 The sum is this. If man's convenience, health, Or safety interfere, his rights and claims Are paramount, and must extinguish theirs. Else they are all — the meanest things that are As free to live, and to enjoy that life, As God was free to form them...  Poems - Page 139by William Cowper - 1826Full view - About this book
 | Lindley Murray - Anthologies - 1821 - 280 pages
...of a wrong ; Disturbs th' economy of nature's relm, Who, whfn she iorm'd.desigu'd them an abode. S. The sum is this; if man's convenience, health, Or safety, interfere, his rights and claims, Are par.iinoni,t. and must extinquish theirs. Else they are all — the meanest things that are, A.- free... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Children - 1821 - 280 pages
...guilty of,a wrong; Disturbs th' economy of nature's realm, V\ ho when she form'd dexigu'd them an abode. The sum is this ; if man's convenience, health, Or safety, interfere, his rig'its and claims Are paramount, and must extinguish theirs. Else they are all, the meanest things... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 310 pages
...of a wrong, Disturbs the' economy of Nature's realm, Who, when she form'd, design'd them an abode. The sum is this. If man's convenience, health, Or...that are, As free to live, and to enjoy that life, A s God was free to form them at the first, Who in his sovereign wisdom made them all. Ye therefore... | |
 | Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - Literature - 1822 - 322 pages
...a wrong; Disturbs th' economy of nature's realm, W^ho, when she form'd, designed them an abode. S. The sum is this; if man's convenience, health, Or...that are, As free to live and to enjoy that life, As God was free to form them at first, Who, in his sovereign wisdom, made them all. 4. Ye, therefore,... | |
 | Animal welfare - 1822 - 184 pages
...l'li* stun is thU : if Han't convenience, fcwalrti, 163 •r nfcty interfere, his rights and C!»!IM* Are paramount, and must extinguish theirs. Else they...that are, As free to live, and to enjoy that life, A> God was free to form them at the first, Who in his sovereign wisdom made them all. Ye therefore,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1822 - 258 pages
...Disturbs the' enonomy of Nature's realm, Who, when she form'd, design'd them an abode. The sum is.this. If man's convenience, health, Or safety interfere,...paramount, and must extinguish theirs, Else they are all—the meanest things that are, As free to live, and to enjoy that life, As God was free to form... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1822 - 312 pages
...economy of nature's realm, Who, when she form d, design'd them an abode. The sum is this: if man s convenience. health, Or safety interfere. his rights...paramount, and must extinguish theirs. Else they are all—the meanest things that are, As free to live and to enjoy that life, As God was free to form... | |
 | Samuel Bailey - Economics - 1823 - 420 pages
...inferior animals for useful purposes. Even the amiable and sensitive poet just quoted allows, that " If man's convenience, health, Or safety interfere,...claims Are paramount, and must extinguish theirs." The question is, whether he is justified in the same course of action for mere amusement? " What name... | |
 | William Cowper - 1824 - 446 pages
...guilty of a wrong, Disturbs the economy of Nature's realm, Who, when she form'd, design'd them an abode. The sum is this. If man's convenience, health, Or...that are, As free to live, and to enjoy that life, As God was free to form them at the first, Who in his sovereign wisdom made them all. Ye, therefore,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1824 - 450 pages
...guilty of a wrong, Disturbs th' economy of Nature's realm, Who, when she form'd, designed them an abode. The sum is this : If man's convenience, health, Or...that are, As free to live, and to enjoy that life, As God was free to form them at the first, Who in his sov'reign wisdom made them all. Ye, therefore,... | |
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