 Abjects, and humbles them at the instant; makes them cry, complain, and repent, yea, even to hate their forepassed happiness. He takes the account of the rich and proves him a beggar; a naked beggar which hath interest in nothing but in the gravel that...  Illustrations, Critical, Historical, Biographical, and Miscellaneous, of ... - Page 433by Richard Warner - 1824Full view - About this book
 | Lydia Howard Sigourney - Commonplace-books - 1863 - 254 pages
...HISTORY OF THE WORLD. and insolent that they are but objects, and humbleth them at the instant, making them cry, complain and repent, yea, even to hate their forepassed happiness. He taketh the account of the rich and proveth him to be a beggar, a naked beggar, having interest in nothing,... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, sir William Smith - 1864 - 554 pages
...that can suddenly make man to know himself. He tells the proud and insolent that they are but abjects, and humbles them at the instant, makes them cry, complain,...beggar, which hath interest in nothing but in the gravel that fills his mouth. He holds a glass before the eyes of the most beautiful, and makes them see therein... | |
 | Charles Selby - Great Britain - 1864 - 374 pages
...the proud and insolent that they are but abjects, and humbles them at the instant, makes them ery, complain, and repent ; yea, even to hate their forepassed...beggar, which hath interest in nothing but in the gravel that fills his mouth. He holds a glass before tho eyes of the most beautiful, and makes them seo their... | |
 | Hubert Ashton Holden - 1864 - 592 pages
...can suddenly make man to know himself. He tells the proud and insolent, that they are but objects, and humbles them at the instant : makes them cry,...even to hate their forepassed happiness. He takes account of the rich and proves him a beggar; a naked beggar, which hath interest in nothing, but in... | |
 | Morning dew - 1864 - 340 pages
...can make man suddenly to know himself ; he tells the proud and confident that they are but abjects, and humbles them at the instant, — makes them cry,...even to hate their fore-passed happiness. He takes an account of the rich, and proves him a beggar, and hath interest in nothing but in the gravel that... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1865 - 784 pages
...that can suddenly make man to know himself. He tells the proud and insolent that they are but abjects, and humbles them at the instant, makes them cry, complain, and repent, yea, even to hate their forepast happiness. He takes the account of the rich and proves him a beggar, a naked beggar, which... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1868 - 530 pages
...and repent ; yea, even to hate their forepast happiness. He takes the account (estimates the value) of the rich and proves him a beggar, a naked beggar, which hath interest in nothing but in the gravel that fills his mouth. He holds a glass before the eyes of the most beautiful, and makes them see therein... | |
 | William Francis Collier - English literature - 1868 - 550 pages
...makes them cry, complaii and repent, yea, even to hate their forepast happiness. He takes the account i the rich, and proves him a beggar, a naked beggar, which hath interest in m ihing but the gravel that fills his mouth. He holds a glass before the eyes of tl most beautiful,... | |
 | sir William Smith - 1869 - 382 pages
...that can suddenly make man to know himself. He tells the proud and insolent that they are but abjects, and humbles them at the instant, makes them cry, complain,...beggar, which hath interest in nothing but in the gravel that fills his mouth. He holds a glass before the eyes of the most beautiful, and makes them see therein... | |
 | English authors - English literature - 1869 - 458 pages
...can suddenly make man to know himself. He tells the proud and insolent, that they are but abjects, and humbles them at the instant, makes them cry, complain, and repent, yea, even to hate their forepast happiness. He takes the account of the rich, and proves him a beggar, a naked beggar, which... | |
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