A Sequel to Don Juan — page 131: what you’re looking at

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122 A SEQUEL TO CXXXYV. Nor must the poor encroach upon their manor :— The titled demirep will ne’er allow Her maid to be less prudent than Susannah— Unless a Bishop (we’ve no Elders now ) Should seek by wile and money to trepan her : But should a humbler lover any how Seduce her through the means of her affection, Then send her straight to the House of Correction ! CXXXVI. }o? ‘<< All things at Rome are venal !’? was the cry Of the arch-satirist* of ancient times : So in this blessed island wealth can buy Impunity for many of those crimes Of which the poor must bear the penalty.— Money and Rank are the eternal chimes That ring in every ear—but Rank can do Nothing without the treasure of the Jew. CXXXVIE. The age is governed by this golden maxim, Which should be printed on the sun’s broad disk, ‘¢ Let man make money, though the devil backs him !’’— See how the wealthy profligate can frisk Amongst the ladies ! When the law attacks him He laughs, for he betore has weighed the risk Of being compelled a certain sum to pay, For certain pleasures, on a certain day. * Juvenal. CORMICOOKSA(COLi