 And that through every stage: when young, indeed, In full content we, sometimes, nobly rest, Unanxious for ourselves ; and only wish, As duteous sons, our fathers were more wise. At thirty man suspects himself a fool: Knows it at forty, and reforms his...  Night Thoughts, on Life, Death, and Immortality - Página 19por Edward Young - 1802 - 361 páginasVisualização integral - Acerca deste livro
 | William Jillard Hort - 1822 - 234 páginas
...wise. At thirty, man suspects himself a fool j Knows it at forty, and reforms his plan.. At fifty, chides his infamous delay, Pushes his prudent purpose...; In all the magnanimity of thought Resolves, and resolves ; then dies tHfe same. And why? Because he thinks himself immortal. All men think all men... | |
 | W. JILLARD HORT - 1822 - 156 páginas
...moving, how express and admirable I In action, how like an angel! In apprehension, how like a God ! All men think all men mortal but themselves; Themselves, when some alarming shock of fate Strikes through the wounded hearts the sudden dread: But their hearts wounded, like the wounded air, Soon close;... | |
 | John Walker - 1822 - 404 páginas
...intelligible. The same may be observed of the word themselves io the second line of the following passage : • All men think all men mortal but themselves ; Themselves, when some alarming shock of fate Strikes through their wounded hearts the sudden dread. The following passage will afford an instance of the... | |
 | William Enfield - 1823 - 412 páginas
...more wise. At thirty man suspects himself a fool ; Knows it at forty, and reforms his plan ; At fifty chides his infamous delay, Pushes his prudent purpose...Themselves, when some alarming shock of fate Strikes through their wounded hearts the sudden dread ; But their hearts wounded, like the wounded air, Soon... | |
 | John Walker - 1823 - 406 páginas
...intelligible. The same may be observed of the word themselves in the second line of the following passage: All men think all men mortal but themselves ; Themselves, when some alarming shock of fate Strikes through their wounded hearts the sudden dread. The following passage will afford an instance of the... | |
 | William Scott - 1823 - 396 páginas
...a fool ; 'f Knows it at forty, and reforms his plan ; At filly, chides his infamous delay, biPushes his prudent purpose to resolve, ' • In all the magnanimity of thought, Resolves and re-resolves — tlu-u dies the same. — Ynung. VII. — Examples of the principal Emotions and Patsionn — Admiration,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 páginas
...more wise. At thirty man suspects himself a fool ; Knows it at forty, and reforms his plan ; At fifty / H08/ GRAY— AD 1716-71. ODE ON A DISTANT PROSPECT OP ETON COLLEGE. Ye distant spires, ye antique towers,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1824 - 308 páginas
...his infamous delay — Pushes hi- prudent purpose to resolve— In all the magnanimity ol thought, 4. And why ? Because he thinks himself immortal, All...themselves— Themselves, when some alarming shock (if fate Strikes thro' their wounded hearts the sudden dread ; But their hearts wounded, like the wounded... | |
 | Edward Young - 1824 - 356 páginas
...wise. At thirty, man suspects himself a fool ; Knows it at forty, and reforms his plan ; At fifty, chides his infamous delay, Pushes his prudent purpose...; In all the magnanimity of thought Resolves, and re-resolvea ; then dies the same. And why ? Because he thinks himself immortal. All men think all men... | |
 | British poets - 1824 - 676 páginas
...more wise. At thirty man suspects himself a fool ; Knows it at forty, and reforms his plan ; At fifty chides his infamous delay, Pushes his prudent purpose to resolve ; In all the magnanimity of thought Heav'n's sov'reign saves all beings, but himself, That hideous sight, a naked human heart. Young's... | |
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