 And dog by merit is preferr'd to dog; The warrior cock is pamper'd for his courage, And awes the baser brood—But what is man? Truth, virtue, valour, how do they avail him ? Of this world's good the first and greatest share Is flattery's prize; the informer...  Comicorum graecorum fragmenta - Seite 2601840 - 275 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Richard Cumberland - 1790
...man! ** He only of all creatures feels affliction : " The generous horfe is valued for his worth, " And dog by merit is preferr'd to dog ; ** The warrior cock is pamper'd for his courage, " And awes the bafer brood—But what is man ? " Truth, virtue, valour, how do they avail him ? " Of this world's... | |
 | Richard Cumberland - 1791
...; " And awes the bafer brood—But what is man ? " The warrior cock is pamper'd for his courage, " Truth, virtue, valour, how do they avail him ? " Of this world's good the firft ar.d greateft mare " Is flattery's prize ; the informer takes the next, " And barefaced knavery... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1802
...thing but man ! He only of all creatures feels affliction : The generous horse is valued for his worth, And dog by merit is preferr'd to dog; The warrior...flattery's prize ; the informer takes the next, And barefaced knavery garbles what is left. I'd rather be an ass than what I am, And see these villains... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1807
...but man !— He only of all creatures feels affliction: The generous horse is valued for his worth, And dog by merit is preferr'd to dog; The warrior...man? Truth, virtue, valour, how do they avail him? cc3 Of this world's good the first and greatest share Is flattery's prize; the informer takes the next,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1807
...feels affliction : The warrior cock is pampcr'd for his courage. And dog by merit is preferr'd to dog ; And awes the baser brood—But what is man? Truth, virtue, valour, how do they avail him? GC 1 Look at yon aw!—a IOTTT heart, yoBll cay, And Mich in troth he is—poor, haples thing! Yet... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1856
...merit is preferred to dog. The warrior cock is pampered for his courage, And awes the baser brood. But what is man ? Truth, virtue, valour, how do they avail...flattery's prize ; the informer takes the next ; And barefaced knavery garbles what is left. I'd rather be an ass than what I am, And see these villains... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823
...but man!— He only of all creatures feels affliction : The generous horse is valued for his worth, And dog by merit is preferr'd to dog ; The warrior...flattery's prize ; the informer takes the next, And barefaced knavery garbles what is left, I'd rather be an ass than what I am, And see these villains... | |
 | British essayists - 1823
...but man !^ He only of all creatures feels affliction : The generous horse is valued for his worth, And dog by merit is preferr'd to dog; The warrior...Truth, virtue, valour, how do they avail him? Of this word's good the first and greatest share Is flattery's prize; the informer takes the next, And bare-fac'd... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1823
...for his worth, The warrior cock is pamper'd for his courage. And dog by merit is preferr'd to dog; And awes the baser brood—But what is man ? Truth, virtue, valour, how do they avail him ? 1 Of this word's good the first and greatest share Is flattery's prize; the informer takes the next,... | |
 | John Platts - 1825
...horse is valued for his worth, And dog, by merit, is preferred todog; ‘ The warrior cock 1. pampered for his courage, And awes the baser brood.—But what...man? Truth, virtue, valour, how do they avail him I Of this world's good, the first and greatest share Is flattery's prize; the informer takes the next,... | |
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