 Twere wise to let none share in the possession, But if whate'er you have is held of fortune And not of right inherent, why, my father, Why with such niggard jealousy engross What the next hour may ravish from your grasp, And cast into some worthless favourite's...  The British Essayists: The Looker-on - Seite 189von Alexander Chalmers - 1802Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Richard Cumberland - 1790 - 330 Seiten
..." Could they be your's to all fucceeding time, " T'were wife to let none mare in the poflefiion : " But if whate'er you have is held of fortune " And not of right inherent, why, my father, " Why with fuch niggard jealoufy engrofs " What the next hour may ravifli from your grafj:, " And caft into fome... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1856 - 596 Seiten
...vanity that boasts of riches, For they are fleeting things. Were they not such, Could they be yours to all succeeding time, 'Twere wise to let none share...fortune, And not of right inherent, why, my father, Why Why with such niggard jealousy engross What the next hour may ravish from your grasp, And cast into... | |
 | British essayists - 1823 - 754 Seiten
...they are fleeting things ; were they not such, Could they be yours to all succeeding time, ' T were wise to let none share in the possession. But if whate'er...into some worthless favourite's lap ? Snatch then the swift occasion while ' tis yours ; Put this unstable boon to noble uses ; Foster the wants of men,... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - 316 Seiten
...fleeting things; were they not such, Weak is the vanity that boasts of riches, Could they be yours to all succeeding time, 'Twere wise to let none share in the possession ; And not of right inherent, why, my father. But if whate'er you have is held of fortune Why with such... | |
 | Richard Cumberland - 1826 - 360 Seiten
...vanity that boasts of riches, For they are fleeting things; were they not such, Could they be yours to all succeeding time, 'Twere wise to let none share in the possession ; But if whatever you have held of fortune, And not of right inherent, why, my father, Why with such niggard... | |
 | 1840 - 300 Seiten
...they are fleeting things: were they not such, Could they be yours to all succeeding time, ' T were wise to let none share in the possession : But if whate'er you have is held of fortune, 5 And not of right inherent, why, my father, Why with such niggard jealousy engross What the next hour... | |
 | William Peter - 1847 - 568 Seiten
...vanity, that boasts of riches, For they are fleeting things ;—were they not such, Could they be yours to all succeeding time, 'Twere wise to let none share...not of right inherent, why, my father, Why with such niggardly jealousy engross What the next hour may ravish from your grasp, And cast into some worthless... | |
 | William Peter - 1856 - 590 Seiten
...vanity, that boasts of riches, For they are fleeting things ;—were they not such, Could they be yours to all succeeding time, "Twere wise to let none share...into some worthless favourite's lap ? Snatch then the swift occasion while 'tis yours ; Put this unstable boon to noble uses ; Foster the wants of men, impart... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1856 - 594 Seiten
...vanity that boasts of riches, For they are fleeting things. Were they not such, Could they be yours to all succeeding time, 'Twere wise to let none share...cast into some worthless favourite's lap ? Snatch thou the swift occasion while still yours : Put this unstable boon to noble uses ; Foster the wants... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1861 - 632 Seiten
...vanity, that boasts of riches, For they are fleeting things ; were they not such, Conld they be yonrs to all succeeding time, 'Twere wise to let none share in the possession ; But, if whate'er yon have is held of Fortune, And not of right inherent, why, my father, Why with such niggardly jealonsy... | |
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