 I'd be a dog, a monkey, or a bear, Or anything, but that vain animal, Who is so proud of being rational. The senses are too gross, and he'll contrive A sixth to contradict the other five; And before certain instinct will...  Comicorum graecorum fragmenta - Page 1181840 - 275 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Albin Joseph U. Hennet - 1806 - 458 pages
...I'd please to wear, I'd be a dog , a monkey, or a bear : Or any thing, but that vain animal, \iVho is so proud of being rational. His senses are too...contradict the other five. And, before certain instinct, will prefer Reason , which fifty times for one does err. Reason , an ignis fatuus in the mind , "Which... | |
 | Albin-Joseph-Ulpien Hennet - 1806 - 456 pages
...my own share ^Vhat case of flesh and blood I'd please to wear, I'd be a dog, a monkey, or a bear : Or any thing, but that vain animal, "Who is so proud of being rational. His senses are too gross, and he' II contrive A sixth to contradict the other five. • . ,..:••••. And, before certain instinct,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 654 pages
...tiling, but that vain animal, Who is so proud of being rational. The senses are too gross, and he '11 contrive A sixth, to contradict the other five ; And, before certain instinct, will prefer Reason, which fifty times for one does err. Reason, an ignis fatuut of the mind, Which... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - 1815 - 600 pages
...my own share, What case of flesh and blood I'd please to wear, I'd be a dog, a monkey, or a bear ; Or any thing, but that vain animal, Who is so proud of being rational." 107 And yet can man (wbicbe bragges aboue the rest) Vie wracke for rewth ? can murder like him best... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 pages
...for my own share, What sort of flesh and blood I pleas'd to wear, I'd be a dog, a monkey, or a bear, dr The senses are too gross, and he'll contrive A sixth, to contradict the other five ; And, before certain... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1825 - 600 pages
...for my own share, What sort of flesh and blood I pleas'd to wear, I'd be a dog, a monkey, or a bear, Look round our world ; behold the ehain of love Combining all below, The senses are too gross, and he'll eontrive A sixth, to eontradiet the other five ; And, before eertain... | |
 | William Watts - 1846 - 132 pages
...linUaiu. '•'Conld I but choose what flesh and blood I'd wear, I'd be a dog, a monkey, or a bear ; Or any thing but that vain animal, Who is so proud of being rational." — Lord Rochester. So sung Boileau, when Louis, styled the Great, Kept up his court of profligates... | |
 | 1883 - 760 pages
...own share j What sort of flesh and blood I pleas'd to wear, | 4 I'd be a Dog, a Monkey, or a Bear : ) Or any thing, but that vain Animal Who is so proud...rational. His senses are too gross ; and he'll contrive 8 A «ixth, to contradict the other five ; And, before certain Instinct, will preferr Reason, which... | |
 | William John Courthope - 1903 - 590 pages
...his contempt for those who strive by metaphysical reason to transcend the bounds of sense : — The senses are too gross, and he'll contrive A sixth, to contradict the other five, VOL. Ill 2 H And before certain instinct will prefer Reason, which fifty times for one does err ; Reason,... | |
 | William John Courthope - 1911 - 578 pages
...his contempt for those who strive by metaphysical reason to transcend the bounds of sense : — The senses are too gross, and he'll contrive A sixth,...contradict the other five, And before certain instinct will prefer Reason, which fifty times for one does err ; Reason, an ignis fatuus of the mind, Which... | |
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