 Wherefore did Nature pour her bounties forth With such a full and unwithdrawing hand, Covering the earth with odours, fruits and flocks, Thronging the seas with spawn innumerable, But all to please, and sate the curious taste...  British Theatre - Page 56by John Bell - 1791Full view - About this book
 | John Milton - 1864 - 108 pages
...Comus. O foolishness of men ! that lend their ears To those budge doctors of the Stoic fur, And fetch their precepts from the Cynic tub, Praising the lean...abstinence ! Wherefore did nature pour her bounties forth 710 With such a full and unwithdrawing hand, Covering the earth with odours, fruits, and flocks, Thronging... | |
 | Eliza S. Oldham - Temperance - 1864 - 440 pages
...precious cure.' "Did you note Comus's argument, too? How like it is to a very usual one now: — " ' Wherefore did nature pour her bounties forth, With such a full and unwithdrawing hand — ****** But all to please, and sate the curious taste J' " And again — "'If all the world Should... | |
 | John Milton, Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1865 - 708 pages
...lend their ears To those budge doctors of the Stoick fur, And fetch their precepts from the Cynick tub, Praising the lean and sallow abstinence! Wherefore did Nature pour her bounties forth T10 With such a full and unwithdrawing hand, Covering the earth with odours, fruits, and flocks, Thronging... | |
 | 1866 - 376 pages
...delicious To a well-govern'd and wise appetite. n» To those budge doctors of the Stoic fur, And fetch their precepts from the Cynic tub, Praising the lean...Abstinence. Wherefore did Nature pour her bounties forth, NO With such a full and unwithdrawing hand, Covering the earth with odours, fruits, and flocks, Thronging... | |
 | Anne Manning - 1866 - 302 pages
..." 0 foolishness of men ! that lend their ears To those budge doctors of the Stoic school. And fetch their precepts from the Cynic tub ! Praising the lean and sallow Abstinence." Never was Intemperance preached in a way so unlikely to win disciples. Lady Alice seemed scarce able... | |
 | Robert Demaus - English language - 1866 - 240 pages
...(7) ' O foolishness of men ! that lend their ears To those budge doctors of the Stoic fur, And fetch their precepts from the Cynic tub, Praising the lean and sallow Abstinence.' (8) ' High on a throne with trophies charged, I viewed The youth that all things but himself subdued;... | |
 | Popular readings - English poetry - 1867 - 266 pages
...their ears To those budge doctors of the Stoick fur,1 And fetch their precepts from the Cynick tub,2 Praising the lean and sallow Abstinence. Wherefore...bounties forth With such a full and unwithdrawing hand, Covering the earth with odours, fruits, and flocks, Thronging the seas with spawn innumerable, But... | |
 | English poetry - 1867 - 556 pages
...fur, Vnd fetch their precepts from the Cynic tub, 'raising the lean and sallow abstinence. ¡Therefore did Nature pour her bounties forth With such a full and unwithdrawing hand, revering the earth with odours, fruits, and flocks, Fhronging the seas with spawn innumerable, Bot... | |
 | John Milton, Edward Phillips - English poetry - 1868 - 632 pages
...COMUS. O foolishness of men ! that lend their ears To those budge doctors of the Stoic fur, And fetch their precepts from the Cynic tub, Praising the lean...bounties forth, With such a full and unwithdrawing hand, Covering the earth with odors, fruits, and flocks, Thronging the seas with spawn innumerable, Hut all... | |
 | Max Ring - 1868 - 342 pages
...Comus. О foolishness of men ! that lend their ears To those budge doctors of the stoic fop, And fetch their precepts from the cynic tub, Praising the lean and sallow abstinence 1 Wherefore did Nature pour her bounties forth With such a full and unwithdrawing hand, Covering the... | |
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