 Thou, nature, art my goddess ; to thy law My services are bound : Wherefore should I Stand in the plague of custom ; and permit The curiosity of nations to deprive me, For that I am some twelve or fourteen moon-shines Lag of a brother? Why bastard? wherefore...  Lessings Werke - Page 183by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing - 1766Full view - About this book
 | James Holman - 1834 - 446 pages
...simplicity of nature, that I derive my highest gratifications. " Thou, Nature, art my goddess ; to thy laws My services are bound ! Wherefore should I Stand in the plague of customs ?'' And yet, without doubt, such ceremonials operate powerfully on the minds of men, and become... | |
 | Gotthold Ephraim Lessing - 1836 - 416 pages
...does not by any means excite the same horror and disgust as the latter ? When Edmund exclaims — * " Thou, nature, art my goddess, to thy law My services are bound : wherefore should I Stand in the place of custom, and permit The curtesie of nations to deprive me, For that I am some twelve or fourteen... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1836 - 534 pages
...in the Earl o/Gloster's Castle. Enter EDMUND, with a letter. Edm. Thou, nature, art my goddess ; 3 to thy law My services are bound. Wherefore should I Stand in the plague 4 of custom ; and permit The curiosity 5 of nations to deprive 6 me, For that I am some twelve or fourteen... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1838 - 522 pages
...[Examl. bC£JV£ //.—.4 Ыг in Ike Earl of Gloslcr's taille. Enter Edmund, wiifi a letter. Edm. Thou, nature, art my goddess ; to thy. law My services are bound : Wherefore should I Stand in the plague1 of custom ; and permit The curiosity4 of nations to deprive me, For that I am some twelve or... | |
 | Andrew Becket - 1838 - 396 pages
...atheism that brought a king of England to the block? Such is the atheist ; who exultingly exclaims, — Thou, Nature, art my goddess ! To thy law My services are bound. 'Tis thou — " Yes, 'tis she," continue his adversaries, " who has made you little better than a machine,... | |
 | Andrew Becket - 1838 - 320 pages
...atheism that brought a king of England to the block? Such is the atheist ; who exultingly exclaims, — Thou, Nature, art my goddess ! To thy law My services are bound. Tis thou — " Yes, 'tis she," continue his adversaries, " who has made you little better than a machine,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1839 - 530 pages
...in the Earl o/Gloster's Castle. Enter EDMUND, with a letter. Edm. Thou, nature, art my goddess ; 3 to thy law My services are bound. Wherefore should I Stand in the plague 4 of custom ; and permit The curiosity * of nations to deprive 6 me, For that I am some twelve or fourteen... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1841 - 312 pages
...and i' the heat. [Exeunt. A hall in the Earl of Gloster's castle. Enter EDMUND, with a letter. Edm. Thou, Nature, art my goddess ; to thy law My services...plague of custom ; and permit The curiosity of nations 1 to deprive me, For that I am some twelve or fourteen moonshines Lag of a brother ? Why bastard ?... | |
 | Gotthold Ephraim Lessing - 1841 - 968 pages
...»iel ©фаиЬггп unb SntfeCen erroecft, alé biefer? SBenn 1ф ben Söaftarb fagen l)6re : ' Thou, Nature, art my Goddess, to thy Law My Services are bound; wherefore should I Stand in the Plage of Custom, and permit The eiirlesie of Nations to deprive me. For that I am some twelve, or fourteen... | |
 | Robert Plumer Ward - 1841 - 320 pages
...inflation and meretricious ornament. One began with " II iritunile e1 sempre bello ;'' another with " Thou, Nature, art my goddess ; to thy law My services are bound." There was also a passage from Sevigne, which shewed her disposition well. " Pour moi, j'aime encore... | |
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