 Refuse his age the needful hours of rest ? Punish a body which he could not please, Bankrupt of life, yet prodigal of ease ? And all to leave what with his toil he won To that unfeathered two-legged thing, a son, Got, while his soul did huddled notions...  History of English Literature - Page 249by Hippolyte Taine - 1900Full view - About this book
 | John Bell - English poetry - 1777 - 644 pages
...ease .' And all to leave what with his toil he won, To that unfeather'd, two-legg'd thing, a son ; 170 Got while his soul did huddled notions try, And born...Anarchy. In friendship false, implacable in hate, Resolv'd to ruin or to rule the state. To compass this the triple bond he broke, 175 \ The pillars... | |
 | John Dryden, Edmond Malone - English prose literature - 1800 - 601 pages
...prodigal of ease ? " And all, to leave what with his toil he won, " To that unfeather'd two-legg'd thing, a son ; " Got while his soul did huddled notions...try, *' And born a shapeless lump, like anarchy." This unfeather'd two-legg'd thing (which, however, is only Aristotle's definition of man,) was married... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 606 pages
...prodigal of ease ? " And all, to leave what with his toil he won, " To that unfeather'd two-legg'd thing, a son ; " Got while his soul did huddled notions try, " And born a shapeless lump, like anarchy." This .unfeather'd twoJlgg'd thing (which, however, is only Aristotle's definition of man,) was married... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 622 pages
...prodigal of ease ? " And all, to leave what with his toil he won, " To that unfcathcr'd two-lcgg'd thing, a son ; " Got while his soul did huddled notions try, " And born a shapeless lump, like anarchy." This unfeather'd two-lrgg'd thing (which, however, ii only Aristotle's definition of man,) was married... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1806 - 440 pages
...Lord Ashley, his father : And all to leave, what with his toil he won, To that unfeatherM, two-legg'd thing, a son ; Got while his soul did huddled notions try, And born a shapeless lump, like anarchy. , r •? ; .o- • •) T' : •• i >t •? ' •' R 2 But • . »| I '<i i. I - • * The dramatic... | |
 | John Dryden - 1808 - 382 pages
...life, yet prodigal of ease? And all to leave what with his toil he won, To that unfeather'd, two legg'd thing, a son ; Got while his soul did huddled notions try, And bora a shapeless lump, like Anarchy. In friendship false, implacable in hate, Resolv'd to ruin or to... | |
 | John Dryden, Thomas Park - 1808 - 374 pages
...yet prodigal of ease ? And all to leave what with his toil he won, To that unfeather'd, two legg'd thing, a son ; Got while his soul did huddled notions...Anarchy. In friendship false, implacable in hate, Resolv'd to min or to rule the state. To compass this the triple bond he broke, ^ The pillars of the... | |
 | John Dryden - 1808 - 476 pages
...of this famous statesman. Note IX. And all to leave what with his toil he won, To that unf eathered, two-legged thing, a son ; Got while his soul did huddled...notions try, And born a shapeless lump, like anarchy. — P. 222. Anthony Ashley Cooper, second Earl of Shaftesbury, and son of the great statesman, whom... | |
 | John Dryden - English literature - 1808 - 482 pages
...Dryden has here given of this famous statesman. Note IX. And all to leave what with his toil he von, To that unfeathered, two-legged thing, a son ; Got...soul did huddled notions try, And born a shapeless lamp, like anarchy. — P. 222. Anthony Ashley Cooper, second Earl of Shaftesbury, and son «f the... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1809 - 604 pages
...(ife, yet prodigal of ease ? And all to leave what with his toil he won T» than unfealher'd two-lcgg'd r fails, in Train the streams In foaming edxlies whirls...threatens death. The craggy steep, Where, the poor ; Rcsolv'd to ruin or to rule the state. To compass thin, the triple bond he broke; The pillars of... | |
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