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" What is a man, If his chief good and market of his time Be but to sleep and feed? a beast, no more. Sure he that made us with such large discourse, Looking before and after, gave us not That capability and god-like reason To fust in us unus'd. "
A Dictionary of Quotations from the English Poets - Page 274
by Henry George Bohn - 1881 - 715 pages
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English Synonymes: With Copious Illustrations and Explanations, Drawn from ...

George Crabb - 1826 - 768 pages
...the arrows of misfortune.1 BLAIR. that have a greater air than the concave and the convex.' A DDIM1N. Sure he that made us with such large discourse, Looking...That capability and godlike reason, To rust in us unus'd. SHAKSPEARE. Amazing clouds on clouds continual heap'd, Or whirl'd tempestuous by the gusty...
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The History of Pontefract, in Yorkshire

George Fox - 1827 - 458 pages
...ohedientia finxit.' And the inimitable bard of Avon, thus deciphers man : — '. What is man, If bis chief good, and market of his time, Be but to sleep...capability and godlike reason To rust in us unused.' Should, therefore, the following pages, which are submitted to the public, without much comment or...
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The Beauties of Shakspeare Regularly Selected from Each Play. With a General ...

William Shakespeare - 1827 - 658 pages
...occasions do inform against me, And spur my dull revenge ! What is a man, If his chief good, and marketlT of his time, Be but to sleep, and feed ? a beast,...after, gave, us not That capability and godlike reason * Toad. t Cat. t Experiments. § Having their teeth. ' !' Blown up with his own bomb T Profit. . "*...
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Laconics: Or, The Best Words of the Best Authors, Volume 3

John Timbs - 1829 - 354 pages
...lose in our dealings, but too frequently in our commerce with prodigality. — Goldsmith. CCLXVII. -What is a man, If his chief good, and market of his...after, gave us not That capability and godlike reason, £Sf To fust in us unused. ShaXspeare. CCLXVIII. It is not the quantity of the meat, but the cheerfulness...
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Laconics; or, The best words of the best authors [ed. by J. Timbs ..., Volume 3

Laconics - 1829 - 352 pages
...seldom lose in our dealings, but too frequently in our commerce with prodigality.—Goldsmith. CCLXVII. -What is a man, If his chief good, and market of his...Sure, he, that made us with such large discourse, That capability and godlike reason, Looking before, and after, gave us not To fust in us unused. Shakspeare....
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The Dramatic Works, Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1831 - 522 pages
...against me, And spur my dull revenge ! What is a man, Ifhis chief good, and market4 of his time, ч Be but to sleep, and feed ? a beast, no more. Sure,...before, and after, gave us not That capability and »odlike reason, To fust6 in us unus'd. Now, whether it be Bestial oblivion, or some craven' scruple...
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The Dramatic Works, Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1831 - 528 pages
...and Guil. How all occasions do inform against me, And spur my dull revendre ! What is a man, If hi» chief good, and market* of his time, Be but to sleep,...a beast, no more. Sure, he, that made us with such larire discourse,' Looking before, and after, cave us not That capability and godlike reason, To fusle...
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Rosine Laval: A Novel

Ralph Lockwood - 1833 - 326 pages
...at least, so thought our hero. "How all occasions do conspire against me And spur my dull revenge ! What is a man If his chief good and market of his...capability and godlike reason To rust in us unused ; now whether it be Bestial oblivion or some drawn scruple Of thinking too precisely on the event,...
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Rosine Laval

R. Smith - 1833 - 562 pages
...my dull revenge ! What is a man, If his chief good and market of his time Be but to sleep and Iced ? A beast— no more. Sure he that made us with such...capability and godlike reason To rust in us unused ; now whether it be Bestial oblivion or some drawn scruple Of thinking too precisely on the event,...
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American Monthly Knickerbocker, Volume 2

1833 - 508 pages
...of higher intellectual life, they chose the miry ways and murky atmosphere of sensual existence. " Sure, he, that made us with such large discourse,...capability and god-like reason To rust in us unused." No — nor this capability of intense enjoyment from the works of nature and the wonders of art: the...
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