 | Literature - 1847 - 650 pages
...water" just before going to bed. He recommends " The rule of ' not too much,' by temperance taught, In what thou eat'st and drink'st ; seeking from thence Due nourishment, not gluttonous delight." ' Sir Walter Scott, from whose works a very complete code for life and conduct might be selected, used... | |
 | 1847 - 412 pages
...choice, illustrating his own admirable rule: — " The rule of ' Not too much' by temperance taught, ' In what thou eat'st and drink'st ; ' seeking from thence Due nourishment; not gluttonous delight." BIOGRAPHY. MEMOIR OF GEORGE HENSON, OF THORNCLIFFE, NEAR SHEFFIELD. GEORGE HENSON, the subject of the... | |
 | John Milton, Edward Young - 1848 - 600 pages
...well observe 530 The rule of Not too much ; by temperance taught, In what thou eal'st and drink 'st ; seeking from thence Due nourishment, not gluttonous...mayst thou live ; till, like ripe fruit, thou drop 535 Into thy mother's lap ; or be with ease Gather'd, not harshly pluck'd ; for death mature : This... | |
 | John Milton - 1849 - 650 pages
...There is, said Michael, if thou well observe 530 The rule of JVof too much ; by temperance taught, In what thou eat'st and drink'st ; seeking from thence...mayst thou live ; till, like ripe fruit, thou drop 535 Into thy mother's lap ; or be with ease Gather'd, not harshly pluck'd ; for death mature : This... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 580 pages
...what thou eat'st and drink' st, seeking from thence Due nourishment, not gluttonous delight, 'T ill many years over thy head return : So may'st thou live, till like ripe fruit thou drop, Into thy mother's lap, or be with ease Gather'd, not harshly pluck'd ; in death matureMilton. O madness,... | |
 | John Milton - 1850 - 602 pages
...Michael, if thou well observe 530 The rule of j\ot too much ; by temperance taught, In what thou eal'st and drink'st ; seeking from thence Due nourishment,...mayst thou live ; till, like ripe fruit, thou drop 535 Into thy mother's lap ; or be with ease Gather'd, not harshly pluck'd ; for death mature : This... | |
 | John Milton - Bible - 1850 - 594 pages
...530 The rule of — Not too much : by Temp'rance taught, In what thou eat'st and drink'st ; secking from thence Due nourishment, not gluttonous delight,...may'st thou live till, like ripe fruit, thou drop 525 Into thy mother's lap, or be with ease Gather'd, not harshly pluck'd ; for death mature. This is... | |
 | John Milton - 1850 - 704 pages
...taught In what thou eat'st and drink'st, seeking from Due nourishment, not gluttonous delight; [thence Till many years over thy head return; So may'st thou live, till, like ripe fruit, thou drop Into thy mother's lap; or be with ease Gather'd, not harshly pluck'd; for death mature, This is old... | |
 | Daniel Webster - United States - 1851 - 644 pages
...There is, said Michael, if thou well observe The rule of ' Not too much,' by temperance taught, In what thou eat'st and drink'st ; seeking from thence...mayst thou live ; till, like ripe fruit, thou drop Into thy mother's lap ; or be with ease Gathered, not harshly plucked ; for death mature. This is old... | |
 | Daniel Webster - United States - 1851 - 672 pages
...There is, said Michael, if tin m well observe The rule of ' Not too much,' by temperance taught, In what thou eat'st and drink'st ; seeking from thence...mayst thou live ; till, like ripe fruit, thou drop Into thy mother's lap ; or be with ease Gathered, not harshly plucked ; for death mature. This is old... | |
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There is, said Michael, if thou well observe The rule of not too much, by temperance taught In what thou eat'st and drink'st, seeking from thence Due nourishment, not gluttonous delight... 
