 | Johann Georg Zimmermann - Solitude - 1799 - 390 pages
...majeftical roof fretted with golden fire, why, it appears no other thing to me, than a foul and peftilent congregation of vapours. What a piece of work is MAN...paragon of animals ! and yet, to me, what is this quinteflence of duft ? MAN delights not me, — nor WOMAN neither. public diverfionj to amufe themfelves... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Samuel Ayscough - 1807 - 562 pages
...express and admirable! in action, how like an angel ! in apprehension, how like a god ! the beauty of the world, the paragon of animals ! And yet to...quintessence of dust ? man delights not me, — nor w oman neither ; though, by your smiling, you seem to say so. Aon. Mv lord, there was no such stuff... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1809 - 470 pages
...express and admirahle ! in action, how like an angel ! in apprehension, how like a god ! the heauty of the world ! the paragon of animals! And yet, to...man delights not me, — nor woman neither; though, hy your smiling, you seem to say so. J?os. My lord, there was no such stuff in my thoughts. Ham. Why... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1809 - 476 pages
...express and admirahle ! in action, how like an angel J in apprehension, how like a god I the heauty of the world ! the paragon of animals! And yet, to...man delights not me, — nor woman neither; though, hy your smiling, you seem to say so. Ros. My lord, there was no such stuff in my thoughts. Ham. Why... | |
 | England - 1838 - 884 pages
...excellent canopy, the air, look you, this brave, o'erhanging firmament, this raajestical roof fretted wilh golden fire, why, it appears no other thing to me...! the paragon of animals ! And yet, to me, what is Ms quintessence of dust t " The ghost of one, " in form and moving, how express and admirable," •was... | |
 | English literature - 1822 - 874 pages
...With this view before his eyes, the language of Hamlet becomes the words of truth and soberness : " This goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a steril...paragon of animals ! And yet, to me, what is this quintessence of dust ?" To him who can firmly and steadily fix his eye on this naked and unvarnished... | |
 | Mrs. Inchbald - English drama - 1824 - 486 pages
...indeed, it goes so heavily with my disposition, that this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory ; this most excellent canopy, the air,...paragon of animals ! And yet to me, •what is this quintessence of dust r Man delights not me, — nor woman neither ; though, by your smiling, you seem... | |
 | James Boaden - Actors - 1825 - 646 pages
...insert. " I have of late, (but wherefore I know not,) lost all my mirth, forgoneall custom of exercises . and, indeed, it goes so heavily with my disposition,...this quintessence of dust ' Man delights not me." Bishop Warburton finely observes upon the above — " This is an admirable description of a rooted... | |
 | James Boaden - Actors - 1825 - 650 pages
..." I have of late, (but wherefore I know not,) lost all my mirth, forgone all custom of exercises : and, indeed, it goes so heavily with my disposition,...paragon of animals ! and yet, to me, what is this quintessence of dust • Han delights not me." Bishop Warburton finely observes upon the above —... | |
 | English literature - 1825 - 808 pages
...and indeed it goes so heavily with my disposition, that this goodly frame, the earth, seems to roe a steril promontory ; this most excellent canopy,...this quintessence of dust ? Man delights not me." Bishop Warburton finely observes upon the above. " This is an admirable description of a rooted melancholy,... | |
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What a piece of work is man! how noble in reason! how infinite in faculties! in form and moving how express and admirable! in action how like an angel ! in apprehension how like a god! the beauty of the world! the paragon of animals! And yet, to me, what... 
