 As man, perhaps, the moment of his breath Receives the lurking principle of death; The young disease, that must subdue at length, Grows with his growth, and strengthens with his strength; So, cast and mingled with his very frame.  Der Mensch, ein philosophisches Gedicht - Pàgina 19per Alexander Pope - 1772 - 351 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Henry George Bohn - 1881 - 738 pàgines
...DISEASES. Diseases, desperate grown, By desperate appliance are reliev'd, Or not at all. 8h. Ham. IV. 3. As man, perhaps, the moment of his breath, Receives the lurking principle of death ; The young disease, that must subdue at length, Grows with his growth, and strengthens with his strength. DISGUISE.... | |
 | Francis Wharton, Moreton Stillé - 1882 - 832 pàgines
...the frame : And hence one master -passion in the breast, Like Aaron's serpent, swallows up the rest. As man, perhaps, the moment of his breath, Receives the lurking principle of death : The young disease, which must subdue at length, Grows with his growth, and strengthens with his strength ; So,... | |
 | Jehiel Keeler Hoyt - 1882 - 914 pàgines
...age is heavy, cold, and drear, As winter's rocks of snow. ic. THOMAS LOVE PEACOCK— Youth and Age. him how to tell my story, And that would woo her. r. Othello. Act I. Sc. 3. Take no repulse, disease that must subdue at length, Grows with his growth, and strengthens with his strength. x. POPE... | |
 | Craufurd Tait Ramage - 1884 - 694 pàgines
...disease and misery." Pope also (" Essay on Man," Ep. ii. 1. 133) says somewhat to the same effect:— " As man, perhaps, the moment of his breath, Receives the lurking principle of death, The young disease, that must subdue at length, Grows with his growth and strengthens with his strength." And... | |
 | Craufurd Tait Ramage - 1884 - 690 pàgines
...disease and misery.'' Pope also ("Essay on Man," Ep. ii. 1. 133) says somewhat to the same effect:— " As man, perhaps, the moment of his breath, Receives the lurking principle of death, The young disease, that must subdue at length, Grows with his growth and strengthens with his strength." And... | |
 | Robert Cochrane - 1887 - 572 pàgines
...the frame ; And hence one MASTEII PASSION in the breast, Like Aaron's serpent, swallows up the rest. l her grandchildren, yet in an especial manner she might be said to love tbeir uncle, John L , disease, that must subdue at length, Grows with his growth, and strengthens with his strength ; So... | |
 | 1887 - 430 pàgines
...carry with them the seeds with which they have been impregnated during an unhealthy upbringing : " ' A man, perhaps the moment of his breath, Receives the lurking principle of death; The young disease, which must sulidue at length, Grows with his growth, and strengthens with his strength.' "... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1871 - 542 pàgines
...the frame ;' And hence one master passion in the breast, Like Aaron's serpent, swallows up the rest.5 As man, perhaps, the moment of his breath, Receives the lurking principle of death ; The young disease, that must subdue at length, Grows with his growth, and strengthens with his strength : So,... | |
 | Frank Walters - 1889 - 198 pàgines
...only waits for the strong temptation to assail the citadel of the moral being. Pope tells us : — As man, perhaps, the moment of his breath, Receives the lurking principle of death ; The young disease, that must subdue at length, Grows with his growth, and strengthens with his strength ; So... | |
 | Lyon Playfair Baron Playfair - 1889 - 408 pàgines
...carry with them the seeds with which they have been impregnated during an unhealthy upbringing : — "A man, perhaps the moment of his breath, Receives the lurking principle of death ; The young disease which must subdue at length, Grows with his growth, and strengthens with his strength." We... | |
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