There is, said Michael, if thou well observe The rule of not too much, by temperance taught In what thou eat'st and drink'st, seeking from thence Due nourishment, not gluttonous delight... The Works of Daniel Webster... - Page 493by Daniel Webster - 1881Full view - About this book
| 1776 - 478 pages
...connatural dust ? There is, said Michael, if thou well observe 55a The rule of not too much, by temp'rance taught, In what thou eat'st and drink'st, seeking...thou live, till like ripe fruit thou drop Into thy mother's lap, or be with ease i' '.i. ."' Gather'd, not harshly pluck'd, for death mature This is old... | |
| John Milton - 1795 - 282 pages
...The rule of not too much, by temp'rance taught, In what thou eat'st and drink'st, seeking from thtnte Due nourishment, not gluttonous delight, Till many years over thy head return : Somay'st thou live, till like ripe fruit thou drcp Into thy mother's lap, or be with ease Gather'd,... | |
| John Milton, Samuel Johnson - 1796 - 610 pages
...connat'ral dust ? There is, said Michael, if thou well observe The rule of not too much, by Temp'rance taught, In what thou eat'st and drink'st, seeking...thou live till, like ripe fruit, thou drop Into thy mother's lap, or be with ease 536 Gather'd, not harshly pluck'd, for death mature. This is old age... | |
| John Milton - 1800 - 300 pages
...said Michael, if thou well ohserve The rule of not too much, hy temp'rance taught, In what thoueat'st and drink'st, seeking from thence Due nourishment,...delight, Till many years over thy head return : So mayM iliou live, till like ripe fruit thou drop Into thy mother's lap, or he with ease Gather'd, not... | |
| John Milton - 1801 - 396 pages
...connatural dust ? THERE is, said Michael, if thou well observe 530 The rule of not too much, by temp'rance taught, In what thou eat'st and drink'st, seeking...So may'st thou live, till like ripe fruit thou drop 535 Into thy mother's lap, or be with ease Gather'd, not harshly pluck'd, for death mature : '1 his... | |
| John Milton - 1807 - 514 pages
...rule of not too much, by tcrnp'rance taught, In what thou eat'st and driuk'st, seeking from thenc* Due nourishment, not gluttonous delight, Till many...thou live, till like ripe fruit thou drop Into thy mother's lap, or be with ease Gather'd, not harshly pluck'd, for death mature : This is old age ; but... | |
| William Hayley - 1810 - 484 pages
...TO death, and mix with our connatural dust ? ' There is, said Michael, if thou well observe The rule of Not too much ; by temperance taught, In what thou...gluttonous delight, Till many years over thy head return t So may'st thou live; till, like ripe fruit, thou drop Inlo thy mother's lap * or be with ease Gather'd,... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 560 pages
...death, and mix with our connatural dust ? . "There is, "said Michael, "if tbou well observe The rule of Not too much; by temperance taught, In what thou eat'st and drink'st ; seeking from tbeoce Due nourishment , not gluttonous delight, Till many years over thy head return : So may'st thou... | |
| John Milton - 1813 - 342 pages
...a»td Michel," if u»u, well observe *9ti The rule of not too much, by temperance taught, In what them eat'st and drink'st ; seeking from thence Due nourishment,...delight, Till many years over thy head return : So miiy'st thou live, till, like ripe fruit, thou drop 536 Into thy mother's lap ; or be with ease Ga1her*d,... | |
| Lord Alexander Fraser Tytler Woodhouselee - 1813 - 466 pages
...temperance, in its ordinary use, is limited to moderation in eating and drinking : -Ol.'serve The rule of not too much, by temperance taught, In what thou eat'st and drink'st. PAR. LOST, B. 11. It is true, that Spenser has used the term in its more extensive signification :... | |
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