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The English Scholar's Library of Old and Modern Works
The English Scholar's Library of Old and Modern Works Author:Edward Arber General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1879 Original Publisher: Unwin Subjects: English literature Literary Collections / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Literary Criticism / General Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. ... more »It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: 4. Sloth Or The fourth dayes Tryumph. | An (doubtlesse) was not created to bee an (idle fellow, for then he should bee Gods 1 Vagabond: he was made for other purpose then to be euer eating as swine : euer sleeping as Dormise : euer dumb as fishes in the Sea, or euer prating to no purpose, as birdes of the ayre: he was not set in this Vniuersall Orchard to stand still as a ' Tree, and so to bee cut downe, but to be cut downe if he should stand still. And to haue him remember this, he carries certaine Watches with Lamms about him, that are euer striking : for all the Enginous Wheeles of the Souleare continually going: though the body lye neuer so fast bownde in Slumbers, the imagination runnestoo and fro, the phantasie flyes round about, the vitall Spirits walke vp and downe, yea the very pulses shew actiuitie, and with their hammers are still beating, so that euen in his very dreames it is whispered in his eare that hee must bee dooing something. If hee had not these prompters at his elbowe yet euerie member of his body (if it could speake would chide him) if they were put to no vse, considering what noble workmanship is bestowed vpon them. For man no sooner gets vpon his legges, but they are made so that either hee may run or goe : when he is weary, they can giue him ease by standing still, if he will not stand, the Knees serue like Hindges to bowvp and downe, and to let him kneele. His armes haue...« less