 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1824 - 570 pages
...long before had given it' a grand paraphrase, in Timon of Athens: " I'll example you with thievery. The sun's a thief, and with his great attraction Robs...thief, And her pale fire she snatches from the sun." We will first cite the original, and then Mr. Richardson's translation; and having, in justice to the... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1824 - 512 pages
...together; Do villany, do, since you profess to do't, Like workmen. I'll example you with thievery : The sun's a thief, and with his great attraction Robs...moon's an arrant thief. And her pale fire she snatches ;'. f >m tho sun : The sea's a thief, whose liquid surge resolves The moon into salt tears : the earth's... | |
 | Benjamin Heath Malkin - 1825 - 688 pages
...together; Do villainy, do, since you profess to do't, Like workmen. I'll example you with thievery : The sun's a thief, and with his great attraction Robs...: the earth's a thief, That feeds and breeds by a composture stole From general excrement : each thing's a thief, The laws, your curb and whip, in their... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1825 - 444 pages
...together ; Do villainy, do, since you profess to do't, Like workmen. I'll example you with thievery : The sun's a thief, and with his great attraction Robs...whose liquid surge resolves The moon into salt tears : each thing's a thief; The laws, your curb and whip, in their rough power Have uncheck'd theft. Love... | |
 | Robert Dodsley, Isaac Reed, Octavius Gilchrist - 1825 - 476 pages
...Justices, juries, constables, keepers, and hangmen, I'd practise, spite of all ; and leave behind me " And her pale fire she snatches from the sun ; " The...the earth's a thief, " That feeds and breeds, by a composture stolen " From general excrement : each thing's a thief; " The laws, your curb and whip,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1826 - 648 pages
...together ; Do villany, do, since you profess to do't, Like workmen. I'll example you with thievery : The sun's a thief, and with his great attraction Robs...: the earth's a thief, That feeds and breeds by a composture 4 stolen From general excrement : each thing's a thief; The laws, your curb and whip, in... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1826 - 560 pages
...Like workmen. I'll example you with thievery : The sun's a thief, and with his great attraction Hobs the vast sea : the moon's an arrant thief, And her...whose liquid surge resolves The moon into salt tears 6l : the earth's a thief, That feeds and breeds by a composture62 stol'n From general excrement : each... | |
 | William Shakespeare, William Dodd - 1827 - 362 pages
...together; Do, villany, do, since you profess to do't, Like workmen. I'll example you with thievery: The sun's a thief, and with his great attraction Robs...into salt tears: the earth's a thief, That feeds and fcreeds by a composturef stolen From general excrement: each thing's a thief; The laws, your curb and... | |
 | Anacreon, John Broderick Roche - 1827 - 330 pages
...ode before us are preserved with such striking similitude :" — " I'll example you with thievery. The sun's a thief, and with his great attraction Robs...The sea's a thief, whose liquid surge resolves The mounds into soft tears. The earth's a thief, That feeds, and breeds by a cornposture stolen From general... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1831 - 522 pages
...:,ike workmen. I'll example you with thievery : The sun's a thief, and with his great attraction lobs the vast, sea : the moon's an arrant thief, And her...: the earth's a thief, That feeds and breeds by a composture' stolen •Vom general excrement : each thinsr's a thief; The law«, your curb and whip,... | |
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I'll example you with thievery: The sun's a thief, and with his great attraction Robs the vast sea: the moon's an arrant thief, And her pale fire she snatches from the sun... 
