 Why, thou wert better in thy grave than to answer with thy uncovered body this extremity of the skies. Is man no more than this? Consider him well. Thou owest the worm no silk, the beast no hide, the sheep no wool, the cat no perfume.  Bombay Quarterly Review - Page 3761857Full view - About this book
 | William Dearden - 1844 - 284 pages
...and the grass are as thorns to thy feet. Stripped of thy gauds, what art thou more than he who ' owes the worm no silk, the beast no hide, the sheep no wool, the cat no perfume ?' Art thou richer ? Yea, in thine infirmities. Art thou wiser ? Yea, in thine own conceit. Call upon... | |
 | Charles Griffith - Aboriginal Australians - 1845 - 220 pages
...and the sphere of human enjoyment, by the foundation of a mighty empire. CHAPTER X. THE ABORIGINES. " Is man no more than this ? Consider him well. Thou owest the worm no silk—the beast no hide— The sheep no wool—the cat no perfume. Ha ! here are three of us sophisticated.... | |
 | William John Birch - Religion in literature - 1848 - 570 pages
...Thou wert better in thy grave, than to answer with thy uncovered body this extremity of the skies. — Is man no more than this ? Consider him well : Thou...hide, the sheep no wool, the cat no perfume : — Ha ! here's three of us are unsophisticated! — Thou art the thing itself: unaccommodated man is no more... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1848 - 536 pages
...were better in thy grave, than to answer with thy uncovered body this extremity of the skies.—Is man no more than this ? Consider him well. Thou owest...silk, the beast no hide, the sheep no wool, the cat no perfume.—Ha ! here's three of us are sophisticated !—Thou art the thing itself;— unaccommodated... | |
 | William John Birch - Religion in literature - 1848 - 574 pages
...thy grare, than to answer with thy uncovered body this extremity of the skies. — Is man no inure than this ? Consider him well : Thou owest the worm no silk, the beast no hide, (he sheep no wool, the cat no perfume : — Ha ! here's three of us are unsophisticated! — Thou art... | |
 | Psychology, Pathological - 1849 - 700 pages
...kept up, and aggravated by them. Contemplating the almost-naked Edgar, the King thus speculates—- Is man no more than this ? Consider him well. Thou owest the worm no gilk, the beast no hide, the sheep no wool, the cat 110 perfume : ha '. there's three o( u» are sophisticated... | |
 | William Hamilton (Poet, of Bangour.), James Paterson - 1850 - 460 pages
...claims our common care. KING LEAR'S SPEECH TO EDGAR. TAKING A VIEW OP MAN FROM THE SIDE OF HIS MISERIES. Is man no more than this ? consider him well. Thou...no hide, the sheep no wool, the cat no perfume. Ha ! here's three of us are sophisticated. Thou art the thing itself; unaccommodated man is no more but... | |
 | William Hamilton, James Paterson - English poetry - 1850 - 248 pages
...claims our common care. KING LEAR'S SPEECH TO EDGAR. TAKING A VIEW OF MAN FROM THE SIDE OF HIS MISERIES. Is man no more than this ? consider him well. Thou...no hide, the sheep no wool, the cat no perfume. Ha ! here's three of us are sophisticated. Thou art the thing itself; unaccommodated man is no more but... | |
 | William Hamilton, James Paterson - 1850 - 238 pages
...our common care. KING LEAR'S SPEECH TO EDGAR. TAKING A VIEW OF MAN FROM THE SIDE OF HIS MISERIES. i man no more than this ? consider him well. Thou owest...no hide, the sheep no wool, the cat no perfume. Ha I here's three of us are sophisticated. Thou art the thing itself ; unaccommodated man is no more but... | |
 | William Hamilton - 1850 - 242 pages
...our common care. KING LEAR'S SPEECH TO EDGAR. TAKING A. VIEW OF MAN FROM THE SIDE OF HIS MISERIES. Is man no more than this? consider him well. Thou...silk, the beast no hide, the sheep no wool, the cat uo perfume. Ha ! here's three of us are sophisticated. Thou art the thing itself; unaccommodated man... | |
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