 Men are but children of a larger growth; Our appetites as apt to change as theirs, And full as craving too, and full as vain; And yet the soul, shut up in her dark room, Viewing so clear abroad, at home sees nothing; But, like a mole in earth, busy and...  The authoress, by the author of 'Rachel'. - Page 479de Authoress - 1810Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | John Dryden - 1871 - 368 pages
...another play, ' All for Love,' we owe — i? ' Men are but children of a larger growth : Our appetites as apt to change as theirs, And full as craving too, and full as vain.' It is Almanzor in the First Part of ' The Conquest of Granada ' who exclaims, addressing the King Boabdallm... | |
 | John Dryden - 1871 - 380 pages
...another play, 'All for Love,' we owe— ' Men are but children of a larger growth: Our appetites as apt to change as theirs, And full as craving too, and full as vain.' It is Almanzor in the First Part of ' The Conquest of Granada' who exclaims, addressing the King Boabdallin—... | |
 | Albert Walker - 1873 - 276 pages
...The proper study of mankind is man. Pope. Men are but children of a larger growth, Our appetites as apt to change as theirs, And full as craving too, and full as vain ; And yet the soul, shut up in her dark room, Viewing so clear abroad, at home sees nothing ; But,... | |
 | Anthologia Anglica - 1873 - 512 pages
...Lady, Mrs. Anne KilKgreio. THE HUMAN MIND. MEN are but children of a larger growth ; Our appetites as apt to change as theirs, And full as craving too, and full as vain : And yet the soul shut up in her dark room, Viewing so clear abroad, at home sees nothing ; But like... | |
 | John Dryden - 1874 - 388 pages
...another play, ' All for Love,' we owe — ' Men are but children of a larger growth: Our appetites as apt to change as theirs, And full as craving too, and full as vain.' It is Almanzor in the First Part of 'The Conquest of Granada ' who exclaims, addressing the King Boabdallin... | |
 | John Dryden - 1874 - 376 pages
...another play, ' All for Love,' we owe — ' Men are but children of a larger growth : Our appetites as apt to change as theirs, And full as craving too, and full as vain.' It is Almanzor in the First Part of 'The Conquest of Granada ' who exclaims, addressing the King Boabdallin... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1875 - 794 pages
...DRYDEN. Vain men, how vanishing a bliss we crave : Now warm in love, now with'ring in the grave. DRYDEN. Men are but children of a larger growth : Our appetites...theirs, And full as craving too, and full as vain. DRYDEN. Mankind one day serene and free appear ; The next, they're cloudy, sullen, and severe; New... | |
 | Charles Carroll Bombaugh - 1875 - 868 pages
...destroys their mind. DRYDEN : Hind and Panther. Hen are "but children of a larger growth; Our appetites as apt to change as theirs, And full as craving too, and full as vain. DRYDEN : All for Love, iv. I. Welcome the coming, speed the parting guest. True friendship's laws are... | |
 | Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - 1876 - 870 pages
...! Cmquttt of G ranada. Part II. Mankind. Men are but children of a larger growth ; Our appetites as happily successful, that he left England much changed at his death ; And yet the soul shut up in her dark room, Viewing so clear abroad, at home sees nothing ; But, like... | |
 | Robert Aitkin Bertram - 1877 - 766 pages
...beasts that perish And God's bright image, man's immortal race. Somervillt. 2391. MAN : inconstant. arthly sphere : Evermore in heart and mind, Where...To our own Eternal Friend, Thitherward let us ascen Dryden. Man is but man, inconstant still, and various! There's no to-morrow in him like to-day ! Perhaps... | |
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