| William Shakespeare - 1810 - 454 Seiten
...For gnarling sorrow hath less power to bite The man that mocks at it, and sets it lightJ Baling. O, who can hold a fire in his hand, By thinking on the...appetite, By bare imagination of a feast ? Or wallow naked in December's snow, By thinking on fantastic summer's heat? O, no ! the apprehension of the good.... | |
| Robert Fergusson - 1812 - 292 Seiten
...should reign, And golden age begin again. ON TUB COLD MONTH OF APRIL, 1771. Oh ! who can hold ajire in his hand By thinking on the frosty Caucasus ; Or...appetite By bare imagination of a feast ; Or wallow .naked in December's snow By thinking on fantastic Summer's heat ? • SHAKESP. RICHARD II. 1 OETS... | |
| William Shakespeare, Capel Lofft - 1812 - 544 Seiten
...and Justice strike, Lament we may, but not avenge the dead. 376- IMAGINATION — WHERE INEFFECTUAL. Who can hold a Fire in his hand By thinking on the frozen Caucasus ; Or bate the fang of stern December's snow By thinking of fantastic Summer's beat... | |
| Dugald Stewart - 1813 - 520 Seiten
...former of these phrases, and the words imagination and apprehension as synonymous with each other. -Who can hold a fire in his hand, By thinking on the...appetite, By bare imagination of a feast ? / Or wallow naked in December's snow, By thinking on fantastic summer's heat ? Oh no ! the apprehension of the... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1813 - 476 Seiten
...For gnarling sorrow hath less power to bite The man that mocks at it, and sets it light. Bolini*. O, who can hold a fire in his hand, By thinking on the...hungry edge of appetite, By bare imagination of a feast I Or wallow naked in December snow, By thinking on fantastic summer's beat? O, no ! the apprehension... | |
| Robert Fergusson - 1815 - 348 Seiten
...side : Then happiness at length should reign, And golden age begin again. ON THE COLD MONTH OF APRIL, Oh ! who can hold a fire in his hand By thinking on...appetite By bare imagination of a feast; Or wallow naked in December's snow, By thinking on fantastic summer's heat. SHAKES, RICH. H. POETS in vain have... | |
| 1815 - 930 Seiten
...aspirants to exotic fame and pleasure, rarely find that they can •gratify their curiosity by deputy, or " cloy the hungry edge of appetite, by bare imagination of a feast." — This is not a political, a philosophical, a classical, a sentimental, or a pittoresque tour ; it... | |
| Lord Henry Home Kames - 1816 - 428 Seiten
...For snarling Sorrow hath less power to bite The man that mocks at it, and sets it light. Eolingbroke. Oh, who can hold a fire in his hand. By thinking on...Appetite, By bare imagination of a feast ? Or wallow naked in December snow, By thinking on fantastic summer's heat ? Oh, no 1 the apprehension of the good... | |
| Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 Seiten
...to bite The man that mocks at it, and sets it light. Thoughts ineffectual to moderate Affliction. O, who can hold a fire in his hand, By thinking on the...appetite, By bare imagination of a feast ? Or wallow naked in December snow, By thinking on fantastic summer's heat ? O, no ! the apprehension of the good... | |
| 1856 - 834 Seiten
...believe that Bolingbroke must have been a Circassian traveller, and spoke feelingly when he said — " Oh, who can hold a fire in his hand By thinking on...hungry edge of appetite By bare imagination of a feast ? " It was late on the following morning before we roused ourselves from the heavy slumbers consequent... | |
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