 | 1788 - 404 Seiten
...fucceffion of fpringing and falling leaves, an apt comparifon for the fugitive races of men. Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth,...withering on the ground. Another race the following fpring fupplies, They fall fuccefiii'c, and fucccflive rife ; So generations in their courfe decay,... | |
 | Homer - 1791 - 410 Seiten
...or from whence I am, or who my fire, (Reply'd the chief) can Tydcus* fon enquire ? 180 Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth, now with'ring on the ground, Another V. 170. Immortals Heft with endlefseafe,] Though Dacier'sand mod of... | |
 | Marcus Aurelius (Emperor of Rome) - 1792 - 396 Seiten
...obvious hint may fuffice to fet him free from grief or fear. Such is that of the poet: " Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, " Now green in youth, now withering on die " ground : ** Another race the following fpring fupplies, " They fall fucceflive, and fucceffive... | |
 | 1792 - 404 Seiten
...new race what had, in years pail, been delivered to their forefathers, ftill continues. " Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth, now with'ring on the ground j Another race the following fpring fupplies; They fall fucceffive, and iucceffive... | |
 | Robert Anderson - 1795 - 1104 Seiten
...What, or from whi;.ce I am, or who my fire, (Reply'd the chief) can Tydeus' fon inquire ? Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth,...withering on the ground ; Another race the following fpring fupplies ; They fall fucceflive and fuccefiive rife : So generations in their courfe decay ;... | |
 | Homer - 1796 - 428 Seiten
...What, or from whence I am, or who my fire, (Reply 'd the chief) can Tydeus'fon enquire? 189 Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth, now with'ring on the ground ; Come neare, that thou maift foone arrive on that lifebounding fhore, To which... | |
 | Robert Proud - 1797 - 522 Seiten
...and in the general, amount to any more, than what is intimated by this fimilitude? viz. " Like leaves on trees the race of man is found; Now green in youth, now with'ring on the ground; • Another race the following fpri'ng fupplies; They fall fucceffive, and... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 496 Seiten
...from whence I am, or v»no my fire, (Reply'd the chief) can Tydeus' fon enquire ? i So Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth,...withering on the ground; Another race the following fpring fiipplies j They fall fucceffive, and fucceflive rife: So generations in their courfe decay;... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 496 Seiten
...from whence I am, or v»no my fire, (Reply'd the chief) can Tydeus' fon enquire ? i So Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth, now withering on the ground; So flourifli thefe, wrier, thofe are part. away. But if thou ftill perfift to fearch my birth, Then... | |
 | William Jones - 1801 - 478 Seiten
...succeed, " so," saith an ancient poet, " are the gene" rations of men*." to. Horn. II. f. 146. Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth, now with'ring on the ground. Pope's Homer, b. 6. 1. 18 1. C 3 HOW How sublime and affecting is that reflection... | |
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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... 
