 For who would bear the whips and scorns of time, The oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely, The pangs of despised love, the law's delay, The insolence of office, and the spurns That patient merit of the unworthy takes, When he himself might his...  The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith.. - Page 420by Oliver Goldsmith - 1806Full view - About this book
 | Salem Town - American literature - 1847 - 420 pages
...calamity of so long life : For who would bear the whips and scorns of time, The oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely, The pangs of despised love, the law's delay, The insolence of office, and the spurns Which patient merit of the unworthy takes, When he himself might his quietus... | |
 | Asa Humphrey - Literature - 1847 - 238 pages
...calamity of so long life : For who would bear the whips and scorns of time, The oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely, The pangs of despised love, the law's delay, The insolence of office, and the spurns That patient merit of the unworthy takes, When he himself, might his quietus... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1847 - 712 pages
...calamity of so long life : For who would bear the whips and scorns of time, The oppressor's wrong, ber security ; while the prettv lambs, with bleating oratory, craved the dam's comfort ; office, and the spurns That patient merit of th* unworthy takes, When he himself might his quietus... | |
 | Fraternal organizations - 1847 - 480 pages
...THE PRESS. BY GEORGE CANDELET. " The whips and scorns o'th time — The oppressor's wronp, the pround man's contumely, The pangs of despised love, the law's delay, The insolence of office, and the spurns That patient merit of the unworthy takes," HAMLHT. It is a matter of most cheering... | |
 | David Bates Tower - 1853 - 444 pages
...makes calamity of so long life. For who would bear the whips and scorns of time, The oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely, The pangs of despised love, the law's delay, The insolence of office, and the spurns That patient merit of the unworthy takes, — When he himself might his quietus... | |
 | Frederick Denison Maurice, John Malcolm Forbes Ludlow - Great Britain - 1848 - 284 pages
...say yon know h : — ' For who would bear the whips and scorns o' the time, The oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely, The pangs of despised love, the law's delay, The insolence of office, and the spurns That patient merit of the unworthy takes, When he himself might his quietus... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1848 - 536 pages
...calamity of so long life ; For who would bear the whips and scorns of time, 3 The oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely,* The pangs of despised love, the law's delay, The insolence of office, and the spurns That patient merit of the unworthy takes, When he himself might his quietus... | |
 | Saint-Marc Girardin - Drama - 1849 - 264 pages
...on life when about to die : For who would bear the whips and scorns of time, The oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely, The pangs of despised love, the law's delay, The insolence of office, and the spurns That patient merit of the unworthy takes, When he himself might his quietus... | |
 | Thomas King Greenbank - 1849 - 446 pages
...calamity of so long life : For who would bear the whips and scorns of time, The oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely, The pangs of despised love, the law's delay, The insolence of office, and the spurns That patient merit of the unworthy takes — When he himself might his quietus... | |
 | Edward J. Hallock - English language - 1849 - 262 pages
...makes calamity of so long life ; For who would bear the whip and scorns of time, The oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely. The pangs of despised love, the law's delay, The insolence of office, and the spurns That patient merit of the unworthy takes ; When he himself might his quietus... | |
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