 As riches increase," says Solomon, " so do the mouths that devour them."* The master mouth has no more than before. The owner, methinks, is like Ocnus in the fable, who is perpetually winding a rope of hay, and an ass at the end perpetually eating it....  The Works of Mr. A. Cowley: In Prose and Verse - Stran 178avtor: Abraham Cowley - 1809Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | Abraham Cowley - 1772 - 228 strani
...arifes naturally one more, which is, that no greatnefs can be fatisfied or contented with itfelf: ftill, if it could mount up a little higher, it would be...could gain but that point, it would obtain all its defires ; but yet at laft, when it is got up to the very top of the Pic of Tenarif, it is in very great... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1772 - 228 strani
...arifes naturally one more, which is, that no greatnefs can be fatisfied or contented with itfelf: ftill, if it could mount up a little higher, it would be happy ; if it could gain but that point, it would tobtain all its defires ; but yet at laft, when it is got up to the very top of the Pic of Tenarif,... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - 1772 - 300 strani
...greatnefs can be fatisfied or contented wkh itfelf:. ftill, if k could mount up a little higher, it woiild be happy ; if it could gain but that point, it would obtain all it's defires ; but yet at laft, when it is got [m\ Eccl. v. II. p the very top of the Pidof Tenarif,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 520 strani
...arifes naturally one more, which is, that no greatneis can be fatisfied or contented with itlelfi ftill, if it could mount up a little higher, it would be happy ; if it could gain but that « Eccl. v. ii. . point, it would obtain all its defires ; but yet at laft, when it is got up to the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 418 strani
...naturally one more, which is, that no greatnefs can be fatisfied or contented with itfelf i ftill, if it could mount up a little higher, it would be happy ; if it could gain but tbat •.point, it would obtain all its defires ; but yet at laft, v»hen it is got up to the very... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 842 strani
...naturally one more, which is, that no greatnefs can be fatisficd or contented with itfelf : ftill, if it could mount up a little higher, it would be happy; if it could gain but that point.it would obtain all its defiresj but yet at laft, when it is got up to the very top of the Pic... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1809 - 286 strani
...mouths that devour them*." The master mouth has no more than before. The owner, methinks, is like Ocnus in the fable, who is perpetually winding a rope of...that point, it would obtain all its desires : but * Eccl. v. II. .. yet at last, when it is got up to the very top of the Pic of Teneriff, it is in very... | |
 | Manual - 1809 - 288 strani
...winding a rope of hay, and an ass at the end perpetually eating it. • Out of these inconveniences arises naturally one more, which is that no greatness...would obtain all its desires; but yet at last, when it reaches the very top of the pic of Teneriff, it is in very great danger of breaking its neck downwards,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 560 strani
...perpetually winding a rope of hay, and an ass at the end perpetually eating Out of these inconveniences arises naturally one more, which is, that no greatness...last, when it is got up to the very top of the Pic of Tcneriff, it is in very great danger of breaking its neck downwards, but in no possibility of ascending... | |
 | 1821 - 424 strani
...perpetually winding a rope of hay, and an ass at the end perpetually eating it. Out of these inconveniences arises naturally one more, which is, that no greatness...at last, when it is got up to the very top of the Peak of Teneriffe, it is in very great danger of breaking its neck downwards, but in no possibility... | |
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