16/30 A tyrannical statute always proves the existence of tyranny; but a laudable edict may only contain the specious professions, or ineffectual wishes, of the prince, or his ministers. This, I am afraid, is a just, though mortifying, canon of criticism.] [Footnote 11: -- fluctibus auri Expleri sitis ista nequit-- ***** Congestae cumulantur opes; orbisque ruinas Accipit una domus. 184-220) is confirmed by Jerom, a disinterested witness, (dedecus insatiabilis avaritiae, tom.i. |