 | John Taylor - 1839 - 274 Seiten
...shortness of time, and yet have much more than we know what to do with. Our lives are spent either in doing nothing at all, or in doing nothing to. the purpose,...are few, and acting as though there would be no end of them.-— Seneca. cxxn. The Mind. — The mind has a certain vegetative power, which cannot be wholly... | |
 | J. G. F - 1839 - 430 Seiten
...time, and yet have much more than we know what to do with. Our lives are spent either in doing nothing, or in doing nothing to the purpose, or in doing nothing that we ought to do; we are always complaining that our days are few, and acting as though there would be no end of them.—Seneca. How little reliance... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1839 - 316 Seiten
...estate, then to arrive at honors, then to retire." " Our lives, (says. Seneca,) are spent either in doing nothing at all, or in doing nothing to the purpose, or in doing nothing that we ought to do." Falling Inflection. So instinctively does bold and strong passion express itself by this turn of voice,... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1842 - 944 Seiten
...and yet have much more than we 'know what to do with. Our lives, says he, are spent either in doing ons, are only to receive their first rudiments of existence of them. That noble philosopher has described our inconsistency with ourselves in this particular,... | |
 | John Hall Hindmarsh - 1845 - 464 Seiten
...antithetic members;" — the first part always concluding with the emphatic rising inflexion. EXAMPLES. " We are always complaining our days are few", and ac'ting/ as though there should be no en'd-of-them." " The pleasures of the imagination/ are not so gro'ss/ as those of sense",... | |
 | Materials - 1846 - 478 Seiten
...shortness of time, and yet have much more than we know what to do with. Oar lives are spent either in doing nothing at all, or in doing nothing to the purpose,...are few, and acting as though there would be no end of them. — Seneca. CXXII. The Mind.— The mind has a certain vegetative power, which cannot be wholly... | |
 | 1860 - 1246 Seiten
...of time, and yet have much more than we know what to do with. Our live» arc either spent in doing nothing at all, or in doing nothing to the purpose,...nothing that we ought to do. We are always complaining that our dnys are few, and acting as if there would be no end of them. — Seneca. Repentance is not... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1849 - 466 Seiten
...he bent in humble, .though blind adoration. 644. Our lives, says Seneca, are spent either in doing nothing at all, or in doing nothing to the purpose, or in doing nothing that we ought to do. * Pronounced tjttire. 645. It was necessary for the world that arts should be inrented and improved,... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1835 - 320 Seiten
...arrive at honours, then toretire." " ^ur lives, (says Seneca,) are spent either in doing nothing at 411, or in doing nothing to the purpose, or in doing nothing that we ought to do-" «, Falling Inflection. So instinctively does bold and strong passion express itself by this turn of... | |
 | Alexander Melville Bell - 1849 - 356 Seiten
...itself, but was modified and restrained by the latter." Example. — " We are always complaining that our days are few, and acting as though there would be no end of them." »The vocal function is well exhibited in sentences of this class : the tone of utterance... | |
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WE all of us complain of the shortness of time, saith Seneca, and yet have much more than we know what to do with. Our lives, says he, are spent either in doing nothing at all, or in doing nothing to the purpose, or in doing nothing that we ought to do.... 
