 | Sir Richard Steele, Joseph Addison - 1714 - 382 pàgines
...than a thoufand Volumes of Philofophers ' and Divines. It gives fo warning a Concuffionto tho£e 4 Props of our Vanity, our Strength and Youth, that we ' think of fortifying our felves within, when there is fo ' little dependence on our Outworks. Youth, at <he vc' ry beff,... | |
 | 1804 - 498 pàgines
...diffidence in our earthly state, and inspires us with the thoughts of a future, better than a thousand volumes of philosophers and divines. It gives so warning...ourselves within, when there is so little dependence on our outworks. Youth, at the very best, is but a betrayer of human life in a gentler and smoother... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1807 - 728 pàgines
...life deserve my sigh? Few will lament my loss whene'er I die. * " Youth, at the very best, is but the betrayer of human life in "a gentler and smoother manner than age; 'tis like the stream " that nourishes a plant upon a bank, and causes it to nourish and " blossom to... | |
 | Manual - 1809 - 324 pàgines
...diffidence in our earthly state, and inspires with the thoughts of a future, better than a thousand volumes of philosophers and divines. It gives so warning...ourselves within, when there is so little dependence on our outworks. Youth at the very best is but a betrayer of human life in a gentler and smoother manner... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1812 - 362 pàgines
...diffidence in our eartlJy state, and inspires us with the thoughts of a future, better than a thousand volumes of philosophers and divines. It gives so warning...fortifying ourselves within, when there is so little dependance upon our out-works. Youth at the very best is but a betrayer of human life in a gentler... | |
 | Elizabeth Frank - 1814 - 400 pàgines
...diffidence in our earthly state, and inspires us with the thoughts of a future, better than a thousand volumes of philosophers and divines. It gives so warning...manner than age. It is like a stream that nourishes * plant upon its bank, and causes it to flourish and blo:-- som to the sight, but at the same time... | |
 | Frank Elizabeth - 1814 - 400 pàgines
...diffidence in our earthly state, and inspires us with the thoughts of a future, better than a thousand volumes of philosophers and divines. It gives so warning...manner than age. It is like a stream that nourishes » plant upon its bank, and causes it to flourish and blossom to the sight, but at the same time is... | |
 | 1818 - 254 pàgines
...diffidence in our earthly state, and inspires us with the thought of a future, better'thana thousand volumes of philosophers and divines; it gives so warning a concussion to those props of our vanity, i» r strength, and youth, that we 'then think of fortifying ourselves within when there is so* little... | |
 | James Ferguson - 1819 - 296 pàgines
...diffidence in our earthly state, and inspires us with. the thoughts of a future, better than a thousand volumes of philosophers and divines. It gives so warning...ourselves within, when there is so little dependence on our outworks. Youth, at the very best, is but a betrayer of human life in a gentler and smoother... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1819 - 298 pàgines
...and inspires us with the thoughts of a future, better than a thousand volumes of philosophers antl divines. It gives so warning a concussion to those...fortifying ourselves within, when there is so little dependance on our outworks. Youth, at the very best, is but a betrayer of human life in a gentler and... | |
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Sickness is a sort of early old age : it teaches us a diffidence in our earthly state, and inspires us with the thoughts of a future, better than a thousand volumes of philosophers and divines. It gives so warning a concussion to those props of our vanity,... 
