 Impostor! do not charge most innocent Nature, As if she would her children should be riotous With her abundance. She, good cateress, Means her provision only to the good, That live according to her sober laws, And holy dictate of spare Temperance.  Comus: A Mask - Page 17by John Milton - 1858 - 90 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Bell - English poetry - 1788 - 628 pages
...pride. Impostor, do not charge most innocent Nature, As if she would her children should be riotous With her abundance ; she good cateress Means her provision only to the good, 765 That live aecording to her sober laws, And holy diftate of spare Temperance i If every just man,... | |
 | John Bell - English drama - 1791 - 294 pages
..." Impostor, do not charge most innocent Nature, " As if she would her children should be riotous " With her abundance. She, good cateress, " Means her...That live according to her sober laws, " And holy diftate of spare Temperance. " If ev'ry just man, that now pines with want, " Had but a mod'rate and... | |
 | English drama - 1797 - 468 pages
..." Imposter, do not charge most innocent Nature, " As if she would her children should be riotous " With her abundance. She, good cateress, " Means her...laws, " And holy dictate of spare Temperance. " If ev'ry just man, that now pines with want, " Had but a moderate and beseeming share " Of that which... | |
 | John Milton, Thomas Warton - English drama - 1799 - 148 pages
...pride. Impostor, do not charge most innocent Nature, As if she would her children should be riotous With her abundance; she, good cateress, Means her...Had but a moderate and beseeming share Of that which lewdly-pamper'd Luxury Now heaps upon some few with vast excess, Nature's full' blessings would be... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English language - 1805 - 924 pages
...us wholly from theirs. S-wift. SHARE, ni [from the verb.] i. Part ; allotment ; dividend obtained. If every just man, that now pines with want, Had but a moderate and beseeming sl.irc Of that which lewdly-pampcr'd h.xury Now heaps upon some with vast excess. Milt. The subdued... | |
 | John Milton - 1807 - 434 pages
...she would her children should be riotoa* With her abundance ; she good cateress Means her provisions only to the good. That live according to her sober laws, And holy dictate of spare temperance : If just man, that now pines with want. Had but a moderate and beseeming share Of that which lewdly-pamper'd... | |
 | Medora Gordon Byron - 1809 - 342 pages
...her knife and fork, in order not to appear observing, the words of her favourite Milton occured. " If every just man, that now pines with want, Had but a moderate and becoming share Of that which lewdly pamper'd Luxury Now heaps upon some few with vast excess, Nature's... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 560 pages
...pride.— Impostor ! do not charge most innocent Nature, As if she would her children should be riotous With her abundance ; she, good cateress, Means her...Had but a moderate and beseeming share Of that which lewdly-pamper'd Luxury 770 Now heaps upon some few with vast excess, Nature's full blessings would... | |
 | John Milton - 1810 - 540 pages
...pride.— Impostor ! do not charge most innocent Nature, As if she would her children should be riotous With her abundance ; she, good cateress, Means her...Had but a moderate and beseeming share Of that which lewdly-pamper'd Luxury Now heaps upon some few, with vast excess, Nature's full blessings would be... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 562 pages
...pride. — Impostor ! do not charge most innocent Nature, As if shV would her children should be riotous With her abundance ; she, good cateress. Means her...with want, Had but a moderate and beseeming share Ofthat which lewdly-pamper'd Luxury 770 Now heaps upon some few with vast excess, Nature's full blessings... | |
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