 | Elegant extracts - 1805 - 1054 pages
...country Or he whofe virtue ligh'd to lo(ea day ? (lay, " But fometimes virtue ftarves while vice it " fed." What then ? Is the reward of virtue bread ? That vice may merit, 'tis the price tf toil; The knave delerves it when he tills the (oil. 1 he knave deierves it when he tempts the main*... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English language - 1805 - 924 pages
...While avarice my charity controll'd ! Seafy. 4. To suffer extreme poverty. . Sometimes virtue starves while vice is fed : What then ! Is the reward of virtue bread? fife. 5. To be destroyed with cold. Had the seeds of the pepper-plant been borne from Java to these... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Lisle Bowles - 1806 - 466 pages
...146 And which more bleft ? who chain'd his country ? fay, Or he whofe Virtue figh'd to lofe a day ! " But fometimes Virtue ftarves, while Vice is fed." What then ? Is the reward of Virtue bread ? 150 That, V ARI ATION S. After ver. 142. in feme Editions, Give each a Syftem, all muft be at ftrife... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1806 - 474 pages
...which more bleft ? who chain'd his country ? fay, Or he whofe Virtue figh'd to lofe a day ! " 13ut fometimes Virtue ftarves, while Vice is fed." What then ? Is the reward of Virtue bread ? 150 That, VARIATION S. After ver. 142. in fome Editions, Give each a Syftem, all mull be at ftrife... | |
 | Epictetus - 1807 - 800 pages
...you to have the Advantage of him, there you have it. I once said to * " But sometimes Virtue starves, while Vice is fed." What then ) Is the reward of Virtue,...Vice may merit; 'tis the price of toil; The knave deserves it, when he tills the soil; The knave deserves it, when he tempts the main. £SSAY ON MAN,... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Perthensis - 1807 - 802 pages
...ingratitude of thole who, having eaten of our bread, h*vc lift up themfelves againJt us. K. Cljarltj. — But fometimes virtue ftarves, while vice is fed ; What then? is the reward of virtue bread? Pope. (jl BREAD may be farther defined, a mafs of kneaded and baked in an oven. See BAKER, ( 3** )... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1807 - 474 pages
...chain'd hit country, say, Or he whose virtue sigh'd to lose a day ?— " But sometimes virtue starves while vice is fed." What then ? is the reward of virtue bread t That vice may merit ; 'tis the price of toil ; The knave deserves it when he tills the sort, The... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1808 - 702 pages
...chain'd bis country, say, Or he whose virtue sigh'd to lose a day > VI. * But sometimes virtue starves, while vice is fed.' "What then ? Is the reward of...vice may merit, 'tis the price of toil ; The knave deserves it when he tills the soil ; The knave deserves it when he tempts the main, Where folly fights... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1808 - 334 pages
...who chain'd his country, Or he whose virtue sigh'd to lose a day ? — ' But sometimes virtue starves while vice is fed." What then? is the reward of virtue...vice may merit ; 'tis the price of toil ; The knave deserves it when lie tills the soil, The knave deserves it when lie tempts the main, Where folly fights... | |
 | Alexander Pope, Thomas Park - 1808 - 328 pages
...who chain'd his country, Or he whose virtue sigh'd to lose a day ? — ' But sometimes virtue starves while vice is fed.' What then ? is the reward of virtue...vice may merit ; 'tis the price of toil ; The knave deserves it when he tills the soil, The knave deserves it when he tempts the main, Where folly fights... | |
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tis the price of toil; The knave deserves it, when he tills the soil, The knave deserves it, when he tempts the main, Where folly fights for kings, or dives for gain. The good man may be weak, be indolent; Nor is his claim to plenty, but content. 
