 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 408 Seiten
...What, or from whence I am, or who my fire, (Reply'd the chief) can Tydeus' fon enquire ? 1Sa ILike leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green...on the ground ; Another race the following fpring fupplies ; They fall fucceffive, and fucceffive rife.: So generations in their courfe decay .; . 185... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 462 Seiten
...death. What, or from whence I am, or who my fire, (Reply'd the chief) can Tydens' fon enquire ? it» Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth, now withering on the ground j Another race the following fpring fupplies i They fall fucceifive, and fuccefllve rife ; So generations... | |
 | George Colman - 1787 - 370 Seiten
...fixth book of the Iliad, " comparing the generations of men to the annual «« fucceffion of leaves. " Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, " Now...on the ground ; " Another race the following fpring fupplies, " They fall fucceffive, and fucceffive rife: " So generations in their tums decay; " So flourilh... | |
 | 1788 - 404 Seiten
...quick 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...withering on the ground. Another race the following fpring fupplies, They fall fuccefiii'c, and fucccflive rife ; So generations in their courfe decay, So .'... | |
 | Homer - 1791 - 410 Seiten
...death. What, 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
...fhorteft and moft 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
...repeating to a 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
...of death. 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...on the ground ; Another race the following fpring fupplies ; They fall fucceflive and fuccefiive rife : So generations in their courfe decay ; So flourifh... | |
 | 1792 - 918 Seiten
...death. What, or from whence I л;п, or who my fire, f Reply'd the chief) can Tydeus' fon inquire ? Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green inyouth,now withering on the ground Another race the following fpring fupplies ; They fall fucccltive... | |
 | Robert Anderson - 1795 - 902 Seiten
...of death. What, or from whence 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 inyouth.now withering on the groundAnother race the following fpring fupplies ; They fall fucceffive... | |
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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... 
