 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 a gravity, as diverts...  Dictionary of National Biography - Seite 96herausgegeben von - 1888Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 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,...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) not to take ill,... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1814 - 302 Seiten
...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...innocent, may beget such a gravity, as diverts the music of verse. Even in a worthy design, I shall ask leave to desist, when I am interrupted by so great... | |
 | 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
...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...the innocent may 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... | |
 | 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...the innocent may 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... | |
 | 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...the innocent may 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... | |
 | 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...the innocent may 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... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - 1825 - 456 Seiten
...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...innocent may beget " such a gravity as diverts the music of verse." C. He was the author of 1 . " Albovine, King of the Lombards, his Tragedy." 4to. 1629*.... | |
 | 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...the innocent may 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... | |
 | Englishmen - 1836 - 276 Seiten
...have run but half my course, when at the helm I 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 of verse. And I beseech thee (if thou art so civil as to be pleased with... | |
 | 1815 - 560 Seiten
...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...the innocent may beget such a gravity as diverts the music of verse. And I beseech thee (if thoit art so civil as to be pleased with what is written) not... | |
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