 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 658 pàgines
...more exhautled, would increjfc the MR: Some men, inftruded by the labooring ant, Provide againfl the extremities of want ; But womankind, that never knows a mean, Down to the dregs their finking fortune fan: Hourly they give, and fp«nd, and watt, ai wear : And think no plcafnre ean he bought taoiar.... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 658 pàgines
...exhauftcd, would increafe the more : Some men, inflrufled by the labouring ant. Provide againft the extremities of want ; But womankind, that never knows...fortune drain : Hourly they give, and fpend, and wafte, an4 wear : And think no plcafure can be bought too dear. If fongs they love, the finger's voice they... | |
 | John Bell - 1807 - 346 pàgines
...exhausted, would encrcase the more : Some men, instructed by the labouring ant. Provide against th1 extremities of want ; But womankind, that never knows a mean, Down to the dregs their sinking fortune drain : Hourly they give, and spend, and waste, and wear: And think no pleasure can... | |
 | John Dryden - 1808 - 436 pàgines
...exhausted, would encrease the more : Some men, instructed by the labouring ant, Provide against the extremities of want ; But womankind, that never knows a mean, Down to the dregs their sinking fortune drain : Hourly they give, and spend, and waste, and wear, And think no pleasure can... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 442 pàgines
...exhausted, would encrease the more : Some men, instructed by the labouring ant, Provide against the extremities of want ; But womankind, that never knows a mean, Down to the dregs their sinking fortune drain : Hourly they give, and spend, and waste, and wear, And think no pleasure can... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 302 pàgines
...plena semper tollatur acervo, A"o° unquam reputat, quanti sibi gaudia coiistent. JUV. Sat vi. 361. But womankind, that never knows a mean, Down to the dregs their sinking fortunes drain : Hourly they give, and spend, and waste, and wear, And think no pleasure can... | |
 | John Dryden - 1811 - 628 pàgines
...more exhaufted, would encreafe the more : Some men, inftrucled by the lab'riog ant, Provide againil th/ extremities of want ; But womankind, that never...Hourly they give, and fpend, and wafte, and wear: 4Si And think no pleafure can be bought too dear. There are, who in foft eunuchs place their To fhun... | |
 | John Dryden - 1811 - 626 pàgines
...where the feaftof the Good goddefs was celebrated, to find an opportunity with C«far'» wife Pon;peia. But womankind, that never knows a mean, Down to the...Hourly they give, and fpend, and wafte, and wear: *si And think no pleafure can be bought too dear. There are, who in fort eunuchs place their blifs... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1821 - 444 pàgines
...exhausted, would increase the more : Some men, instructed by the labouring ant, Provide against the extremities of want ; But womankind, that never knows a mean, Down to the dregs their sinking fortune drain : Hourly they give, and spend, and waste, and wear, And think no pleasure can... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 296 pàgines
...exhausted, would increase the more : Some men, instructed by the labouring ant, Provide against the' extremities of want ; But womankind, that never knows a mean, Down to the dregs their sinking fortune drain : Hourly they give, and spend, and waste, and wear : And think no pleasure can... | |
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Provide against th' extremities of want ; But womankind, that never knows a mean, Down to the dregs their sinking fortune drain : Hourly they give, and spend, and waste, and wear : And think no pleasure can be bought too dear. There are, who in... 
