 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 unused.  The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare - Seite 292von William Shakespeare - 1872Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Epes Sargent - 1857 - 444 Seiten
...is another passage in Shakspeare more appropriate to the present discussion. " What," he asks, — " What is a man, If his chief good and market of his...gave us not That capability and godlike reason To rust in us unused." We may cultivate a poetical taste, and yet .be faithful and diligent in our business,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1857 - 710 Seiten
...him, my lords ; for this is he Must help you mere than you are hurt by me. HAPPINESS IN EMPLOYMENT. WHAT is a man, If his chief good, and market of his...gave us not That capability and godlike reason To rust in us unus'd. HAMLET, A. 4, S. 4. HARD AND SOFT. LEAB. O me, my heart, my rising heart ! — but,... | |
 | William Jones (F.S.A.) - 1857 - 468 Seiten
...beyond their income, and of course living upon others, is not worth the trouble it costs. Idleness. WHAT is a man, If his chief good, and market of his...gave us not That capability and God-like reason To rust in us unused. — SHAKESPEARE. Credit not things beyond incredibility. Folly of Fretting. rp WO... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1858 - 752 Seiten
...Guildenstern, &c.] The folio omits all the rest of this scene, and there is no trace of it in the 4to, 1603. How all occasions do inform against me, And spur my...or some craven scruple Of thinking too precisely on th' event, — A thought, which, quarter'd, hath but one part wisdom, And ever three parts coward ',... | |
 | James Alexander - 1858 - 322 Seiten
...paramount duty of every man, whatever his station, to endeavour to be well that he may be useful. " What is a man, If his chief good and market of his...That capability and God-like reason To fust in us, unused." Many men will say that they cannot aspire to be useful members of society — they are content... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1859 - 494 Seiten
...he is sensible of his own weakness, taxes himself with it, and tries to reason himself out of it. " How all occasions do inform against me, And spur my...gave us not That capability and god-like reason To rust in us unus'd : now whether it be Bestial oblivion, or some craven scruple Of thinking too precisely... | |
 | John HAYDEN (Independent Minister.) - 1859 - 120 Seiten
...along the sky. SMOLLETT'S ODE TO INDEPENDENCE. What is man, If his chief good and market of his time Bo but to sleep and feed? a beast; no more. Sure he that...gave us not That capability and God-like reason To rust in us unused. — SHAKSPEABE. 'Tis liberty alone, that .gives the flow'r Of fleeting life its... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1860 - 834 Seiten
...straight. Go a little before. [Exeunt ROSENCRANTZ and GUILDENSTEBX. How all occasions do inform agninst 7 q l 5)X* }G &Xj ^ quartcr'd, hath but one part wisdom, And ever three parts coward, — I do not know Why yet I live... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1860 - 836 Seiten
...lord ? HAM. I will be with you straight. Go a little before. [Exeunt ROSENCHANTZ and GÜILDENSTERN. y unpitied folly, And all the gods go with you he Bestial oblivion, or some craven scruple Of thinking too precisely on the event, — A thought which,... | |
 | Frederick Law Olmsted - 1860 - 544 Seiten
...between themselves and a people who allowed a book containing such lines as these to circulate freely : " What is a man If his chief good and market of his...gave us not That capability and Godlike reason, To rust unused." What a dangerous sentiment to come by any chance to a slave ! Is it not ? Are you, then,... | |
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