 By how much more the captain merits praise, Than he who fights, and fighting but obeys; By so much greater is my worth than thine, Who canst but execute what I design. What gain'st thou, brutal man ! if I confess Thy strength superior, when thy wit is...  The Poetical Works of John Dryden - Sida 274efter John Dryden - 1832Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | John Dryden - 1808 - 496 sidor
...and my mind. But, how much more the ship her safety owes To him who steers, than him that only rows ; By how much more the captain merits praise Than he...design. What gain'st thou, brutal man, if I confess Thy strength superior, when thy wit is less? Mind is the man ; I claim my whole desert From the mind's... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 490 sidor
...and my mind. But, how much more the ship her safety owes To him who steers, than him that only rows ; By how much more the captain merits praise Than he...design. What gain'st thou, brutal man, if I confess Thy strength superior, when thy wit is less? Mind is the man ; I claim my whole desert From the mind's... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 620 sidor
...and my mind. By how much more the ship of safety ewes ' To him who steers, than him that only rows ; By how much more the captain merits praise Than he...design. What gain'st thou, brutal man, if I confess Thy strength superior, when thy wit is less ? Mind is the man : I claim my whole desert From the mind's... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 620 sidor
...By ho\v much more the ship of safety owes To him who steers, than him that only rows ; By how rauch more the captain merits praise Than he who fights,...design. What gain'st thou, brutal man, if I confess Thy strength superior, when thy wit is less ? Mind is the man : I claim my whole desert From the mind's... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 664 sidor
...steers, than him that only rotr«; By how much-more the captain merits praise 1 1'ii "i he who tights, and fighting but obeys ; By so much greater is my...canst but execute what I design. What gain'st thou. bnital man, if I confess Thy strength-superior, when thy wit is less? Mind is the man : 1 claim my... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 664 sidor
...owes To him who steers, than him that only rows ; By how much-more the captain merits praise Tli.in he who fights, and fighting but obeys ; By so much...my worth than thine, Who canst but execute what I desien. What gain'st thou. brutal man, if I confess Thy strength-superior, when thy wit is less ? Mind... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 796 sidor
...and my mind. fey how much more the ship her safety owes To him who steers, than him that only rows; By how much more the captain merits praise, Than he who fights, ami righting but obeys ; By -ii much greater is my worth than thine, "Who canst but execute, what I... | |
 | Publius Ovidius Naso - 1812 - 582 sidor
...and my mind. By how much more the ship her safety owes To him who steers, than him that only rows; By how much more the captain merits praise, Than he...design. What gain'st thou, brutal man ! if I confess Thy strength superior, when thy wit is less? Mind is the man : I claim my whole desert From the mind's... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1821 - 496 sidor
...and my mind. But, how much more the ship her safety owes To him who steers, than him that only rows ; By how much more the captain merits praise, Than he...design. What gain'st thou, brutal man, if I confess Thy strength superior, when thy wit is less ? Mind is the man : I claim my whole desert From the mind's... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 304 sidor
...profit, and my mind. By how much more the ship her safety owes To him who steers than him that only rows; By how much more the captain merits praise Than he...design. What gain'st thou, brutal man! if I confess Thy strength superior, when thy wit is less? Mind is the man: I claim my whole desert From the mind's... | |
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