 | Provincial Medical and Surgical Association - 1834 - 622 Seiten
...with prophetic truth, that he was " almost one of those wretched beings whom Lord Byron describes, ' Their breath is agitation, and their life ' A storm whereon they ride, to sink at last.' " He was then harrassed by business of various descriptions, connected with his property ; he was laboriously... | |
 | 1835 - 932 Seiten
...themselves the fools to those th;>y fool ; Envied, yet how unenviable! what sting* Are theirs ! One breast laid open were a school Which would unteach mankind the lust to shine or rule 1 '• Their breath is agitation, and their life Л atorm whereon they ride, to sink at last ; And... | |
 | lady Charlotte Susan M. Bury - 1836 - 1000 Seiten
...themselves the fools, to those they fool— Envied, yet how unenviable—what stings, Are theirs! one breast laid open were a school, Which would unteach mankind the lust to shine or rule. BYRON. MR. DELAMERE had entered into public life with the determination to become great,—how far... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1837 - 982 Seiten
...theirs! One breast laid open were a school Which would uuteach mankind the lust to shineorrule: XLIV. Their breath is agitation, and their life A storm whereon they ride, to sink at last, And yet so nursctl and bigoted to strife, That should their days, surviving perils past, Melt to calm twilight,... | |
 | Cynosure - 1837 - 272 Seiten
...oor can tire Of aught but rest; a fever at the core. Fatal to him who bears, to all who ever bore. Their breath is agitation, and their life A storm whereon they ride, to sink at last, And yet so nurs'd and bigoted to strife, That should their days, surviving perils past, Mi'lt to calm twilight,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1837 - 356 Seiten
...themselves the fools to those they fool ; Envied, yet how unenviable ! what stings Are theirs ! One breast laid open were a school Which would unteach mankind the lust to shine or rule: 1 The great error of Napoleon, " if we hare writ our annals true," was a continued obtrusion on mankind... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1837 - 352 Seiten
...themselves the fools to those they fool ; Envied, yet how unenviahle ! what stings Are theirs ! One hreast laid open were a school Which would unteach mankind the lust to shine or rule : 1 The great error of Napoleon, " if we hare writ our annals true," was a continued ohtrusion on mankind... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1837 - 480 Seiten
...themselves the fools to those they fool; Envied, yet how unenviable! what stings Are theirs! One breast laid open were a school Which would unteach mankind the lust to sbiueor rule: XLIV. Their breath is agitation, and their life A storm whereon they ride, to sink at... | |
 | Monthly literary register - 1839 - 720 Seiten
...social body. The other sort must have a kingdom for a stage, and the gazing world for a theatre ; " their breath is agitation, and their life a storm whereon they ride." Knowing nothing of their own nature, but as it is reflected in the conduct and character of others,... | |
 | William Cooke Taylor - 1840 - 800 Seiten
...disappear more rapidly than any other race, and are sooner merged in the general mass of the population. Their breath is agitation, and their life A storm...they ride, to sink at last. And yet so nursed and higotted to strife, That should their days, surviving perils past, Melt to calm twilight, they seem... | |
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Founders of sects and systems, to whom add Sophists, Bards, Statesmen, all unquiet things Which stir too strongly the soul's secret springs, And are themselves the fools to those they fool... 
