 | Edward Bysshe - 1710 - 620 pages
...whatfoc'cr Defcent' their Godhead be, Stone, Stock, or other homely Pedigree ; In his Defence his Servants are as bold, As if he had been born of beaten Gold. For 'tis their Duty, all the Learned think, (6T'efpoufe his Caufe by whom they eat and drink. DryM.... | |
 | Charles Gildon - 1718 - 490 pages
...whatfoe'er Defoent their Godhead be, Stone, Stock, or other homely Pedigree ; In his Defence his Servants are as bold, As if he had been born of beaten Gold. For 'tis their Duty all the Learned think, T' efpoufe hisCaufe by whom they eat and drink. (Dryd. Atf.... | |
 | David Hume - 1757 - 260 pages
...rather than injure an ibis, an afpic, a cat, a dog, or a crocodile. Thus it is ftrictly true, what Drydm obferves " Of whatfoe'er defcent their godhead be,...make a merit with their deity, in braving, for his Jake, all the ridicule and contumely of his enemies. Ten thoufand Creifet inlift themfelvts under the... | |
 | David Hume - 1779 - 548 pages
...other nations and other ages, the fame circumftance has not been deemed altogether indifferent*. " Of whatfoe'er defcent their godhead be, " Stock, ftone,...the divinity is compofed, the greater devotion is he Jikely to excite in the breafts of his deluded votaries. They exult in their fhame, and make a merit... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 364 pages
...whatfoe'er defccnt their godhead be, Stock, ftone, or other homely pedigree, In his defence his ftrvants are as bold, As if he had been born of beaten gold. The Jcwifh rabbins, though their enemies, In this conclude them honcft men and wile i For 'twas their... | |
 | John Dryden - 1808 - 382 pages
...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 aiid wise: For 'twas their... | |
 | John Dryden - 1808 - 482 pages
...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 their... | |
 | John Dryden - 1808 - 476 pages
...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 their... | |
 | John Dryden, Thomas Park - 1808 - 374 pages
...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 Rabhins, though their enemies. In this conclude them honest men and wise: For 'twas their... | |
 | David Hume - 1809 - 556 pages
...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." ABSALOM and AcntTOPHEr.. Nay, the baser the materials are, of which the divinity is composed, the greater devotion... | |
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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 their duty, all the learned think, T"... 
