 | Vicesimus Knox - 1824 - 794 Seiten
...consider mankind as wholly inconsistent with itself, in a point tint bears some affinity to the former. in at length appeared to lose itself in the clouds....appeared : The mountain before thee, said he, is erery onu to be short, the several divisions of it appear long and tedious. We are for lengthening... | |
 | William Scott - 1825 - 382 Seiten
...shortness of life in general, we are wishing every period of it at an end. The minor longs to be of age ; then to be a man of business ; then to make...estate ; then to arrive at honours ; then to retire. The usurer would be very well satisfied, to have all the time annihilated that lies between the present... | |
 | Benjamin Humphrey Smart - 1826 - 242 Seiten
...Clauses in Series, followed by a modulative Conjunctive or Suspensive Accent, and the Conclusive. 1 . Though we seem grieved at the shortness of life in...estate ; then to arrive at honours ; then to retire. 2. The persuasion of the truth of the gospel, without the evidence which accompanies it, would not... | |
 | 1826 - 82 Seiten
...precepts of philosophy, his own •udeavors, and the most refined conversation in A'thens. Ibid. No 307. Though we seem grieved- at the shortness of life in...every period of it at an end. The minor longs to be at ige, then to be a man of business, then to make up an estate, then to irrive at hbnours, then to retire.... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1828 - 432 Seiten
...consider mankind as wholly inconsistent with itself in a point that bears some affinity to the former. Though we seem grieved at the shortness of life in...at honours, then to retire. Thus although the whole life is allowed by every one to be short, the several divisions of it appear long and tedious. We are... | |
 | 1828 - 394 Seiten
...consider mankind as wholly inconsistent with itself in a point that bears some affinity to the former. Though we seem grieved at the shortness of life in...honours, then to retire. Thus, although the whole life is allowed by every one to be short, the several divisions of it appear long and tedious. We are... | |
 | William Scott - 1829 - 420 Seiten
...formed for the benefit of society. Spectator. 10. Though we seem grieved at the shortness of life, iu general, we are wishing every period of it at an end. The minor longs to-be of age — then to be a man of business — then to make up an estate — then to arrive at honours... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1832 - 428 Seiten
...justly, use soberly, distribute cheerfully, and live upon contentedly. 10. The minor longs to be of age ; then to be a man of business ; then to make...estate ; then to arrive at honours ; then to retire. 11. Though, at times, the ascent to the temple of virtue appears steep and craggy, oe not discouraged.... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1833 - 420 Seiten
...it should rise for the sake of variety and harmony, on the pause that precedes the cadence. —Ex. ".The minor longs to be at age, then to be a man of...business, then to make up an estate, then to arrive at honors, then to retire." " Our lives, (says Seneca,) are spent either in doing nothing at all, or in... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1833 - 312 Seiten
...therefore it should rise for the saLe of variety and harmony, on the pause that precedes the cadence.—Ex. "The minor longs to be at age, then to be a man of...business, then to make up an estate, then to arrive at honors, then to retire." " Our lives, (says Seneca,) are spent either in doing nothing at all, or in... | |
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Though we seem grieved at the shortness of life in general, we are wishing every period of it at an end. The minor longs to be at age, then to be a man of business, then to make up an estate, then to arrive at honours, then to retire. 
