| Dante Alighieri - 1867 - 264 pągines
...better be ; Or standing long an oak, three hundred year, To fall a log at last, dry, bald, and sear ; A lily of a day Is fairer far in May, Although it...that night ; It was the plant and flower of light." 105. The babble of childhood ; pappo for pane, bread, and dindi for danari, money. Halliwell, Die.... | |
| British dramatists - 1868 - 138 pągines
...weakness To drown a glorious death in child and woman ? Beaumont and Fletcher. THE NOBLE NATURE. It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make man...beauties see ; And in short measures life may perfect be. Ben Johnson. THE ADVANTAGES OF TRAVEL. It draws the grossness off the understanding, , And renders... | |
| Benjamin Smith (Wesleyan minister.) - 1868 - 188 pągines
...some others into the path by which they too may reach the heavenly city. " It is not growing like e, tree, In bulk, doth make man better be ; Or standing...beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be." The title given to this volume was selected because it was regarded as exceedingly expressive of the... | |
| Thomas Crampton - 1868 - 136 pągines
...better be, Or standing long an oak, three hundred year, To fall a log at last, dry, bold, and sear. A lily of a day Is fairer far in May ; Although it...beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be. BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER. "PHILASTER." Act i., Scene 2. Philaster. I have a boy : Sent by the gods, I... | |
| Benjamin Smith (Wesleyan minister.) - 1868 - 188 pągines
...to assist in leading some others into the path by which they too may reach the heavenly city. " It is not growing like a tree, In bulk, doth make man...log at last, dry, bald, and sere : A lily of a day la fairer far in May, Although it fall and die that night, — It was the plant and flower of light.... | |
| Richard Chenevix Trench (abp. of Dublin) - 1868 - 458 pągines
...dwell that think not so. Anon. XL TRUE GROWTH. It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make men better be ; Or standing long an oak, three hundred...log at last, dry, bald, and sere. A lily of a day 5 Is fairer far in May, Although it fall and die that night ; It was the plant and flower of light.... | |
| George Thomas Coster - 1869 - 112 pągines
...evangelistic agency? As the old poet says — " It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make men better be ; Or standing long an oak, three hundred...beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be. " Apply these words to the life of a church — of this church. Not the size of a church, not its length... | |
| 1869 - 568 pągines
...standing like an oak three hundred year, To fall a log at last, dry, bald, and sere ; A lily of the day Is fairer far in May, Although it fall and die...beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be." — Ben Jonton. of Boohs. Life of Jesus for the Young. By Benjamin Clarke. H. Hall, 56, Old Bailey.... | |
| William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1869 - 526 pągines
...: They strike mine eyes, but not my heart. — BEN JONSON (1573 — 1637). GOOD LIFE, LONG LIFE. IT is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make man...hundred year, To fall a log at last, dry, bald, and sear. A lily of a day Is fairer far, in May, Although it fall and die that night ; It was the plant... | |
| 1869 - 606 pągines
...at last, dry, bald and sear ; " A lily of a day " Is fairer far in May ; " Although it fall and dio that night, " It was the plant and flower of light...see ; " And in short measures, life may perfect be." BEN. JONSON. CHAPTEE VII. CIVILIZATION, AKTS AND SCIENCES. Intent on high designs, a thoughtful band,... | |
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