 ... and consequently no culture of the earth; no navigation nor use of the commodities that may be imported by sea; no commodious building; no instruments of moving and removing such things as require much force; no knowledge of the face of the earth;...  The Quarterly Review - Page 366edited by - 1834Full view - About this book
 | Sir Henry Taylor - Flanders - 1834 - 340 pages
...SCENE is laid sometimes at GHENT, sometimes at BRUGES, or in its neighbourhood. " No arts, no letters, no society, — and which is worst of all, continual...of Man solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short." LEVIATHAN, Part I. c. 18. PHILIP VAN ARTEVELDE. flic JFittt. ACT I. SCENE I. A STREET IN THE SUBURBS... | |
 | 1834 - 566 pages
...being to a certain extent after Froissart, by whom the story is told on which the romance is founded. The scene is laid in Flanders, at the close of the fourteenth century, when a struggle had commenced between the opulent municipalities and their feudal lords, which led... | |
 | Sir Henry Taylor - Flanders - 1835 - 524 pages
...CAMBRIDGE PRESS : ALF, TORRT, AWD B i LL o H . PHILIP VAN ARTEVELDE. PART II. " No arts, no letters, no society, — and which is worst of all, continual...fear and danger of violent death, and the life of Han solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short." I<KVI vr;i JN, Part I. c. 18. v MEN OF FLANDERS. PHILIP... | |
 | Thomas Hobbes - Philosophy, English - 1839 - 766 pages
...require much force ; no knowledge of the face of the earth ; no account of time ; no arts ; no letters ; no society ; and which is worst of all, continual...of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short. It may seem strange to some man, that has not well weighed these things ; that nature should thus dissociate,... | |
 | Thomas Hobbes - Philosophy, English - 1839 - 766 pages
...require much force ; no knowledge of the face of the earth ; no account of time ; no arts ; no letters ; no society ; and which is worst of all, continual...of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short. It may seem strange to some man, that has not well weighed these things ; that nature should thus dissociate,... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1844 - 574 pages
...and forests, in the condition described in the expressive language of Hobbes ; " no arts, no letters, no society, and, which is worst of all, continual...man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short." The most perfect democracy that now exists, or of which there is any record in history, is that of a town... | |
 | sir Henry Taylor - 1844 - 352 pages
...fourteenth century. PHILIP VAN ARTEVELDE. Dari Hie Jfrst. " No arts, no letters, no socieiy,—and, which IS worst of all, continual fear and danger of...and the life of Man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, Hnd short." LRVIATHAK, Part I. c. is. HBiamatte MEN OF GHENT. PHILIP VAN ARTEVELDE. PETER VAN DEN BOSCH,... | |
 | Robert Conger Pell - Anecdotes - 1850 - 196 pages
...uthat he was glad to see any thing solvent come from America." PLEASANT TIMES. No arts, no letters, no society, and which is worst of all, continual fear...of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.' — 'Nobles. MECHANICAL DUTY. Schiller used to say, that he found the great happiness of life, after... | |
 | Sir Henry Taylor - Flanders - 1852 - 478 pages
...towards the end of the fourteenth century. PHILIP VAN ARTEVELDE. PART THE FIRST. '' No arts, no letters, no society, — and, which is worst of all, continual...of Man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short." LRTIATHAN, Part I. c. 18. DRAMATIS PERSONS. MEN OF GHENT. PHILIP VAN ARTEVELDE. PETER VAN DEN BOSCH,... | |
 | Sir Henry Taylor - Flanders - 1852 - 476 pages
...PHILIP VAN AUTEVELDE. PART THE FIRST. "No arts, no letters, no society, — and, which is worst of nil. continual fear and danger of violent death, and the...of Man. solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short." LEVIATHAN, Part I. c. Ifi. DRAMATIS PERSONS. MEN OF GHENT. PHILIP VAN AETEVELDE. PETER VAN DEN BOSCH,... | |
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