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. The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare - Page 435by William Shakespeare - 1838Full view - About this book
| 1802 - 436 pages
...supported by the following passage in Hamlet, Aft iv. scene 4. " What is a man,' "' " If his chief good, and market of his time,, " Be but to sleep, and feed...gave us not^ " That capability and godlike reason " "Jko fust in us unus'd." My conjefture gathers further strength from the follcwing passages, ItaMassingir,... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1803 - 446 pages
...occasions do inform against me, And spur my dull revenge ! What is a man, If his chief good, and market 1 of his time, Be but to sleep, and feed ? a beast,...us not That capability and godlike reason To fust 4 in us unus'd. Now, whether it be Bestial oblivion, or some craven * scruple Of thinking too precisely... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1804 - 642 pages
...against me, And spur my dull revenge! What is a man, If his chief good, and market of his time, I3e but to sleep, and feed? a beast, no more. Sure, he,...unus'd. Now, whether it be Bestial oblivion, or some craven scruple Of thinking too precisely on the event, — A thought, which, quarter'd, hath but one... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1806 - 420 pages
...How all occasions do inform against me, And spur my dull revenge ! What is a man, If his chief good, and market of his time. Be but to sleep, and feed...unus'd. Now, whether it be Bestial oblivion, or some craven scruple Of thinking too precisely on the event, — A thought, which, quarter'd, hath, but one... | |
| William Shakespeare, Samuel Ayscough - 1807 - 562 pages
...How all occasions do inform against me, And spur my dull revenge ! What is a man, If his chief good, and market of his time, Be but to sleep and feed ?...unus'd. Now, whether it be Bestial oblivion, or some craven scruple Of thinking too preciselv on the event, Л thought, which, quafter'd, hath but one part... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1807 - 374 pages
...How all occasions do inform against me, And spur my dull revenge ! What is a man, If his chief good, and market of his time, Be but to sleep, and feed...unus'd. Now, whether it be Bestial oblivion, or some craven scruple Of thinking too precisely on the event, — A thought, which, quarter'd, hath but one... | |
| Ancient learning - 1812 - 322 pages
...and comfort himself withal. IBID. TIME. What is a man, If his chief good, and market of his time Is but to sleep and feed ? a beast, no more. Sure, He...us not • That capability and god-like reason, To rust in us unus'd. The time of life is short; To spend that shortness basely, 'twere too long If life... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1817 - 392 pages
...How all occasions do inform against me, And spur my dull revenge ! What is a man, If his chief good and market of his time Be but to sleep and feed ?...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... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1818 - 342 pages
...How all occasions do inform against me, And spur my dul! revenge! What is a man, If his chief good and market of his time Be but to sleep and feed ?...gave us not That capability and godlike reason To rust in us unus'd : now whether it be Bestial oblivion, or some craven wruple Of thinking too precisely... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1821 - 558 pages
...against me, And spur my dull revenge ! What is a man, If his chief good, and market of his time 3, Be but to sleep, and feed ? a beast, no more. Sure,...unus'd. Now, whether it be Bestial oblivion, or some craven scruple 5 Of thinking too precisely on the event, — A thought, which, quarter'd, hath but... | |
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