 | Robert Renny - 1807 - 366 страници
...takes away half his virtue." Or, according to the eloquent paraphrase of Mr. Pope, . «« Jove fixed it certain, that, whatever day " Makes Man a slave, takes half his worth away." ' are really many exceptions) may safely be asserted to be thievish, lazy, and dissimulating. When... | |
 | 1808 - 540 страници
...the habit of subjection continually overawes and beats down his genius. For, according to HOMER, " JOVE fix'd it certain, that whatever day " Makes man a slave, takes half his worth away." " Thus, we are told, the cases, in which dwarfs are kept, not only prevent the future growth of those... | |
 | 1809 - 364 страници
...: The master gone, the servants what restrains i Or dwells humanity where riot reigns ; Jove iix'd it certain, that whatever day Makes man a slave, takes...said, the honest herdsman strode before : The musing monarch pauses at the door ; The dog, whom fate had granted to behold His lord, when twenty tedious... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 770 страници
...piercing, and his scent how true, To wind the vapour in the tainted dew ! Such, when Ulysses left bis natal coast ; Now years unnerve him, and his lord...said, the honest herdsman strode before; The musing monarch pauses at the door : The dog, whom fate had granted to behold His lord, when twenty tedious... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 760 страници
...'scap'd him, bosom'd in the gloomy wood, His eye how piercing, and his scent how true, To wind the vapour in the tainted dew ! Such, when Ulysses left his natal...fix'd it certain, that whatever day Makes man a slave, lakes halt' his worth away." This said, the lionet herdsman strode before ; The musing monarch pauses... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 790 страници
...restrains ? Or dwells humanity where riot reigns ? Jove fix'd it certain, that whatever day Afakesmana slave, takes half his worth away." This said, the honest herdsman strode bcfurc ; The musing monarch jwuses at the door : The dog, w horn fat» had granted to behold His lord,... | |
 | Daniel Dewar - 1812 - 374 страници
...the influence of even such a conception must have a debasing tendency on the whole character : For, Jove- fix'd it certain, that whatever day Makes man a slave, takes half his worth away.* These-observations, together with those which have been elsewhere made, will account for that prejudice... | |
 | Homerus - 1818 - 434 страници
...bare, A sleek and idle race is all their care : The master gone, the servants what restrains ' 390 Or dwells humanity where riot reigns? Jove fix'd it...away. This said, the honest herdsman strode before : Tht musing monarch pauses at the door: sy& The dng, whom Fate had granted to behold His lord, when... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 322 страници
...him, bosom'd in the gloomy wood ; His eye how piercing, and his scent how true, To wind the vapour in the tainted dew ! Such, when Ulysses left his natal...said, the honest herdsman strode before : The musing monarch- pauses at the door; The dog, whom Fate had granted to behold His lord, when twenty tedious... | |
 | John Davis - 1822 - 410 страници
...Bondage with aggravated mischief stains The moral part of him who wears her chains ; And facts establish, that whatever day Makes man a slave takes half his worth away. 1940 The fetter they might hind, the scourge upraise, So Cufiey got his salted-fish and maize, And... | |
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Jove fix'd it certain, that whatever day Makes man a slave, takes half his worth away. 
