 | Joseph Priestley - 1782
...he talks in a quite contrary strain, or at least with the greatest possible uncertainty. J Rather I choose laboriously to bear A weight of woes, and breathe...some poor hind that toils for bread, Than reign the scepter'd monarch of the dead. Pope's Od. XL 593—600. * Plato's Phado, in Leland, CR II. pp. 338,... | |
 | 1896
...not of ruling in this dolorous gloom, Nor think vain words, he cried, can ease my doom. Rattier I'd choose laboriously to bear A weight of woes, and breathe...some poor hind that toils for bread, Than reign the sceptered monarch of the dead. Another important inquiry has reference to the doctrine of rewards which... | |
 | William Haig Miller, James Macaulay, William Stevens - 1866
...cried) can ease my doom. ^"' Rattier I'd choose laboriously to bear A weight of woes, and breathe tho vital air, A slave to some poor hind that toils for...bread, Than reign the sceptred monarch of the dead." — Poft. He then asks for information about the character and conduct of his son, and the condition... | |
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Talk not of ruling in this dolorous gloom, Nor think vain words (he cried) can ease my doom. Rather I'd choose laboriously to bear A weight of woes, and breathe the vital air, A slave to some poor hind that toils for bread, Than reign the sceptred monarch... 
