 All promise is poor dilatory man, And that through every stage. When young, indeed, In full content we sometimes nobly rest, Unanxious for ourselves, and only wish, As duteous sons, our fathers were more wise. At thirty, man suspects himself a fool; Knows...  Watts, A. Philips, West, Collins, Dyer, Shenstone, Young - Side 425redigert av - 1810Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - 1822 - 322 sider
...excellent that life they ne'er will lead ! Time lodg'd in their own hands is folly's vails; That lodg'd in fate's, to wisdom they consign; The thing they...scorn a fool; And scarce in human wisdom to do more. 8. All promise is poor dilatory man; And that through ev'ry stage. When young, indeed, In full content,... | |
 | William Jillard Hort - 1822 - 234 sider
...mistakes, this bears The palm ; that all men are about to live ; For ever on the brink of being born. All promise is poor dilatory man, And that through...young, indeed, In full content we sometimes nobly rest < Unanxious for ourselves, and only wish, As duteous sons, our fathers were more wise. At thirty, man... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1822 - 312 sider
...excellent that life they ne'er will lead ! Time lodg'd in their own hands is lully's vails; That lodg'd in fate's to wisdom they consign ; The thing they...purpose, they postpone. 'Tis not in folly, not to scoin a fool; And scarce in human wisdom to do more. All pro-miseis poor dilatory'man; And that thre'... | |
 | William Enfield - 1823 - 412 sider
...excellent that life they ne'er will lead ! Time lodg'd in their own hands is Folly's vails ; That lodg'd in Fate's to Wisdom they consign ; The thing they...All promise is poor dilatory man, And that through ev'ry stage. When young, indeed, In full content we sometimes nobly rest, Unanxious for ourselves ;... | |
 | John Walker - 1823 - 406 sider
...another opportunity of showing how important to the sense is a particular inflexion on a particular word. 'Tis not in folly not to scorn a fool ; And scarce in human wisdom to dp more. If we do not give folly the emphasis with the falling inflexion, the thought will be scarcely... | |
 | Edward Young - 1824 - 356 sider
...! Time lodged in their own hands is folly's vails ; That lodged in fate's, to wisdom they consign j The thing they can't but purpose, they postpone :...young, indeed, In full content we sometimes nobly rest, Unanxious for ourselves ; and only wish, As duteous sons, our fathers were more wise. At thirty, man... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 sider
...that life they ne'er will lead! Time lodg'd in their own hands is folly's vails; That lodg'd in fates, [deed, And that through every stage: when young, isIn full content we, sometimes, nobly rest, Unanxious... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1825 - 270 sider
...excellent that life they ne'er will lead ! Time lodg'd in their own hands is folly's vails ; That lodg'd in fate's, to wisdom they consign ; The thing they...more. All promise is poor dilatory man ; And that thro' ev'ry stage. When youns, indeed^ Is fcll cdBtefltrive sonTethhes nobly rest,~ Unanxious for ourselves... | |
 | Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - 1825 - 316 sider
...vails; That lodg'd in fate's, to wisdom they consign ; The thing they can't but purpose, they postpont. 'Tis not in folly, not to scorn a fool; And scarce in human wisdom to do more. S. All promise is poor dilatory man ; Knows it at forty, and reforms his plan; At fifty, chides his... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1826 - 268 sider
...excellent that life they ne'er will lead ! Time lodg'd in their own hands is folly's vails ; That lodg'd in fate's, to wisdom they consign ; The thing they...to do more. All promise is poor dilatory man ; And thsrt thro' ev'r-, stage. When young, indeed, In full content, we sometimes nobly rest, Unanxious for... | |
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