 | 1714 - 528 pagina’s
...Shock of Death we dare not ftand, By Thought fcarce meafurM, and too fwift for Sand : 'Tis but becaufe the living Death ne'er knew, They fear to prove it, as a Thing that's new. Dr. Tyr. Love. Tis better once to die, than ftill to fear. Dryd. Conq. of Gran. pi What... | |
 | Charles Leslie - 1723 - 186 pagina’s
...Daniel de Foe, who certainly knew his own Scheme. To be as- free as Nature flrfl made Man, E'er the bate Laws of Servitude began. When wild in Woods the noble Savage ran. This is their wild Notion of an indefendent State of Nature. But the Vanity and Falfehood of this brutal... | |
 | John Dryden - 1725 - 438 pagina’s
...(hock of Death we dare not (land, By Thought fcarce meafur'd, and too fwift for Sand: 'Tis but becaufe the Living Death ne'er knew, They fear to prove it as a thing that's new. Let me th'Experiment before you try, Г1! flio w you full how «alle 'tis to die. МЛХ.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1772 - 388 pagina’s
...Ere the bafe laws of fervitude began, When wild in woods the noble favage ran. — 'Tis but becaufe the Living death ne'er knew, • They fear to prove it as a thing that's new : .Let me th' experiment before you try, I'll fhow you firft how eafy 'tis to die. u 3 —There... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 364 pagina’s
...the bale laws of fervitude began, When wild in woods the noble favage, ] ran. — 'Tis .but becaule the .Living death ne'er knew, They fear to prove it as a thing that's new : Let me th' experiment before you try, I'll fhow you firft how eafy 'tis to die. —There... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 478 pagina’s
...free as Nature firft made man, •% When wild in woods the noble favage ran. J —'Tis but becaufe the Living death ne'er knew, They fear to prove it as a thing that's new; Let me th' experiment before you try, I'll mew you firft how eafy 'tis to die. —There... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1795 - 610 pagina’s
...the bafe laws of fervitude began, 5 When wild in woods the noble favage f ran. J — 'Tis but becaufe the Living death ne'er knew, They fear to prove it as a thing that's new; Let me th' experiment before you try, I'll fhow you firft how eafy 'tis to die. • —... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 714 pagina’s
...• Ere the base laws of servitude began, When wild ia woods the noble savapje ran. —Tis 1-. ' . Tis but because the Living death ne'er knew, They fear to prove it as a thing that's new : Let me th' experiment before you try, I[ll shew you first how easy 'tis to die. . —... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 476 pagina’s
...the bafe laws of fervitude began, v When wild in woods the noble lavage ran. * —'Tis but becaufe the Living death ne'er knew, They fear to prove it as a thing that's new : Let me th' experiment before you try, I'll fhew you firft how eafy 'tis to die. —There... | |
 | 1819 - 550 pagina’s
...hero exclaim, in a tone which would fit some modern agitators, I am as free as nature first marie man, Ere the base laws of servitude began, When wild in woods the noble tavage ran. But it seems doubtful whether such a state of absolute and unrestrained freedom ever existed,... | |
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I am as free as Nature first made man, ^) Ere the base laws of servitude began, > When wild in woods the noble savage ran. 
