| John Dryden, John Milton, William D'Avenant - 1716 - 418 pagine
...^Againft our Peace we *Arm our Witt, *Amidft our Plenry, Something fill For Horfes, Houfes, Piffures, Planting, To Thee, to Me, to Him is wanting. That cruel Something m:po/efs'd Cotrodes and leavens all the reft. That Something if we could obrain, Would foan creare... | |
| 1747 - 584 pagine
...very prettily, dgainft our Peace we arm our Will; Amidft our Plenty fomethingy?;// For Horfes, Houfes, Pictures, Planting, To thee, to me, to him is wanting. That cruel fomething unpo/ejl, Corrodes and leavens all the reft. ?bat fomething, if we could ohtain, Would foon... | |
| Matthew Prior - 1779 - 480 pagine
...Againft our peace we arm our will r Amidft our plenty, SOMETHING ftill , For horfes, houfcs, piftures, planting, To thee, to me, to him is wanting. That cruel SOMETHING unpoffefs'd Corrodes and leavens all the reft. That fomething, if we could obtain, Would foon create... | |
| British essayists - 1802 - 380 pagine
...Persuades me I was better when a king, 1'hen I am king'd again—.' Prior says very prettily * : ' Against our peace we arm our will : Amidst our plenty...thee, to me, to him is wanting. That cruel something unpossest Corrodes and leavens all the rest. That something, if we could obtain, Would soon create... | |
| 1803 - 440 pagine
...when a king: Then am I king'd again Prior says, very prettily, Against our peace we arm our will i Amidst our plenty something still For horses, houses,...thee, to me, to him is wanting. That cruel Something unpossest, Corrodes and leavens all the rest. That Something if we conld obtain, Would soon create... | |
| John Bell - 1807 - 520 pagine
...dares not touch the hoarded sum ; The sickly dotard wants a wife ,To draw off his last dregs of life. Against our peace we arm our will ; Amidst our plenty...something still For horses, houses, pictures, planting, To rtiee, to me, to him, is wanting ; That cruel something unpossest, Corrodes, and leavens all the rest... | |
| Abraham Tucker - 1807 - 596 pagine
...of enjoyment, there is something still, as Prior says, " for books, for horses, houses, painting, te thee. to me, to him is wanting: That cruel something unpossessed, corrodes and poisons all the rest." Especially in this country, whether from the gloominess of our climate, the... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 368 pagine
...Persuades me I was better when a kingj Then I am king'd again - .' : Prior s,ays very prettily.*: . ' Against our peace we arm our will: Amidst our plenty...thee, to me, to him is wanting. That cruel something unpossest Corrodes and leavens all the rest. That something, if we could obtain, jWould soon create... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 582 pagine
...hoarded sum , The sickly dutard wants a wife, To draw oft' his last dregs of life. Against our peace « e arm our will : Amidst our plenty, something still...pictures, planting, To thee, to me, to him, is wanting. The cruel something unposscss'd, Corrodes, and leavens all the rest. That something, if we could obtain,... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 596 pagine
...touch the hoarded sum ; The sickly dotard wants a wrfe, To draw olV his last cirées of life. Agaiubt our peace we arm our will : Amidst our plenty, something still For horses, houses, pictures, planting, To theo, to me, to him, is wanting. The cruel something unpossess'd, Corrodes, and leavens all the rest.... | |
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