 | William Enfield - 1808 - 434 pages
...thou art not ; For what thou hast not, btiil thou striv'st to get ; And what thou hast, forgett'st. Thou art not certain ; For thy complexion shifts to...strange effects, A*fter the moon. If thou art rich, thou'rt poor j' For, like an ass, whose back with ingots bows, Thou bear'st thy heavy riche» but a... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1809 - 484 pages
...bears gold, " To groan and sweat under the business." Julius C:esar. Again, in Measure for Measure: " like an ass, whose back with ingots bows, " Thou bear'st thy heavy riches but a fourney, " And death unloads thee." In further support of his observation, it should be remembered,... | |
 | 1811 - 610 pages
...eloquence. 1 do not recollect a more beautiful comparison than the following in any part of his -- ' If thou art rich, thou art poor; For like an ass, whose back with ingo'.s bows, Thou bear'st thy heavy riches but a journey, And death unloads thee.' If fame be our... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Alexander Chalmers - 1811 - 520 pages
...That issue out of dust : Happy thou art not : For what thou hast not, still thou striv'st to get ; And what thou hast, forget'st : Thou art not certain; For thy complexion shifts to strange effects,7 After the moon : If thou art rich, thou art poor ; For, like an ass, whose back with ingots... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1811 - 454 pages
...: If thou art rich, thou arc poor; Tor, like an ass, whose back with iugots Imws, Thou bear'st tliy heavy riches but a journey, And death unloads thee : Friend hast thou none ; i'or thine own bowels, which do call thee sire, The mere effusion of thy proper loins, Do curse the... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1813 - 942 pages
...thou art not : For what thou hast not, still thou striv'st to get ! And what thou hast forgctt'st : Thou art not certain : For thy complexion shifts to...effects After the moon : If thou art rich, thou art poor i For, like an ass, whose back with ingots bows, Thou boar'st thy heavy rieJies but a journey, And... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1813 - 446 pages
...as the ass bears gold,'] This image had occurred before in Measure for Measure, Act III. sc. i : " like an ass whose back with ingots bows, " Thou bear'st thy heavy riches but a journey, " Till death unloads thee." STEEVENS. 9 one that feeds On objects, arts, and imitations; &c.] 'Tis... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1814 - 532 pages
...That issue out of dust : Happy thon art not : For what thou hast not, still thou striv'st to get ; And what thou hast, forget'st; Thou art not certain...journey, And death unloads thee : Friend hast thou none -r For thine own bowels, which do call thee sire, The mere efi'usion of thy proper loins, Do curse... | |
 | Charles Wentworth Dilke - 1814 - 450 pages
...to see this. * It is not impossible Shakspeare had this in his eye when he wrote the following : " If thou art rich thou art poor ; For like an ass,...heavy riches but a journey, And death unloads thee !" t Andelocia alludes to a custom which in the time of our poet seems to have been very prevalent,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1814 - 470 pages
...That issue out of dust : Happy thou art not : For what thou hast not, still thou striv'st to get • And what thou hast, forget'st ; Thou art not certain ; For thy complexion shifts to strange effects, Aller the moon : If thou art rich, thou art poor ; For, like an ass, whose back with ingots bows, Thou... | |
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Thou art not thyself; For thou exist'st on many a thousand grains That issue out of dust : happy thou art not : For what thou hast not, still thou striv'st to get i And what thou hast, forget'st : thou art not certain ; For thy complexion shifts to strange... 
