 | 1816 - 300 Seiten
...suggests to the reflecting mind an apt comparison for the fugitive generations of men ; " Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, . Now green in youth, DOW withering on the ground ; Another race the following spring supplies, They fall successive, and... | |
 | Richard Lobb - 1817 - 418 Seiten
...and falling leaves, a very apposite comparison for the transitory generations of men : Like leaves on. trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth,...their course decay, So flourish these, when those are past away. POPE. The autumnal forest, it has been .justly observedi, ' is an instrument easily untuned.... | |
 | W M. Wade - 1817 - 662 Seiten
...unison N * with those expressed in the following lines of Pope's translation of Homer : Like leaves on trees the race of man is found ; Now green in youth,...their course decay ; So flourish these, when those are passed away. At the north-eastern corner of the cloisters rises a plain, but lofty and substantial... | |
 | Sir Richard Phillips - 1817 - 348 Seiten
...average, 25 millons must die and be born every year, ie 3000 every hour, or 50 every minute. Like leaves on trees, the race of man is found; Now green in youth,...course decay, > So flourish these, when those are past away. — POPE. 313. As men have divided by chance or design, into separate governments, tney... | |
 | 1818 - 400 Seiten
...falling leaves, a very apposite comparison for the transitory generations of men : — Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth,...their course decay, So flourish these when those are past away1. POPE. The Virginia creeper fhedera quinque-foliqj is particularly rich and beautiful in... | |
 | W. M. Wade - 1818 - 524 Seiten
...in unison with those expressed in the following lines of Pope's translation of Homer : Like leaves on trees the race of man is found ; Now green in youth,...their course decay ; So flourish these, when those are passed away. At the north-eastern corner of the cloisters rises a plain, but lofty and substantial... | |
 | W. M. Wade - 1818 - 530 Seiten
...strictly in unison with those expressed in the following lines of Pope's translation of Homer: Like leaves on trees the race of man is found ; Now green in youth,...Another race the following spring supplies ; They fell successive, and successive rise. So generations in their course decay; So flourish these, when... | |
 | Robert Knight (vicar of Tewkesbury.) - 1818 - 142 Seiten
...been just employed? it (puei, fajof <T fmyi'yvtlizi 11 jtxiu <pu£(, i' <* IL. lib. vi. Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth, now with' ring on the ground ; Another race the following spring supplies ; They fall successive, and successive... | |
 | 1819 - 186 Seiten
...of the races of men like leaves on trees the race of man is fonnd, Now green in youth, now with'ring on the ground. Another race the following spring supplies...decay ; So flourish these, when those are pass'd away. Tnis loss of verdure, together with the *fiortened days, the diminishing warmth, and frequent rains,... | |
 | 1819 - 504 Seiten
...green in youth, now withi-riii* on the ground. Another race the following spring »U]>plit s, They rail successive, and successive rise. ; So generations...their course decay, So flourish these, when those are past away. How does every thing around us bring its lesson to our minds ! Nature in the great book... | |
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Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth, now withering on the ground; Another race the following spring supplies; They fall successive, and successive rise: So generations in their course decay; So flourish these, when those... 
