 | William Temple - 1757 - 564 sider
...When all is done, human life is, at the greateft and the beft, but like a froward child, that muft be played with and humoured a little to keep it quiet till it falls afleep, and then the care is over. ESSAY UPON THE ANCIENT AND MODERN LEARNING*. Juvat antiques accedere... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1788 - 324 sider
...tfhen all li done , human life is , at the greateji and the deft, but like a.froward child, that muft be played with and humoured a little to keep it quiet till it fulls aileep , and then, the care is over. LETTER II. 1 ENTIRELY acquiefce in your fentiments, that... | |
 | 1793 - 720 sider
..., " When ail is done, human life it, • at the befl, but like a froward child, that mult be p ayed with and humoured a little to keep it quiet till it falls afleep, and then the care is over'" It Ihould appear to me that Lord Orrery is the author) fine? I... | |
 | 1804 - 452 sider
...offer;—for thfrt life has nothing to recommend it. Sir William Temple, with easy elegance, says " That human life is, at the greatest and the best, but like...child, that must be played with, and humoured a little, till it falls asleep !—and then the care is over." The poetess Sappho imagines, " that to die is... | |
 | William Temple - 1814 - 588 sider
...trouble the world, or other men, because they cannot be quiet themselves, though no body hurts them! When all is done, human life is, at the greatest and...quiet till it falls asleep, and then the care is over. AN ESSAY • UPON THE ANCIENT AND MODERN LEARNING*. . Juvat anliquos accederef antes. WHOEVER converses... | |
 | Sir William Temple - 1814 - 580 sider
...trouble the world, or other men, because they cannot be quiet themselves, though no body hurts them! [When all is done, human life is, at the greatest...it quiet till it falls asleep, and then the care is AN ESSAY UPON THE ANCIENT AND MODERN LEARNING*. Juvat antiques accederef antes. WHOEVER converses much... | |
 | William Burdon - 1820 - 1026 sider
...trouble the world, or other men, because they cannot be quiet themselves, tho' nobody hurts them. <' When all is done, human life is, at the greatest and...like a froward child, that must be played with and humored a little to keep it quiet, till it falls asleep, and then the care is over." Ditto, p, 429.... | |
 | William Burdon - 1820 - 460 sider
...trouble the world, or other men, because they cannot be quiet themselves, tho' nobody hurts them. " When all is done, human life is, at the greatest and...best, but like a froward child, that must be played 352 with and humored a little to keep it quiet, till it falls asleep, and then the care is over." i... | |
 | 1821 - 384 sider
...trouble the world, or other men, because they cannot be quiet themselves, though nobody hurts them ! When all is done, human life is, at the greatest and...quiet, till it falls asleep, and then the care is over. V. AN ESSAY UPON THE ANCIENT AND MODERN LEARNING.* .limit antiques accederef antes. WHOEVER converses... | |
 | Sir William Temple - 1821 - 390 sider
...trouble the world, or other men, becanse they cannot be quiet themselves, though nobody hurts them ! When all is done, human life is, at the greatest and the best, but like afroward child, that must be j played with and humoured a little to keep it quiet, ' till it falls... | |
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When all is done, (he concludes,) human life is at the greatest and the best but like a froward child, that must be played with and humoured a little to keep it quiet, till it falls asleep, and then the care is over. 
