Tis in ourselves that we are thus or thus. Our bodies are our gardens, to the which our wills are gardeners; so that if we will plant nettles or sow lettuce, set hyssop and weed up thyme, supply it with one gender of herbs or distract it with many —... Meliora - Page 1841861Full view - About this book
| William Shakespeare - 1770 - 956 pages
...herbs, or diftraft it with many ; * either have it fleril with uilcncfs, or manured with induflry; why, the power and corrigible authority of this lies...* wills. If the * balance of our lives had not one fcale of reafon to poife another of fenfuality, the blood and bafenefs of our natures would conduft... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1790 - 666 pages
...herbs, or diitradt it with many ; either to have it fteril with idlenefs 7, or manured with indullry ; why, the power and corrigible authority of this lies...our wills. If the balance " of our lives had not one fcale of reafon to poife another of fenfuality, the blood and bafenefs of our natures would conduct... | |
| 1792 - 532 pages
...herbs, or diftraft it with many ; either to have it fteril with idlenefs, or manured with induftry ; why, the power and corrigible authority of this lies...our wills. If the balance of our lives had not one fcale of reafon to poife another of fenfuality, the blood and bafenefs of our natures would conduit... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1793 - 696 pages
...fentence in one way, and ends it in a different kind of conftru&ion. Here he has made lago fay, if •»* power and corrigible authority of this lies in our wills. If the balance9 of our lives had not one fcale of reafon to poife another of fenfuality, the blood and bafenefs... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1793 - 728 pages
...fentence in one way, and ends it in » different kind of conftruftion. Here he has made lago fay, if v power and corrigible, authority of this lies in our •wills. If the balance9 of our lives had not one fcale of reafon to poife another of fenfuality, the blood and bafenefs... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1796 - 422 pages
...herbs, or diftracl: it with many: either have it fteril with idlenefs, or manured with iftduftry ; why the power and corrigible authority of this lies...our wills. If the balance of our lives had not one fcale of reafon to poife another offe nfuality, the blood and bafenefs of our natures would conduft... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1800 - 304 pages
...herbs, or diftraft it with many ; either to have it Iteril with idlenefs, or manured with induftry ; •why, the power and corrigible authority of this...•wills. If the balance of our lives had not one fcale of reafon to poife another of fenfuality, the blood and bafenefs of our natures would conduct... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1806 - 420 pages
...weed up thyme; supply it with one gender of herbs, or distract it with many; either to have it steril with idleness, or manured with industry; why, the...our natures would conduct us to most preposterous conelusions : But we have reason, to cool our raging motions, our carnal stings, our unbitted lusts;... | |
| William Shakespeare, Samuel Ayscough - 1807 - 562 pages
...distract it with many ; either have itsterile with idleness, or manur'd with industry ; why, the 10 power and corrigible authority of this lies in our...blood and baseness of our natures would conduct us to inost preposterous conclusions : But we have reaion, to cool our raging motions, our carnal stinp«,... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1809 - 448 pages
...or distract it with many ; either to have it steril with idleness,5 or manured with industry ; wby, the power and corrigible authority of this lies in our wills. If the balance5 of our lives had not one scale of reason to poise another of sensuality, the blood and baseness... | |
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