 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 Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare - Page 435by William Shakespeare - 1838Full view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1824 - 512 pages
...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...gave us not That capability and godlike reason, To fust6 in us unus'd. Now, whether it be Bestial oblivion, or some craven7 scruple Of thinking too precisely... | |
 | George Fox - Pontefract (England) - 1827 - 458 pages
...finxit.' And the inimitable bard of Avon, thus deciphers man : — '. What is man, If bis chief good, and market of his time, Be but to sleep and feed?...gave us not That capability and godlike reason To rust in us unused.' Should, therefore, the following pages, which are submitted to the public, without... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1827 - 658 pages
...occasions do inform against me, And spur my dull revenge ! What is a man, If his chief good, and marketlT of his time, Be but to sleep, and feed ? a beast,...after, gave, us not That capability and godlike reason * Toad. t Cat. t Experiments. § Having their teeth. ' !' Blown up with his own bomb T Profit. . "*... | |
 | John Timbs - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1829 - 354 pages
...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...after, gave us not That capability and godlike reason, £Sf To fust in us unused. ShaXspeare. CCLXVIII. It is not the quantity of the meat, but the cheerfulness... | |
 | Ralph Lockwood - Unrequited love - 1833 - 326 pages
..."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 feed ?...gave us not That capability and godlike reason To rust in us unused ; now whether it be Bestial oblivion or some drawn scruple Of thinking too precisely... | |
 | Original - 1836 - 456 pages
...standard to a low level—so that we may almost say here, with Hamlet, "What is a man, If his chief good, and market of his time Be but to sleep and feed ?...gave us not That capability and God-like reason To rust in us unus'd." [The Art of Attaining High Health will be continued in the next number.] LONDON:... | |
 | Truth - 1837 - 566 pages
...God." " Oh ! this reminds me of our Shakspeare," said Althorpe, " ' What is man, If his chief good and market of his time Be but to sleep and feed ?...gave us not That capability and god-like reason To fast in us unus'd.' " Nimrod rejoined — " Look at the very piiests, who teach us the religion of... | |
 | Catharine Harbeson Waterman - Flower language - 1839 - 284 pages
...doth bring, And makes her mount to heav'n with golden wing. ANON. What is a man, If his chief good and market of his time Be but to sleep and feed? a...gave us not That capability and god-like reason To rust in us unused. SHAKSPEARE. EZEREON. Daphne Mezereon. Class 8, OCTANDRIA. Order : MONOGYNIA. The... | |
 | Sarah Carter Edgarton Mayo - 1839 - 154 pages
...resolution to go to Illinois. 1 begin, however, to think with Hamlet — ' What is man, If his chief good and market of his time Be but to sleep and feed ?...gave us not That capability and godlike reason To rust in us unused.' ' 1 can do little good here — I have little property — no influence. I will... | |
 | London univ, King's coll - 1842 - 686 pages
...limited by the narrow bounds of material and visible objects ? — " What is a man, If his chief good, and market of his time, Be but to sleep and feed ?...gave us not That capability and godlike reason, To fret m us unused." No, indeed ; it is this very limiting the flights of fancy — this very tying down... | |
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