 For who would bear the whips and scorns of time, The oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely, The pangs of despised love, the law's delay, The insolence of office, and the spurns That patient merit of the unworthy takes, When he himself might his...  Reflections on Death - Page 1by William Dodd - 1815 - 206 pagesFull view - About this book
 | English literature - 1804 - 188 pages
...against a sea of troubles, And by opposing, end them !....To die. ...to sleep.... No more ; and by a sleep, to say, we end The heart-ach, and the thousand...of despised love, the law's delay, The insolence of office, and the spurns That patient merit of tii' unworthy takes, When he himself might his quietus... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 492 pages
...calamity of so long life. For who would bear the whips and scorns of time, Tli' oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely, The pangs of despised love, the law's delay, The insolence of office, and the spurns That patient merit ofth' unworthy take?, When he himself might his quietus make... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1809 - 350 pages
...sleep, to say, we end The heart-ache, and the thousand natural shocks That flesh is heir to; 'tis-a consummation Devoutly to be wish'd. — To die —...of office, and the spurns That patient merit of th' unworthy takes, When he himself might his quietua make With a bare bodkin ! Who would fardles bear,... | |
 | Lord Alexander Fraser Tytler Woodhouselee - Translating and interpreting - 1813 - 466 pages
...makes calamity of so long life: For who would bear the whips and scorns of time, The oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely, The pangs of despised love, the law's delay, The insolence of office, and the spurns That patient merit of the unworthy takes, When he himself might his quietus... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1818 - 290 pages
...makes calamity of so long life. For who would bear the whips and scorns of time, The oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely, The pangs of despised love, the law's delay, The insolence of office, and the spurns That patient merit of the unworthy takes, When Jie himself might his quietus... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English literature - 1820 - 486 pages
...dreams may come, When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, Must give us pause. There 's the respect That makes calamity of so long life. For who would...of office, and the spurns That patient merit of th' unworthy takes, When he himself might his quietus make With a bare bodkin ? Who would fardles bear,... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1819 - 366 pages
...coil, Must give us pause. There's the respect, That makes calamity of so long life ; For, who could bear the whips and scorns of time, Th' oppressor's...despised love — the law's delay — The insolence of oflice, and the»'spurns . ff'' That patient merit of the unworthy takes—- When he himself might... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English essays - 1820 - 514 pages
...calamity of so long life ; For who would bear the whips and seorns of time, The oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely, The pangs of despised love, the law's delay, The insolence of office, and the spurns That patient merit of the unworthy takes, When he himself might his quietus... | |
 | British prose literature - 1821 - 384 pages
...calamity of so long life ; For who would bear the whips and scorns of time, The oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely, The pangs of despised love, the law's delay, The insolence of office, and the spurns That patient merit of the unworthy takes, When he himself might his quietus... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1823 - 396 pages
...coil, Must give us pause. — There's the respect, That makes calamity of so long life ; For, who could bear the whips and scorns of time, Th' oppressor's...despised love — the law's delay — The insolence of office, and the spurns That patient merit of the unworthy takes — When he himself might his quietus... | |
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