 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 802 Seiten
...strike sail, and cast anchor, (though I have run but halfe my course) when at the holme I am tbreatned with Death ; who, though he can visit us but once,...innocent may beget such a gravity, as diverts the musick of verse. And I beseech thec (if tliou art so civill as to be pleased with what is written)... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1814 - 302 Seiten
...his style on this occasion. " I am here arrived at the middle of the third book. But it is high time to strike sail and cast anchor, though I have run but half my course, •when _ at the helm I am threatened with death; who, though he can visit us but once, seems troublesome ;... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1815 - 558 Seiten
...reader, with a coolness which would not have disgraced Sir Thomas More. ' 'Tis high time,' he says, ' to strike sail and cast anchor, (though I have run...beget such a gravity as diverts the music of verse. And I beseech thee (if thou art so civil as to be pleased with what is written) not to take it ill... | |
 | 1820 - 408 Seiten
...time to strike sail and cast anchor, (though he had run but half his course) when at the helm he was threatened with death, who, though he can visit us...beget such a gravity as diverts the music of verse." The hope of fame, which he had fondly cherished, was not likely to be much encouraged by the reception... | |
 | 1820 - 404 Seiten
...time to strike sail and cast anchor, (though he had run but half his course) when at the helm he was threatened with death, who, though he can visit us...beget such a gravity as diverts the music of verse." The hope of fame, which he had fondly cherished, was not likely to be much encouraged by the reception... | |
 | Henry Southern - 1820 - 402 Seiten
...time to strike sail and cast anchor, (though he had run but half his course) when at the helm he was threatened with death, who, though he can visit us...beget such a gravity as diverts the music of verse." The hope of fame, which he had fondly cherished, was not likely to be much encouraged by the reception... | |
 | 1820 - 406 Seiten
...time to strike sail and cast anchor, (though he had run but half his course) when at the helm he was threatened with death, who, though he can visit us...beget such a gravity as diverts the music of verse." The hope of fame, which he had fondly cherished, was not likely to be much encouraged by the reception... | |
 | Englishmen - 1836 - 276 Seiten
...should convey you through such short walks, as give an easy view of the whole frame. But it is high time to strike sail, and cast anchor, though I have run...am threatened with death ; who, though he can visit but once, seems troublesome, and, even in the innocent, may beget such gravity as diverts the music... | |
 | 1838 - 406 Seiten
...should convey you through such short walks as give an easy view of the whole frame. But it is high time to strike sail and cast anchor (though I have run...troublesome ; and, even in the innocent, may beget such gravity as diverts the music of verse. And I beseech thee (if thou art so civil as to be pleased with... | |
 | 1815 - 560 Seiten
...reader, with a coolness which would not have disgraced Sir Thomas More. ' 'Tis high time,' he says, ' to strike sail and cast anchor, (though I have run but half my course,)~when at the helm I am threatened with death ; who, though he can visit us but once, seems... | |
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But it is high time to strike sail and cast anchor (though I have run but half my course), when, at the helm, I am threatened with death ; who, though he can visit us but once, seems troublesome ; and, even in the innocent, may beget such gravity as diverts... 
