 | William Shakespeare - 1709 - 598 pages
...Thief, And her pale fire (he fnatches from the Sun. The Sea's a Thief, whofe liquid Surge refolves The Moon into Salt Tears. The Earth's a Thief, That feeds and breeds by a compofture ftoln From gen'ral Excrement : Each things a Thief. The Laws,your curb and whip, in their... | |
 | John Monck Mason - 1798 - 496 pages
...passage as erroneous, than to acknowledge on such slight authority that a drug signifies a drudge. TIMON The sea's a thief, whose liquid surge resolves The moon into salt tears, Savary, in his 57th letter from Egypt, informs us, on the authority of Pausanias, that the ancient... | |
 | John Monck Mason - English drama - 1798 - 494 pages
...passage as erroneous, than to acknowledge on such slight authority that a drug signifies a drudge. TIMON The sea's a thief, whose liquid surge resolves The moon into salt tears, Savary, in his 57th letter from Egypt, informs us, on the authority of Pausanias, that the ancient... | |
 | Anacreon - Odes, Greek - 1800 - 306 pages
...before us are preserved with such striking similitude — TIMON, Act iv. I'll example you with thievery. The sun's a thief, and with his great attraction Robs...The sea's a thief, whose liquid surge resolves The mounds into salt tears. The earth's a thief, That feeds, and breeds by a composture stol'n From general... | |
 | Anacreon - Odes, Greek - 1800 - 304 pages
...her pale fire she snatches from the sun. The sea's a thief, whose liquid surge resolves The mounds into salt tears. The earth's a thief, That feeds, and breeds by a composture stol'n From general excrements. The moon too quaffs her paly stream Of lustre, from the solar beam... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1803 - 490 pages
...together; PO villainy, do, since you profess to do't, Like workmen. I'll example you with thievery : The sun's a thief, and with his great attraction Robs...: the earth's a thief, That feeds and breeds by a composture7 stolen From general excrement : each thing's a thief ; The laws, your curb and whip, in... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1804 - 548 pages
...together; Do villainy, do, since you profess to do't, Like workmen. I'll example you with thievery: The sun's a thief, and with his great attraction Robs...breeds by a composture stolen From general excrement: each thing's a thief; The laws, your curb and whip, in their rough power Have uncheck'd theft. Love... | |
 | Anacreon - Classical literature - 1804 - 310 pages
...before us are preserved with such striking similitude: TIMON, ACT IV. I'll example you with thievery. The sun's a thief, and with his great attraction Robs...The sea's a thief, whose liquid surge resolves The mounds into salt tears. The earth's a thief, That feeds, and breeds by a composture stol'n From general... | |
 | Anacreon - Greek poetry - 1804 - 194 pages
...you with thievery. The sun 'sa thief, and with his great attraction Robs the vast sea. The moon 's an arrant thief, And her pale fire she snatches from...sun. The sea's a thief, whose liquid surge resolves And when the rosy sun appears, He drinks the ocean's misty tears. The moon too quaffs her paly stream... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 520 pages
...together; Do villainy, do, since you profess to do't, Like workmen. I'll example you with thievery: The sun's a thief, and with his great attraction Robs...earth's a thief, That feeds and breeds by a composture 5 stolen From general excrement: each thing's a thief; The laws, your curb and whip, in their rough... | |
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I'll example you with thievery: The sun's a thief, and with his great attraction Robs the vast sea: the moon's an arrant thief, And her pale fire she snatches from the sun: The sea's a thief, whose liquid surge resolves The moon into salt tears: the earth's... 
