| British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 284 pages
...life they ne'er will lead ! Time lodged in their own hands is Folly's vails ; That lodged in Fate's to wisdom they consign; The thing they can't but purpose,...wisdom to do more. All promise is poor dilatory man, [deed, And that through every stage. When young, inIn full content we sometimes nobly rest, TJnanxious... | |
| Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - Literature - 1822 - 318 pages
...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 can't but purpose,...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,... | |
| Lindley Murray - Readers - 1822 - 312 pages
...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 can't but 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 pages
...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 can't but...do more. 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 - Elocution - 1823 - 406 pages
...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... | |
| William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...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... | |
| Edward Young - 1824 - 356 pages
...! 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 :...do more. All promise is poor dilatory man, And that through every stag-e : when young, indeed, In full content we sometimes nobly rest, Unanxious for ourselves... | |
| Lindley Murray - Readers - 1825 - 270 pages
...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 can't but...poor dilatory man ; And that thro' ev'ry stage. When youns, indeed^ Is fcll cdBtefltrive sonTethhes nobly rest,~ Unanxious for ourselves ; and only wish,... | |
| Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - Readers - 1825 - 316 pages
...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... | |
| William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1825 - 600 pages
...The thing they ean't but purpose, they postpone ; 'Tis not in folly, not to seorn a fool ; And searee ere needs but thinking right, and meaning well ; And, mourn ou [deed. And that through every stage: when young, inIn full eontent we, sometimes, nobly rest, Unanxious... | |
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