Vain man ! that palace is the virtuous heart, And peace defileth not her snowy robes In such a shed as thine. Hark ! yet he mutters ; His slumbers are but varied agonies, They prey like scorpions on the springs of life. There needeth not the hell that... California Inter Pocula - Page 637by Hubert Howe Bancroft - 1888 - 828 pagesFull view - About this book
| James Boswell - 1791 - 608 pages
...club, of which Mr. Beauclerk had given me an account, where the members played to a defperate extent. JOHNSON. " Depend upon it, Sir, this is mere talk. Who is ruined by gaming ? You will not find fix inflances in an age. There is a ftrange rout made about deep play ; whereas... | |
| James Boswell - 1816 - 500 pages
...club, of which Mr. Beauclerk had given me an account, where the members played to a desperate extent. JOHNSON. " Depend upon it, Sir, this is mere talk. Who is ruined by gaming ? You will not find six instances in an age. There is a strange rout made about deep play ; whereas... | |
| James Boswell - 1820 - 372 pages
...gaming-club, of which Mr. Beauclerk had given him an account, where the members played to a desperate extent. JOHNSON. " Depend upon it, sir, this is mere talk. Who is ruined by gaming ? Y'ou will not find six instanccs in an age. There is a strange rout made about deep play : whereas... | |
| James Boswell - 1821 - 378 pages
...ing-club, of which Mr. Beauclerk had given me an account, where the members played to a desperate extent. JOHNSON. " Depend upon it, sir, this is mere talk. Who is ruined by gaming? You will not find six instances in an age. There is a strange rout made about deep play: whereas you... | |
| James Boswell - 1822 - 458 pages
...club, of which Mr. Beauclerk had given me an account, where the members played to a desperate extent. JOHNSON. " Depend upon it. Sir, this is mere talk. Who is ruined by gaming? You will not find six instances in an age. There is a strange rout made about deep play ; whereas you... | |
| Richard Carlile - 1824 - 876 pages
...maintain that there are rewards and punishments in the present state, and that, No. 17, Vol. IX. " There needeth not the hell that bigots frame To punish...all-sufficing Nature, can chastise Those who transgress her laws ; — -she only knows How justly to proportion to the fault • The punishment it merits." SHELLEY.... | |
| James Boswell - 1826 - 416 pages
...club, of which Mr. Beauclerk had given me an account, where the members played to a desperate extent. JOHNSON. "Depend upon it, sir, this is mere talk. Who is ruined by gaming ? You will not find six instances in an age. There is a strange rout made about deep play ; whereas... | |
| James Boswell - 1827 - 622 pages
...gaming-club, of which Air. Bcauclerk had given me an account, where the members played to a desperate extent. cular cases, but for men in general. A woman may be unhappy with her husba ? You will not find six instances in an age. There is a strange rout made about deep play : whereas... | |
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1829 - 575 pages
...His ğlumbers arc hut varied agonies, They prey like scorpions on the springs of life. There ncedcth of that sphere, She hid me, as the Moon may hide ; ADI! all-sufficing nature can chastise Those who transgress her law, — she only knows How justly... | |
| Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1831 - 132 pages
...he mutters ; His slumbers are but varied agonies, They prey like scorpions on the springs of life. There needeth not the hell that bigots frame To punish...proportion to the fault The punishment it merits. Is it strange That this poor wretch should pride him in his woe ? Take pleasure in his abjectness,... | |
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