| Walter Scott - 1810 - 630 pages
...ever known to be stolen." 3 Great rivers, &c. — So Shakespeare, in Timón of Athens, Л. 4. S. 3, I'll example you with thievery. The sun's a thief,...attraction, Robs the vast sea : the moon's an arrant thief, Л mi her pale fire she snatches from the sun; The sea's a thief, whose liquid surge resolves The moon... | |
| Walter Scott - 1810 - 630 pages
...tire slit- snatches frum the sun ; % The sea's a thief, whose liquid surge resolves The moon into bait tears ; the earth's a thief, That feeds and breeds,...stolen From general excrement : each thing's a thief; 1 he laws, your curb and whip, in their rough power Have unchecked theft." See also the I9lh Ode of... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1811 - 506 pages
...you rob : take wealth and lives together; Do villainy, do, since you profess to do't, Like workmen. I'll example you with thievery : The sun's a thief,...: the earth's a thief, That feeds and breeds by a composture5 stolen From general excrement: each thing's a thief; The laws, your curb and whip, in their... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1812 - 372 pages
...hserentta mora rubetis, Pugnantis stomachi comppsuere famem : Flumtne vicino stultus sitic." The son's a thief, and with his great attraction Robs the vast...a thief, whose liquid surge resolves The moon into suit tears : the earth's a thief, That feeds and breeds by a composture stolen From general excrement... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1814 - 520 pages
...you rob : take wealth and lives together; Do villany, do, since you profess to do't, Like workmen. I'll example you with thievery: The sun's a thief,...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 a thief, That feeds and... | |
| Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...Do villany, do, since you profess to do't, Like workmen. I'll example you with thievery: The sum's a thief, and with his great attraction Robs the vast...; the earth's a thief, That feeds and breeds by a comjxjsture stolen From gen'ral excrement : each thing's a thief ; The laws, your curb and whip, in... | |
| Anacreon - 1816 - 344 pages
...allée trtnftl The sun's a thief, «ml with his great attraction Robs the vast sea: the moon's an arraut thief, And her pale fire she snatches from the sun;...liquid surge resolves The moon into salt tears; the earth a thief, That feeds and breeds by a composture stolen From general excrement: each Thing's a... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1819 - 646 pages
...Like workmen. I'll example you with thievery : The sun's a thief, and with his great attraction Uobs the vast sea : the moon's an arrant thief, And her...a composture stolen From general excrement : each tiling's a thief; The laws, your curb and whip, in their rough power Have uncheck'd theft. Love not... | |
| Anacreon - 1820 - 196 pages
...where the thoughts of the ode before us are preserved with such striking similitude: TIMON, ACT IV. I'll example you with thievery. The sun's a thief,...The moon's an arrant thief, And her pale fire she snatehes from the sun. The sea's a thief, whose liquid surge resolves The mounds into salt tears. The... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1821 - 676 pages
...matters may not always be so easily managed : — a plagiarism from Anacreon hath been detected : " The sun's a thief, and with his great attraction "...earth's a thief, " That feeds and breeds by a composture stol'n " From gen'ral excrement : each thing's a thief." " This (says Dr. Dodd) is a good deal in the... | |
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