 | David Hume - Philosophy - 1998 - 260 pages
...crocodile. Thus it is strictly true, what DRYDEN observes, 'Of whatsoe'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 ACHITOPHEL Nay, the baser the materials are, of which the divinity is composed, the greater... | |
 | Paul Hammond - Drama - 2002 - 484 pages
...in a flame, For priests of all religions are the same: Of whatsoe'er descent their godhead be, 100 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... | |
 | David Hume - Philosophy - 2002 - 258 pages
...[Tusculanes, liv. V, 27, 78]. **** 'Of whatso'ever descent their godhead be, 'Stock, stone, orotherhomely pedigree, 'In his defence his servants are as bold 'As if he had been born of beaten gold' . Absalom and Achitophel, v. 100-3. 1 . Pétrone, Satiricon, 17. mais les dieux devraient finir par... | |
 | John Dryden - English literature - 2003 - 1024 pages
...priesthood in a flame; For priests of all religions are the same: Of whatsoe'er descent their godhead be, ' Stock, stone, or other homely pedigree, In his defence...think, To espouse his cause, by whom they eat and drink.0 From hence began that Plot, the nation's curse,0 Bad in itself, but represented worse; Raised... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - Literary Collections - 2003 - 204 pages
...syllable of pedigree gives to the word bold, in the line ensuing: Of whatsoe'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. I have dwelt more than is customary on the musical portion of the subject of poetry, for two reasons:... | |
 | Diane Ravitch, Michael Ravitch - Literary Collections - 2006 - 512 pages
...more enthusiastically it is believed and greedily swallowed: — Of whatsoever race 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. In this inverted ratio, the bungling impostors of former times, and less refined... | |
 | John Dryden - Poetry - 2002 - 612 pages
...in a flame, For priests of all religions are the same: 10o Of whatsoe'er descent their godhead be. Stock, stone, or other homely pedigree, In his defence...beaten gold. The Jewish rabbins, though their enemies, 105 In this conclude them honest men and wise, For 'twas their duty, all the learned think, T' espouse... | |
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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... 
