| Charles Gildon - 1718 - 490 Seiten
...fuftains the Trade. ByChaceour long-liv'd Fathers earn'd their Food j Toil fimng the Nerves, and purify'd the Blood : But we, their Sons, a pamper'd Race of Men, Are dwindled down to threefcore Years and ten : Better to hunt iu Fields for Health unboughr, * Than fee the Doftor for... | |
| William Cooke (fellow of New coll, Oxford.) - 1773 - 426 Seiten
...happily obtained ; according to the Poet, By Chace our wife Forefathers earn'd their Food ; Toil finmg the Nerves and- purified the Blood. But we, their Sons, a pamper'd Kace of Men, Are dwindled down to Threefcore Years and Ten. Better to hunt in Fields for Heahh unbought,... | |
| John Bell - 1778 - 438 Seiten
...chas'd. 70 So liv'd our sires ere doctors learn'd to kill, And multiply'd with theirs the weekly hill. The first physicians by debauch were made ; Excess began, and sloth sustains, the trade. Pity the gen'rous kind thejr cares bestow, 75 To search forhidden truths; (a sin to know) To which,... | |
| John Dryden - 1800 - 606 Seiten
..." So liv'd our sires, ere doctors learn'd to kill, " And multiply'd with theirs the weekly bill. " The first physicians by debauch were made ; " Excess began, and sloth sustains the trade. " Pity, the gen'rous kind their cares bestow " To search forbidden truths ; (a sin to know :) " To... | |
| John Dryden, Edmond Malone - 1800 - 601 Seiten
..." So liv'd our sires, ere doctors learn'd to kill, " And multiply'd with theirs the weekly bill. " The first physicians by debauch were made,; " Excess began, and sloth sustains the trade. *' Pity, the gen'rous kind their cares bestow " To search forbidden truths ; (a sin to know :) *' To... | |
| John Dryden - 1800 - 622 Seiten
...our sires, ere doctors learn 'd to kill, ' • " And multiply'd with theirs the weekly bill. • " The first physicians by debauch were made; " Excess began, and sloth sustains the trade. " Pity, the gen'rous kind their cares bestow " To search forbidden truths ; (a sin to know :) " To... | |
| British essayists - 1802 - 342 Seiten
...and preserving 3 good one. I cannot do this better, than in the following line* put of Mr. Dryden : The first physicians by debauch were made ; Excess...fathers earn'd their food | Toil strung the nerves, and purify'd the blood ; But we their sons, a pamper'd race of men, Are dwindled down to threescore years... | |
| 1803 - 466 Seiten
...preserving a good one. I cannot do this better, than in the following lines out of Mr. Dryden5 : ' The first physicians by debauch were made ; Excess...fathers earn'd their food ; Toil strung the nerves, and purify'd the blood ; But we their sons, a pamper'd race of men, Are dwindled down to threescore years... | |
| 1803 - 472 Seiten
...preserving a good one. I cannot do this better, than in the following lines out of Mr. Dryden5 : ' The first physicians by debauch were made ; Excess...By chase our long-liv'd fathers earn'd their food j Toil strung the nerves, and purify'd the blood ; But we their sons, a pamper>d race of men, Are dwindled... | |
| Sir John Sinclair - 1807 - 594 Seiten
...effect on the «to. •oach. blood, like the inspiration of the salutiferous air of the mountains. " The first physicians by debauch were made ; Excess began, and sloth sustains the trade. By chace our long liv'd fathers earn'd their food ; Toil strung their nerves, and purify'd their blood.... | |
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