 Yet I glory More in the cunning purchase of my wealth, Than in the glad possession, since I gain No common way; I use no trade, no venture; I wound no earth with plough-shares, fat no beasts, To feed the shambles; have no mills for iron, Oil, corn, or...  Notes and Queries - 第 119 頁1857完整檢視 - 關於此書
 | Walter Scott - 1811 - 698 頁
...Riches are in fortune A greater good, than wisdom is in nature. Volp. True, my beloved Mosca. Yet, I glory More in the cunning purchase of my wealth, Than in the glad possession, since I gain No common way : I use no trade, no venture ; I wound no earth with plow-shares, I fat... | |
 | Ben Jonson, John Fletcher, Francis Beaumont - 1811 - 780 頁
...sir. Riches are in fortune A greater good than wisdom is in nature. Volp. True, my beloved Mosca. Yet I glory More in the cunning purchase of my wealth, Than in the glad possession, since I gain No common- way; I use no trade, no venture; . [no beasts, I wound no earth with plough... | |
 | British drama - 1811 - 696 頁
...Riches are in fortune A greater good, than wisdom is in nature. Volf. True, my beloved Mosca. Yet, iece of silver from you ; it shall not be given in the course of time. By this since I gain No common way : I use no trade, no venture ; I wound no earth with plow-shares, I fat... | |
 | Ben Jonson, William Gifford - 1816 - 538 頁
...period. Now mark the description of Volpone, as given by himself, in the opening of the play : ' " I glory More in the cunning purchase of my wealth Than in the glad possession ; since I gain No common way. I use no trade, no venture, I wound no earth with plough-shares, fat... | |
 | Ben Jonson, William Gifford - 1816 - 518 頁
...sir. Riches are in fortune A greater good than wisdom is in nature. Volp. True, my beloved Mosca. Yet I glory More in the cunning purchase of my wealth, Than in the glad possession, since I gain Jonson has had recourse for it to the tragic poets. This most learned man, who has " stalked... | |
 | Samuel Astley Dunham - 1837 - 418 頁
...Riches arc in fortune A greater good than wisdom is in nature. " Volp. True, my beloved Mosca. Yet I glory More in the cunning purchase of my wealth, Than in the glad possession, since I gain No common way ; I use no trade, no venture ; I wound no earth with plough-shares, fat... | |
 | 1839 - 876 頁
...Riches are in fortune A greater good than wisdom is in nature. " УЫр. True, my beloved Mosca. Yet I glory More in the cunning purchase of my wealth, Than in the glad possession, since 1 gain No common way ; I use no trade, no venture; I wound no earth with ploughshare!, fat no... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1846 - 282 頁
...sir. Riches are in fortune A greater good than wisdom is in nature. Volp. True, my beloved Mosca. Yet I glory More in the cunning purchase of my wealth, Than in the glad possession, since I gain No common way ; I use no trade, no venture ; I wound no earth with ploughshares, fat no... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1846 - 410 頁
...sir. Riches are in fortune A greater good than wisdom is in nature. Volp. True, my beloved Mosca. Yet I glory More in the cunning purchase of my wealth, Than in the glad possession, since I gain No common way ; I use no trade, no venture ; I wound no earth with ploughshares, fat no... | |
 | Mrs. Gore (Catherine Grace Frances) - 1849 - 330 頁
...of a fortune which, like that of the Barings, might eventually lead to a peerage1?" — CHAPTER XII. I glory More in the cunning purchase of my wealth, Than in the glad possession; since I gain No common way. I use no trade, no labour, I wound no earth with ploughshares, fat no beasts... | |
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