 Men are but children of a larger growth; Our appetites as apt to change as theirs, And full as craving too, and full as vain ; And yet the soul, shut up in her dark room, Viewing so clear abroad, at home sees nothing: But, like a mole in earth, busy and...  Notes and Queries - Page 1271851Full view - About this book
 | 1847 - 540 pages
...dust return. MILTON'S Paradise Lost. 3. Men are but children of a larger growth ; Our appetites are apt to change as theirs, And full as craving too, and full as vain. DRYDEN. 4. Vain human kind ! fantastic race ! Thy various follies who can trace ? Self-love, ambition,... | |
 | John Gideon Millingen - 1848 - 496 pages
...are the lines of our poet Dry den, only second to Shakspere in his philosophical reflections, — " Men are but children of a larger growth ; Our appetites...theirs, And full as craving too, and full as vain. And yet the soul, shut up in her dark room, Viewing so clear abroad, at home sees nothing ; But like... | |
 | 1895 - 666 pages
...and queen ; but, indeed, persons of all ages join in the childish sport ; for, as Dryden says, — Men are but children of a larger growth ; Our appetites as apt to change as theirs, EVERARD HOME COLEMAW. 71, Brecknock Road. A WASHINGTON CHRISTENING AT MOTTINGHASI , со. KENT (8th... | |
 | 1867 - 336 pages
...hand and occur, and not excited from a sufficient number of instances, and those well collated." " Men are but children of a larger growth ; Our appetites...theirs, And full as craving too, and full as vain." SECTION V. 1. Write out a short first lesson in grammar. or, 2. A lesson on the formation of the plural... | |
 | Samuel Maunder - 1853 - 478 pages
...King and Queen ; but, indeed, persons ef all ages join in the childish sport ; for, as Dryden says, " Men are but children of a larger growth ; Our appetites as apt to change as theirs." DRAWING FOR KING AND QUEEN. This custom is derived from the Greeks and Romans, who, on the Tabernacle... | |
 | Tryon Edwards - 1853 - 442 pages
...no more, he is a man indeed. Shakspeare. Men are but children of a larger growth ; Our appetites are apt to change as theirs, And full as craving too, and full as vain ! Dryden. MARRIAGE. The bloom or blight of all men's happiness ! Byron. Take not too short a time,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1853 - 716 pages
...P.right as young diamonds in their infant dew I Canquat qfOranada, Part II. [Mankind] , Men ire bpt children of a larger growth; Our appetites as apt to change as theirs, Aod full as craving too, and full as vain ; A ad yet the soul shut up in her dark room, > Viewing so... | |
 | John Seely Hart - 1857 - 394 pages
...in will, of means bereft, He left not faction, but of that was left. MANKIND. (From Jill for Love.) Men are but children of a larger growth; Our appetites...theirs, And full as craving too, and full as vain; And yet the soul shut up in her dark room, Viewing so clear abroad, at home sees nothing' But like... | |
 | 1861 - 356 pages
...their doings God takes no account. MILTON. Men are but children of a larger growth ; Our appetites are apt to change as theirs, And full as craving too, and full as vain. DRYDEN. Man walks in a vain show; They know, yet will not know; Sit still when they should go; But... | |
 | Matilda Charlotte Houstoun - 1863 - 322 pages
...within us. So in Heaven's name, let us be merciful to our fellow-sinners, remembering that we — ' Are but children of a larger growth, Our appetites...theirs, And full as craving too and full as vain.' This child, then — this poor, weak, clinging daughter of our common mother — sat by her fire, striving... | |
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