 What is a man, If his chief good and market of his time Be but to sleep and feed ? a beast, no more. Sure, he that made us with such large discourse, Looking before and after, gave us not That capability and god-like reason To fust in us unused.  The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare - Page 292by William Shakespeare - 1872Full view - About this book
 | 1802 - 436 pages
...instances. My observation is, I think, supported by the following passage in Hamlet, Aft iv. scene 4. " What is a man,' "' " If his chief good, and market...gave us not^ " That capability and godlike reason " "Jko fust in us unus'd." My conjefture gathers further strength from the follcwing passages, ItaMassingir,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1803 - 446 pages
...occasions do inform against me, And spur my dull revenge ! What is a man, If his chief good, and market 1 of his time, Be but to sleep, and feed ? a beast,...us not That capability and godlike reason To fust 4 in us unus'd. Now, whether it be Bestial oblivion, or some craven * scruple Of thinking too precisely... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Samuel Ayscough - 1807 - 562 pages
...the xind at helm. * To set, is an exurestion taken ironi the gamùig-table. hence [Act 4. Scene 5. How all occasions do inform against me, And spur my...Bestial oblivion, or some craven scruple Of thinking too preciselv on the event, Л thought, which, quafter'd, hath but one part wisdom, And, ever, three parts... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Samuel Ayscough - 1807 - 584 pages
...time, Be but to sleep anil feed ? a beast, no more. Sure, He, that made us with such large discourse1, hn Stockdale ... W.J. and J. Richardson ... J. Walker...Son ... Scatcherd and Letterman ... [and 11 others] toe precisely on the event, A thought, which, quartered, hath but one part wisdom, And, ever, three... | |
 | Ancient learning - 1812 - 322 pages
...and comfort himself withal. IBID. TIME. What is a man, If his chief good, and market of his time Is but to sleep and feed ? a beast, no more. Sure, He...us not • That capability and god-like reason, To rust in us unus'd. The time of life is short; To spend that shortness basely, 'twere too long If life... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1814 - 528 pages
...with you straight. Go a little before. „ ,, . . [Exeunt Ras. and Guil. now all occasions do" mform against me, And spur my dull revenge ! What is a man,...such large discourse, Looking before, and after, gave as not That capability and godlike reason To fust in us imus'd. Now, whether it be Bestial oblivion,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1817 - 392 pages
...he is sensible of his own weakness, taxes himself with it, and tries to reason himself out of it. " How all occasions do inform against me, And spur my...gave us not That capability and god-like reason To rust in us unus'd: now whether it be Bestial oblivion, or some craven scruple Of thinking too precisely... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1818 - 342 pages
...it, and tries to reason himself out of it. " How all occasions do inform against me, And spur my dul! revenge! What is a man, If his chief good and market...gave us not That capability and godlike reason To rust in us unus'd : now whether it be Bestial oblivion, or some craven wruple Of thinking too precisely... | |
 | William Hazlitt - Drama - 1818 - 552 pages
...himself out of it. " How all occasions do inform against me, And spur my dull revenge ! What is a num. If his chief good and market of his time Be but to...gave us not That capability and god-like reason To rust in us unus'd. Now whether it be Bestial oblivion, or some craven scruple Of thinking too precisely... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 1819 - 502 pages
...but to sleep, and feed ? a beast, no more.' Sure, he, that made us with such large discourse," 7 ) Looking before, and after, gave us not That capability...scruple• Of thinking too precisely on the event, 8 (A thought, which, quarter'd, hath but one part wisdom, And, ever, three parts coward) I do not know... | |
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