in ESTC (1762, 1771, 1772).
Based on based on Voltaire's Les Scythes. See Zobeide. A Tragedy: As It Is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Covent-Garden. (London: Printed for T. Cadell, 1762). <Link to ECCO-TCP>
Based on based on Voltaire's Les Scythes. See Zobeide. A Tragedy: As It Is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Covent-Garden. (London: Printed for T. Cadell, 1762). <Link to ECCO-TCP>
Date of Entry
03/12/2014
