...Neceffity,^ Were ty'd up to the wretched Tree For Crimes, which not deferv'd that Fate, But to fecure the Rich and Great, THUS every Part was full of Vice, , Yet the whole Mafs a Paradife ; Flatter'd in Peace, and fear'd in Wars, They were th' Efteem of Foreigners, And lavi/h...

...neceffity, Were ty'd up to the wretched tree For crimes, which not deferv'd that fate, But to fecure the rich and great. Thus every part was full of vice, Yet the whole mafs a paradife ; Flatter* d in peace, and fear'd in wars They were th' eileem of foreigners. And laviih...

...sword she bore Check'd but the desperate and the poor; 150 That, urg'd by mere necessity, Were tied up to the wretched tree For crimes which not deserv'd...rich and great. Thus every part was full of vice, 155 Yet the whole mass a paradise ; Flatter'd in peace, and fear'd in wars, They were th' esteem of...

...par la politique , se trouvait entièrement d'accord avec le vice : le tout était un vrai paradis : Thus every part was full of vice, Yet the whole mass a paradise. Mais un jour il arriva qu'un membre de cette société , enrichi de la manière la moins honnête ,...

...Its aim was to prove 'private vices public benefits.' The bee-hive of the Fable was one in which ' Every part was full of vice, • Yet the whole mass a paradise.' Anthony Collins had published, 1713, a 'Discourse of Freethinking, occasioned by the Rise and Growth...

...all cheats, the lawyers rogues, the physicians quacks,-the clergy hypocrites, the judges corrupt: ' Thus every part was full of vice, Yet the whole mass a paradise ; Flattered in peace and feared in wars They were th" esteem of foreigners. 1 The root of evil, avarice,...

...self-protection from each other. Our modern States, realizing, as they do, Mandeville's epigram : — " Every part was full of vice, Yet the whole mass a Paradise," would have appeared to a Greek as " Anarchy plus a Street Constable." A Greek lived for his State :...

...Sword she bore 150. Check'd but the Desp'rate and the Poor; That, urg'd by meet Necessity, Were tv'd up to the wretched Tree For Crimes, which not deserv'd that Fate, But to secure the Rich and Great. -155. Thus every Part was full of Vice, Yet the whole Mass a Paradise; Flatter'd in Peace, and fear'd...

...Sword she bore 150 Check'd but the Desp'rate and the Poor; That urg'd by meer Necessity, Were ty'd up to the wretched Tree For Crimes, which not deserv'd that Fate, But to secure the Eich and Great. 155 Thus every Part was full of Vice, Yet the whole Mass a Paradise Flatter'd in Peace,...

...physicians, the clergy, the soldiers, the merchants, all prospered by various forms of cheating — Thus every part was full of vice, Yet the whole mass a Paradise. Luxury Employed a million of the poor, And odious pride a million more. When every one became honest...