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He the robe of justice wore,
Sully'd not, as heretofore,
When the magistrate was sought
With yearly gifts. Of what avail
Are guilty hoards? for life is frail;
And we are judg'd where favour is not bought.

— Ambrose Philips

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Source: Ode: "On the Death of the Right Honourable William Earl Cowper" (1723), line 137.
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