 What is a man, If his chief good and market of his time Be but to sleep and feed? a beast, no more. Sure he that made us with such large discourse, Looking before and after, gave us not That capability and god-like reason To fust in us unus'd.  The Complete Art of Poetry ... - Page 348by Charles Gildon - 1718Full view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1824 - 512 pages
...before. [Exeunt Ros. and Guil. How all occasions do inform against me, And spur my dull revenge .' What is a man, If his chief good, and market* of his time, Be but to sleep, and feed ? a beast, no more. Sure, he, that made us with such large discourse,5 linking before,... | |
 | Catherine George Ward - English fiction - 1824 - 602 pages
...those who had never yet dreamt of luxuries, and therefore knew not the artificial want of them. For, what is a man, if his chief good and market of his time be but to sleep and feed? " A beast, nu more," saith the immortal bard : " And what is gais4y t The koooccut... | |
 | Benjamin Humphrey Smart - Elocution - 1826 - 242 pages
...to say, This thing 's to do, Sith I have cause, and will, and strength, and means, To do't. What is man, If his chief good and market of his time Be but to sleep and feed ? a beast ; no more. 1 Sure He that made us with such large discourse Looking before... | |
 | George Crabb - English language - 1826 - 768 pages
...chief cities, as mentioned by geographers, are those which are classed in the first rank ; What is man, If his chief good and market of his time Be but to sleep and feed ? A beast, no more ! SHAKSPEARE. The principal cities generally include those which... | |
 | General reader - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1827 - 246 pages
...child of dust! Helpless immortal! insect infinite! A worm! a God! — Young's Night Thoughts. What is man, If his chief good, and market of his time Be but to sleep and feed? a beast, no more. Surely he that made us with such large discourse Looking before,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1828 - 448 pages
...hefore. [Exeunt Ros. and GUiL. How all occasions do inform against me, And spur my dull revenge ! Whal is a man, If his chief good, and market of his time, Be hut to sleep, and feed ? a heast, no more. Sure, he, that made us with such large discourse, Looking... | |
 | Laconics - 1829 - 352 pages
...seldom lose in our dealings, but too frequently in our commerce with prodigality.—Goldsmith. CCLXVII. -What is a man, If his chief good, and market of his time, Be but to sleep, and feed a beast, no more. Sure, he, that made us with such large discourse, That capability... | |
 | John Timbs - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1829 - 354 pages
...lose in our dealings, but too frequently in our commerce with prodigality. — Goldsmith. CCLXVII. -What is a man, If his chief good, and market of his time, Be but to sleep, and feed a beast, no more. Sure, he, that made us with such large discourse, Looking before,... | |
 | Pehr Sparre - 1832 - 602 pages
...det som rör Gustaf Stålband tillhör fiktionen. . i DEN SISTE ' FRISEGLAREN, PEHR SPARRE. — — - What is a man, if his Chief good and market of his time Be but to sleep and feed? abeast, no more. SHAKESPEARE. ANDRA DELEN. STOCKHOLM, HOS T.. J. HJ ERT A, 1 832. KAP.... | |
 | R. Smith - 1833 - 562 pages
...at least, so thought our hero. " How all occasions do conspire against me And spur my dull revenge ! What is a man, If his chief good and market of his time Be but to sleep and Iced ? A beast— no more. Sure he that made us with such large discourse — Looking before... | |
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