 As man, perhaps, the moment of his breath Receives the lurking principle of death; The young disease, that must subdue at length, Grows with his growth, and strengthens with his strength; So, cast and mingled with his very frame.  The Works of Alexander Pope Esq - Seite 37von Alexander Pope - 1751Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Barnard Van Oven - 1853 - 372 Seiten
...organisation ab origine, and become developed with the progress of time, even as one of our poets declares: " As man, perhaps, the moment of his breath, Receives the lurking principle of death ; The young disease, that must subdue at length, Grows with his growth, and strengthens with his strength ; So,... | |
 | 1881 - 578 Seiten
...the frame ; And hence one MASTER PASSION in the breast, Like Aaron's serpent, swallows up the rest. , Had I not disease, that must subduo at length, Grows with his growth, and strengthens with his strength ; So... | |
 | Francis Wharton, Moreton Stillé - 1882 - 832 Seiten
...the frame : And hence one master -passion in the breast, Like Aaron's serpent, swallows up the rest. As man, perhaps, the moment of his breath, Receives the lurking principle of death : The young disease, which must subdue at length, Grows with his growth, and strengthens with his strength ; So,... | |
 | Jehiel Keeler Hoyt - 1882 - 914 Seiten
...age is heavy, cold, and drear, As winter's rocks of snow. ic. THOMAS LOVE PEACOCK— Youth and Age. him how to tell my story, And that would woo her. r. Othello. Act I. Sc. 3. Take no repulse, disease that must subdue at length, Grows with his growth, and strengthens with his strength. x. POPE... | |
 | Craufurd Tait Ramage - 1884 - 694 Seiten
...disease and misery." Pope also (" Essay on Man," Ep. ii. 1. 133) says somewhat to the same effect:— " As man, perhaps, the moment of his breath, Receives the lurking principle of death, The young disease, that must subdue at length, Grows with his growth and strengthens with his strength." And... | |
 | Craufurd Tait Ramage - 1884 - 690 Seiten
...disease and misery.'' Pope also ("Essay on Man," Ep. ii. 1. 133) says somewhat to the same effect:— " As man, perhaps, the moment of his breath, Receives the lurking principle of death, The young disease, that must subdue at length, Grows with his growth and strengthens with his strength." And... | |
 | Robert Cochrane - 1887 - 572 Seiten
...the frame ; And hence one MASTEII PASSION in the breast, Like Aaron's serpent, swallows up the rest. l her grandchildren, yet in an especial manner she might be said to love tbeir uncle, John L , disease, that must subdue at length, Grows with his growth, and strengthens with his strength ; So... | |
 | 1887 - 430 Seiten
...carry with them the seeds with which they have been impregnated during an unhealthy upbringing : " ' A man, perhaps the moment of his breath, Receives the lurking principle of death; The young disease, which must sulidue at length, Grows with his growth, and strengthens with his strength.' "... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1871 - 542 Seiten
...the frame ;' And hence one master passion in the breast, Like Aaron's serpent, swallows up the rest.5 As man, perhaps, the moment of his breath, Receives the lurking principle of death ; The young disease, that must subdue at length, Grows with his growth, and strengthens with his strength : So,... | |
 | Frank Walters - 1889 - 198 Seiten
...only waits for the strong temptation to assail the citadel of the moral being. Pope tells us : — As man, perhaps, the moment of his breath, Receives the lurking principle of death ; The young disease, that must subdue at length, Grows with his growth, and strengthens with his strength ; So... | |
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