 | Edmund Burke - History - 1759 - 516 pages
...had only the appearance of animal life, being really vegetables whh a power of motion ; and that ai the boughs of an oak are dafhed together' by the ftorm, that fwine may fatten upon the falling acorn?, fo 'men are by fome unaccountable power driven one againft another, till they lofe their motion,... | |
 | History - 1764 - 524 pages
...Jetting of the fummer fun ; he had fed year after year on the entrails of men. His opinion was, that men had only the appearance of animal life, being...the ftorm, that fwine may fatten upon the falling acorn;, fo men are by fome unaccountable power driven one again? another, till they lofe their motion,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1788 - 586 pages
...fetting of the lummer fun ; he had fed year after year on the entrails of men. His opinion was, that men had only the appearance of animal life, being...fo men are by fome unaccountable power driven one againft another, till they lofe their motion, that vultures R 4 may may be fed. Others think they have... | |
 | English literature - 1758 - 748 pages
...»ultures would ieklom feaft upon only the appearance of animal life, being i, hid not nature, that devoted really vegetables with a power of motion ; and that as the boughs of an oak are daflied together by the ftorm, that (her being that feeds upon the fwine may fatten upon the falling... | |
 | History - 1795 - 532 pages
...setting of the summer sun ; he had fed year after year on the entrails of men. His opinion was, that men had only the appearance of animal life, being...really vegetables with a power of motion ; and that ai, the boughs of an oak are dashed together b'y the storm, that swine may fatten upon the falling... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - English literature - 1806 - 360 pages
...setting of the summer sun ; he had fed year after year on the entrails of men. His opinion was, that men had only the appearance of animal life, being...power of motion ; and that as the boughs of an oak are dashed together by the storm, that swine may fatten upon the fallen acorns, so men are by some unaccountable... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 428 pages
...thesummer sun; he had fed year after year on the entrails of men. His opinion was, thatmenhad onlythe appearance of animal life, being really vegetables...power of motion ; and that as the boughs of an oak are dashed together by tha'storm, that swine may fatten upon thefallingacoms, so men are by some unaccountable... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 386 pages
...setting of the summer sun ; he had fed year after year on the entrails of men. His opinion was, that men had only the appearance of animal life, being...power of motion ; and that as the boughs of an oak are dashed together by the storm, that swine may fatten upon the falling acorns, so men are, by some unaccountable... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 386 pages
...setting of the summer sun ; he had fed year after year on the entrails of men. His opinion was, that men had only the appearance of animal life, being...power of motion ; and that as the boughs of an oak are dashed together by the storm, that swine may fatten upon the falling acorns, so men are, by some unaccountable... | |
 | Noah Worcester - Pacifism - 1816 - 814 pages
...setting of the summer sun ; he had fed year after year on the entrails of men. His opinion was, that men had only the appearance of animal life, being...power of motion ; and that as the boughs of an oak are dashed together by the storm, that swine may fatten upon the falling acorns, so men are, by some unaccountable... | |
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His opinion was that men had only the appearance of animal life, being really vegetables with a power of motion; and that as the boughs of an oak are dashed together by the storm, that swine may fatten upon the falling acorns, so men are by some unaccountable... 
