 | John Gay - 1728 - 218 sider
...coach! The pride of man is our reproach. Were we defign'd for daily toil, To drag the plough-fhare through the foil, To fweat in harnefs through the...groan beneath the carrier's load? How feeble are the two-legg'd kind! What force is in our nerves combin'd! Shall then our nobler jaws fubmit To foam and... | |
 | Complete fabulist - 1732 - 402 sider
...we defign'd for daily toil ? To drag the. ploughfhare "thro' the foil ? To 'iweat in harnefs thro' the road ? To groan beneath the carrier's load ? How feeble are the two-legg'd kind ! What force is in our nerves combin'd ! Shall then our nobler jaws fubmit To foam... | |
 | John Gay - 1737 - 418 sider
...in harncfs through the road, To grone beneath the carrier's load ? How How feeble are the two-legg'd kind ! "What force is in our nerves combin'd ! Shall then our nobler jaws fubmh "To foam and champ the galling bit ? Shall haughty man my back beftride? Shall the fharp fpur... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 362 sider
...man is our reproach. Were we defignM for dailv toil, . To drag the plough-fliare through the foil, if To fweat in harnefs through the road, To groan beneath the carrier's load? How feeble are the two-legg'd kind ! What force is in our nerves r.ombin'd ! Shall then our nobler jaws fubmit 25 To foam... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 312 sider
...Were we defign'd for daify [oiT, ' » • / To drag the ploug'n-mare through the foil, a* To fweut in harnefs through the road, . , . To groan beneath the carrier's load ? How feeble are the two-legg'd kind ! '., ^ What foree is in tour nerves combin'tl ! Shall then our nobler jaws fubmit... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 316 sider
...man is our reproach. Were we defign'd for daily toil, To drag the plough-fhare through the foil, 20 To fweat in harnefs through the road, ; To groan beneath the carrier's load ? How feeble are the two-legg'd kind ! What force is in our nerves combin'd ' Shall then our nobler jaws fubtnit 25 To foam... | |
 | John Gay - 1793 - 356 sider
...How cumbrous is the gilded coach ! The pride of man is our reproach. Were we defign'd for daily toil, To drag the plough-mare through the foil, To fweat...the two legg'd kind ! What force is in our nerves cornbin'd \ Shall then our nobler jaws fubmit To foam and champ the galling bit ? Shall haughty man... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1796 - 574 sider
...reproach. Were we defign'd for daily toil, To drag the plough-iharc through the foil, To fu cat i.: harncls through the road, To groan beneath the carrier's load ? How feeble are the two-legg'd kind ! What force is in our nerves combin'd ! Shall then our nobler jaws fubmit To foam... | |
 | John Gay - 1796 - 284 sider
...reproach. Were we design'd for daily toil, To drag the plough-share through the soil, To sweat in harness through the road, To groan beneath the CARRIER'S load ? How feeble are the two-legg'd kind ! What force is in our nerves combin'd ! Shall, then, our nobler jaws submit To foam... | |
 | John Gay - 1799 - 280 sider
...coach ! The pride of man is our reproach. Were we defign'd for daily toil, To drag the plough fhare through the foil, To fweat in harnefs through the...groan beneath the carrier's load ? How feeble are the two-legg'd kind ! What force is in our nerves combin'd ! Shall then our nobler jaws fubmit To foam... | |
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Shall then our nobler jaws submit To foam and champ the galling bit? Shall haughty man my back bestride ? Shall the sharp spur provoke my side ? Forbid it Heavens ! Reject the rein ; Your shame, your infamy, disdain. Let him... 
