One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filled with noble risks, is worth whole years of those mean observances of paltry decorum, in which men steal through existence, like sluggish waters through a marsh, without either honour... Count Robert of Paris - Seite 8von Sir Walter Scott - 1832 - 330 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Walter Scott - 1855 - 438 Seiten
...gracefully in society, breeding up thy children, and delighting those of the other sex, and any tiling beyond this, may well render thee hateful or terrible,...existence, like sluggish waters through a marsh, without cither honour or observation." ." Daughter," said Agelastes, approaching near to the lady, " it is... | |
| Walter Scott - 1859 - 308 Seiten
...Countess," answered the philosopher, "by thy pride, a failing predominant in woman. Thinkest 1 1 101 1 there has been no offensive assumption in laying aside...through a marsh, without either honour or observation." " Daughlur," said Agelastes, approaching nearer to the lady, " it is with pain I see you bewildered... | |
| Walter Scott - 1886 - 922 Seiten
...persons spend the current of their time. One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious actions, and filled with noble risks, is worth whole years...like sluggish waters through a marsh, without either honor or observation." " Daughter," said Agelastes, approaching nearer to the lady, " it is with pain... | |
| Margaret Fair Anderson Husband - 1910 - 312 Seiten
...on a combat in the lists with him. To Agelastes she justified her unwomanly life in these words : ' One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious...existence, like sluggish waters through a marsh, without cither honour or observation.' Count Robert o\ Paris. PARIS, COUNT ROBERT OF. One of the leaders of... | |
| 1952 - 1054 Seiten
...happier the world into which we have been born. Sir Walter Scott: One hour of life, crowded to fill with glorious action, and filled with noble risks,...like sluggish waters through a marsh, without either honor or observation. Sidney Smith : Learn from the earliest days to inure your principles against... | |
| William W. Johnstone - 1998 - 340 Seiten
...getting seriously hurt, or dead. And I didn't doubt it for an instant. BATTLE IN THE ASHES: Book #17 One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious...years of those mean observances of paltry decorum. —Sir Walter Scott No sooner than Ben and the Rebels returned to America, Field Marshal Jesus Dieguez... | |
| Connie Robertson - 1998 - 686 Seiten
...The hour is come, but not the man. 10017 One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious actlon, nnate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income. 1889 Notebooks The histo 10018 The Lady of the Lake His ready speech flowed fair and free, In phrase of gentlest courtesy: Yet... | |
| Brian Everitt - 1999 - 220 Seiten
...got to keep fighting — you've got to risk your life every six months to stay alive. 1 ;.l 1.1 Kazan One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious...years of those mean observances of paltry decorum. Sir Walter Scott Introduction A famous statistician would never travel by airplane, because he had... | |
| William W. Johnstone - 1999 - 358 Seiten
...and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales, is entirely coincidental. One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious...years of those mean observances of paltry decorum. Sir Walter Scott When neither their property nor their honor is touched, the majority of men live content.... | |
| Richard Alan Krieger - 2007 - 344 Seiten
...but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble." — Helen Keller "One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious...years of those mean observances of paltry decorum." — Sir Walter Scott "A tragic situation exists precisely when virtue does not triumph but when it... | |
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