 | William Hazlitt - 1836 - 1000 pages
...dogs, crocodiles, goats and monkeys, and hugged them to her * " Of whatsoe'er descent his Godhead be, Stock, stone, or other homely pedigree, In his defence his servants are as bold As if he had been made of beaten gold." — DRYDEN. bosom, and dandled them into deities, and set up altars to them,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1836 - 372 pages
...unjust, Whose attributes were rage, revenge, or lust." ,' * " Of whatsoe'r descent his Godhead be, Stock, stone, or other homely pedigree, In his defence his servants are ns bold Aa if he had been made of beaten gold." — DIIYDEN. It was thought a bold stride to divert... | |
 | John Dryden - 1837 - 482 pages
...priesthood in a flame For priests of all religions are the same. Of whatsoe'er descent thvir godhead be, Stock, stone, or other homely pedigree. In his defence...beaten gold. The Jewish rabbins, though their enemies, hi this conclude them honest men and wise : For 't was their duty, all the learned think, T' espouse... | |
 | John Dryden - 1837 - 478 pages
...priesthood in a flame For priests of all religions are the same. Of whatsoe'er descent their godhead he, Stock, stone, or other homely pedigree. In his defence his servants are as hold, As if lie had heen horn of heaten gold. The Jewish rahhins, though their enemies, In this conclude... | |
 | William Hazlitt - Great Britain - 1845 - 432 pages
...intolerance. There was nothing so odious or contemptible but it • " Of whatsoe'er descent his Godhead be, Stock, stone, or other homely pedigree, In his defence his servants are as bold As if he had been made of beaten gold." — DRTDEN. found a sanctuary in the more odious and contemptible perversity... | |
 | 124 pages
...; and to worship them was piety, and their images were Of whatsoe'er descent his godhead he^Stock, stone, or other homely pedigree — In his defence his servants are as bold . . i As if he had been made of beaten gold. — Dryiltn. held iacred, and their race became gods in... | |
 | David Hume - Philosophy - 1854 - 576 pages
...crocodile. Thus it is strictly true what Dryden observes, " Of whatso'er descent their Godhead be, Stock, stone, or other homely pedigree, In his defence...are as bold, As if he had been born of beaten gold." ABSALOM and AcnixopnEL. Nay, the baser the materials are, of which the divinity is composed, the greater... | |
 | John Dryden - 1859 - 480 pages
...priesthood in a flame For priests of all religions are the same. Of whatsoe'er descent their godhead he, Stock, stone, or other homely pedigree, In his defence his servants are as hold, As if he had heen horn of heaten gold. The Jewish rahhins, though their enemies, In this conclude... | |
 | John Dryden - 1866 - 348 pages
...in a flame ; For priests of all religions are the same. Of whatsoe'er descent their godhead be, u» Stock, stone, or other homely pedigree, In his defence...wise : For 'twas their duty all the learned think, T' espouse his cause, by whom they eat and drink. From hence began that plot, the nation's curse, Bad... | |
 | John Dryden - 1867 - 556 pages
...in a flame ; ! For priests of all religions are £he same. Of whatsoe'er descent their godhead be, e motions if we watch and guide with skill, (For human good depends on human will,) 2M Our fortune Altering the original : " From towns laid waste, to dens and caves they ran, (For who first stoop'd... | |
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Of whatsoe'er descent their godhead be, Stock, stone, or other homely pedigree, In his defence his servants are as bold As if he had been born of beaten gold. The Jewish Rabbins, though their enemies, In this conclude them honest men and wise ; For 'twas... 
