 | Edward Mammatt - 1836 - 364 str.
...respect Than a perpetual honour. Dar'st thou die ? .'.The sense of death is most in apprehension ; And the poor beetle, that we tread upon, In corporal...sufferance feels a pang as great As when a giant dies." I'"'- I , 'I* This is physically false, but morally true. From man, in whom the nervous system is most... | |
 | 1836 - 866 str.
...perpetual honour. Dar'st thou die ? The ssffie of death is moit in apprehension ; And the poor beetle, thai we tread upon, In corporal sufferance feels a pang as great As when a giaat dies." system. It is sufficiently evident that life itself depends upon the same principle in... | |
 | William Hamilton Drummond - 1838 - 246 str.
...dissuade Claudio from fearing death, says, "Dar'stthoudie? The sense of death is most in apprehension; And the poor beetle that we tread upon, In corporal...sufferance feels a pang as great As when a giant dies." The meaning of these lines is not that a beetle suffers as much bodily pain in dying as a giant, but... | |
 | 1841 - 884 str.
...supported, calmly say, " The former things have passed away." ON CRUELTY TO ANIMALS. BY MISS PARDOE. " The poor beetle that we tread upon, In corporal sufferance feels a pang as great As when a giant dies." ' IT would appear almost superfluous to insist on the gratuitous folly, as well as on the enormous... | |
 | Catherine Grace F. Gore - 1838 - 1064 str.
...to be hunted to its end, and care not whether the snake be scotched or killed outright; — but — The poor beetle that we tread upon In corporal sufferance feels a pang ns great As when a giant dies ; and an intensely selfish man is not likely to survey the wreck of his... | |
 | David Mushet - 1839 - 350 str.
...; but this man will take some care and pains to avoid it. He will remember those humane lines — " The poor beetle that we tread upon, In corporal sufferance feels a pang as great As when a giant dies." " Instead of crushing these weak and defenceless children of nature under his feet, he will not be... | |
 | David Mushet - 1839 - 358 str.
...wantonly; but this man will take some care and pains to avoid it. He will remember those humane lines— " The poor beetle that we tread upon, In corporal sufferance feels a pang as great As when a giant dies." " Instead of crushing these weak and defenceless children of nature under his feet, he will not be... | |
 | Francis Douce - 1839 - 678 str.
...severing. Of the parallel passages already cited, this is not the least so, from Measure for measure; "... in corporal sufferance feels a pang as great As when a giant dies. [they rise to depart. SCENE 4. Page 98. Mr. Ridley's note is very judiciously introduced to get rid... | |
 | George Willson - 1840 - 298 str.
...exchange her for it. Better is a dinner of herbs, where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith. The poor beetle that we tread upon, In corporal sufferance, feels a pang as great, As when a giant dies. I shall straight conduct you to a hill-side, where I will point you out the right path of a virtuous... | |
 | Thomas Rymer Jones - 1841 - 774 str.
...susceptible of pain. Is it really true in philosophy, as it has become a standing axiom in poetry, that — " the poor beetle, that we tread upon, In corporal sufferance feels a pang as great As when a giant dies" ? This is a question upon which modern discoveries in science entitle us to offer an opinion, and the... | |
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The poor beetle, which we tread upon, In corporal sufferance feels a pang as great As when a giant dies. 
