 ... distinctions, they are as likely to serve the Devil, without intending it, as God. A very few, as heroes, patriots, martyrs, reformers in the great sense, and men, serve the state with their consciences also, and so necessarily resist it for the most...  Anti-slavery and Reform Papers - Page 25by Henry David Thoreau - 1890 - 141 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1890 - 222 pages
...of peace, And be no further harmful than in show. Lew. Your grace shall pardon me, I will not back : I am too high-born to be propertied, To be a secondary at control, 80 Or useful serving-man and instrument, To any sovereign state throughout the world. Your breath first... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - 1901 - 324 pages
...with their consciences also, and so necessarily resist it for the most part ; and they are commonly treated as enemies by it. A wise man will only be useful as a man, andwill not submit to be "clay," and "stop a hole to keep the wind away," but leave that office to... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - 1892 - 304 pages
...with their consciences also, and so necessarily resist it for the most part; and they are commonly treated as enemies by it. A wise man will only be useful as a man, and will no " stop a hole to keep the wind away," but leave that office to his dust at least : — " I am too... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - 1893 - 456 pages
...with their consciences also, and so necessarily resist it for the most part; and they are commonly treated as enemies by it. A wise man will only be...propertied, . To be a secondary at control, Or useful serving-mag and instrument To any sovereign state throughout the world. " He who gives himself entirely... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - 1893 - 454 pages
...with their consciences also, and so necessarily resist it for the most part; and they are commonly treated as enemies by it. A wise man will only be...to be propertied, To be a secondary at control, Or naeful (erving-roan and instrument To any sovereign suto throughout the world. " / 1 He who gives himself... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - 1893 - 452 pages
...with their consciences also, and so necessarily resist it for the most part; and they are commonly treated as enemies by it. A wise man will only be...to his dust at least: — " I am too high-born to he propertied, To be a secondary at control, Or useful serving-man and instrument To any sovereign... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - 1893 - 462 pages
...and |\ they are commonly treated as enemies by it. A j wise man will only be useful as a man, and 1 will not submit to be "clay," and "stop a hole to...to his dust at least: — " I am too high-born to he propertied, To he a secondary at control, Or useful serving-man and instrument To any sovereign... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1894 - 162 pages
...of peace, And be no further harmful than in show. Lew. Your grace shall pardon me, I will not back : I am too high-born to be propertied, To be a secondary at control, 80 Or useful serving-man and instrument To any sovereign state throughout the world. Your breath first... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1895 - 160 pages
...opposed to a ' person. ' Or there may be a reference to stage properties. Cf. King John, v. 2. 79 — " I am too high-born to be propertied, To be a secondary at control, Or useful serving-man and instrument ; " protest (i. 2. 74). The word belonged to the fashionable slang of the period. Cf. Romeo, ii. 4.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1899 - 396 pages
...peace, And be no further harmful than in show. Leiv. Your grace shall pardon me, I will not back : I am too high-born to be propertied, To be a secondary at control, 80 Or useful serving-man and instrument To any sovereign state throughout the world. Your breath first... | |
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