| John Timbs - 1856 - 374 Seiten
...DCLXXXII. What is this life but a circulation of little mean actions 1 We lie down and rise again, dress and undress, feed and wax hungry, work or play,...we lie down again, and the circle returns. We spend tne day in trifles, and when the night comes we throw ourselves into the bed of folly, amongst dreams,... | |
| Spectator The - 1857 - 780 Seiten
...little mean actions ? We lie down and rise again, dress and undress, feed and wax hungry, work or pi iy, rises from a conjunction of two people of quick taste...to their friends, in which especial care is taken folly, amongst dreams, and broken thoughts, and wild imaginations. Our reason lies asleep by us, and... | |
| John Richardson Major - 1858 - 216 Seiten
...LXVII. For what is this life but a circulation of little mean actions? We lie down and rise again, dress and undress, feed and wax hungry, work or play,...the night comes we throw ourselves into the bed of folly, amongst dreams, and broken thoughts, and wild imaginations. Our reason lies asleep by us, and... | |
| John Henry Freese - 1864 - 292 Seiten
...THIS LIFE? What is this life but a circulation of little mean actions ? We lie down and rise again, dress and undress, feed and wax hungry, work or play,...the night comes we throw ourselves into the bed of folly, among dreams, and broken thoughts, and wild imaginations. Our reason lies asleep beside us,... | |
| 1867 - 602 Seiten
...Observer. ETERNITY, — What is life but a circulation of little mean actions? We lie down and rise again, dress and undress, feed and wax hungry, work or play, and are weary, and then we lie down again, and this circle returns. We spend the day in trifles, and when the night comes we throw ourselves into... | |
| New reader - 1879 - 392 Seiten
...— " For what is this life but a circulation of little mean actions ? We lie down and rise again, dress and undress, feed and wax hungry, work or play,...the night comes we throw ourselves into the bed of folly, amongst dreams, and broken thoughts, and wild imaginations. Our reason lies asleep by us, and... | |
| Truths - 1885 - 572 Seiten
...— Eurnet. WHAT is this Life but a circulation of little mean actions? We lie down and rise again, dress and undress, feed and wax hungry, work or play,...the night comes we throw ourselves into the bed of folly, amongst dreams, and broken thoughts, and wild imaginations. Our reason lies asleep by us, and... | |
| 1888 - 250 Seiten
..." but a circuit of little mean actions. We lie down and rise again, dress ourselves, feed and grow hungry ; work or play and are weary ; and then we lie down again and the circle returns." " All the perfection, beauty, and conquest which Turner wrought," says Buskin, " is already withered.... | |
| Alexander Melville Bell - 1895 - 102 Seiten
...HUMAN LIFE. What is this life but a circulation of little mean actions ? We lie down and rise again, dress and undress, feed and wax hungry, work or play...the night comes we throw ourselves into the bed of folly, amongst dreams, and broken thoughts, and wild imaginations. Our reason lies asleep by us, and... | |
| A. Meserole - 1896 - 450 Seiten
...manner : " For what is this life but a circulation of little mean actions? We lie down and rise again, dress and undress, feed and wax hungry, work or play,...the night comes we throw ourselves into the bed of folly, among dreams, and broken thoughts, and wild imaginations. Our reason lies asleep by us, and... | |
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