 | Samuel Johnson - 1851 - 360 Seiten
...to know That life protracted—is protracted wo. Time hovers o'er, impatient to destroy, And sliats up all the passages of joy: In vain their gifts the bounteous seasons pour, The f*uit autumnal and the vernal flower: With listless eyes the dotard views the store; He views, and... | |
 | Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff - 1852 - 438 Seiten
...sickness, thus the suppliant prays : Armstrong. That life protracted is protracted woe. Time hovers o'er, impatient to destroy, And shuts up all the passages...store, He views , and wonders that they please no more; Now pall the tasteless meats, and joyless wines, And Luxury with sighs her slave resigns. The still... | |
 | Joseph Guy - 1852 - 458 Seiten
...Hides from himself his state, and shuns to know, That life protracted is protracted woe. Time hovers o'er, impatient to destroy, And shuts up all the passages...bounteous seasons pour, The fruit autumnal, and the vernal flower ; With listless eyes the dotard views the store, He views, and wonders that they please no more... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1853 - 336 Seiten
...Hides from himself his state, and shuns to know That life protracted— is protracted vro. Time hovers o'er, impatient to destroy, And shuts up all the passages...In vain their gifts the bounteous seasons pour, The fhut autumnal and the vernal flower . With listless eyes the dotard views the store ; He views, and... | |
 | Richard Hiley - 1853 - 310 Seiten
...with their adjuncts, generally separated from the rest of the sentence hy commas ; as, " Time hovers o'er, impatient to destroy, and shuts up all the passages of joy." " Principles of morality, imprinted cm the memory at an early age, are seldom erased from the mind."... | |
 | 1855 - 424 Seiten
...Hides from himself his state, and shuus to know, That life protracted is protracted wo e. Time hovers o'er, impatient to destroy, And shuts up all the passages...bounteous seasons pour, The fruit autumnal, and the vernal flower : With listless eyes the dotard views the store, He views and wonders that they please no more... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1855 - 272 Seiten
...Hides from himself his state, and shuns to know That life protracted is protracted woe. Time hovers o'er, impatient to destroy, And shuts up all the passages of joy : 260 In vain their gifts the bounteous seasons pour, The fruit autumnal, and the vernal flower ; With... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1855 - 276 Seiten
...from himself his state, and shuns to know iT-hat life protracted is protracted woe. •— Time hovers o'er, impatient to destroy, And shuts up all the passages of joy : aeo In vain their gifts the bounteous seasons pour, The fruit autumnal, and the vernal flower ; With... | |
 | 1856 - 754 Seiten
...Hides from himself his state, and shuns to know That life protracted is protracted woe. Time hovers o'er, impatient to destroy, And shuts up all the passages...store, He views, and wonders that they please no more ; Now pall the tasteless meats, and joyless wines; And Luxury with sighs her slave resigns. The still... | |
 | John Seely Hart - 1857 - 394 Seiten
...Hides from himself his state, and shuns to know That life protracted, is protracted woe. Time hovers o'er, impatient to destroy, And shuts up all the passages...bounteous seasons pour The fruit autumnal, and the vernal flower; With listless eyes the dotard views the store, He views and wonders that they please no more;... | |
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In health, in sickness, thus the suppliant prays; Hides from himself his state, and shuns to know, That life protracted is protracted woe. Time hovers o'er, impatient to destroy, And shuts up all the passages of joy: In vain their gifts the bounteous... 
