| Joseph Timothy Haydn - 1841 - 586 Seiten
...pity the man who can travel from Dan to Beersheba and cry ' 'Tis all barren' — and so it is ; and so is all the world to him who will not cultivate the fruits it offers." — SentimentalJourney. DANE-GELD, OR DANEGELT. This was a tribute formerly paid to the Danes, arising... | |
| George Preston White - 1849 - 208 Seiten
...pity the man who can travel from Dan to Beersheba and cry 'Tis all barren; and so it is,— and so is all the world to him who will not cultivate the fruits it offers. — Sternc'B Sentimental Journey. BY GEORGE PRESTON WHITE. WH SMITH & SON, 136, STRAND. ;•;;..•... | |
| Henry Wharton Griffith - 1849 - 208 Seiten
...pity the man who can travel from Dan to Beersheba and cry, ' 'Tis all barren.' And so it is ; and so is all the world to him who will not cultivate the fruits it offers." Literary Coincidences. " Like angel-visits, few and far between." Pleasures of Hope. — "its visits,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1851 - 360 Seiten
...pity the man who can travel from Dan to Beersheba, and cry, "Tis all barren— And so it is ; and so is all the world to him who will not cultivate the fruits it offers. I declare, said I, clapping my hands cheerily together, that were I in a desert, I would find out wherewith in... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1853 - 336 Seiten
...pity the man who can travel from Dan to Beersheba, and cry, "Tis all barren — And so it is ; and so is all the world to him who will not cultivate the fruits it offers. I declare, said 1, clapping my hands cheerily together, that were I in a desert, I would find out wherewith in... | |
| Tryon Edwards - 1853 - 442 Seiten
...pity the man who can travel from Dan to Beersheba, and cry, 'tis all barren — and so it is ; and so is all the world to him who will not cultivate the fruits it offers. — Sterne. OBSTINATE, THE. — An obstinate man does not hold opinions, but they hold him ; for when... | |
| Laurence Sterne - 1855 - 448 Seiten
...pity the man who can travel from Dan to Beersheba, and cry, 'Tis all barren; — and so it is: and so is all the world to him who will not cultivate the fruits it offers. I declare, said I, clapping my hands cheerily together, that was I in a desert, I would find out wherewith in... | |
| John Timbs - 1856 - 374 Seiten
...pity the man who can travel from Dan to Beersheba, and cry, 'tis all barren — and so it is ; and so is all the world to him who will not cultivate the fruits it cfiers. — Sterne. MXCVIII. Grant me, gentle Love, said I, One dear blessing ere I die ; Long I've... | |
| 1856 - 372 Seiten
...pity the man who can travel from Dan to Beersheba, and cry, 'tis all barren— and so it is ; and so is all the world to him who will not cultivate the fruits it cf. ers. — Sterne. MXCVIIL Grant me, gentle Love, said I, One dear blessing ere I die ; Long I've... | |
| Mackenzie Edward C. Walcott - 1859 - 198 Seiten
...said Sterne, " who can travel from Dan to Beersheba, and cry 'tis all barren ; and so it is, and so is all the world to him who will not cultivate the fruits it offers." On the Dorsetshire coast massive barriers oppose the continual beating of the waves — black, barren,... | |
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