 | Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 páginas
...not this be strange ? That 'tis so frequent, this is stranger still. Of man's miraculous mistakes, this bears The palm, " That all men are about to live," For ever on the brink of being born. All pay themselves the compliment to think They one day shall not drivel : and their pride On this reversion... | |
 | Robert Sandeman - 1838 - 534 páginas
...however written some lines, which I think may be pertinently quoted here. Of man's miraculous mistakes. this bears The palm, " That all men are about to live." For ever on the brink of being born, All pay themselves the compliment to think, They one day, shall not drivel ; and their pride On this reversion... | |
 | Edward Young - 1839 - 300 páginas
...would not this be strange. That 'tis so frequent, this is stranger still. Of man's miraculous mistakes this bears The palm, ' That all men are about to live,' For ever on the brink of being born. All pay themselves the compliment to think They one day shall not drivel, and their pride On this reversion... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1840 - 270 páginas
...mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene. Of man's miraculous mistakes, (his bears The palm, " That all men are about to live :" For ever on the brink of being born. All pay themselves the compliment to thinK, They, one day, shall not drivel ; and their prids On this reversion... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 páginas
...not this be strange ? That 'tis so frequent, this is stranger still. Of man'« miraculous mistakes, sed to please, And rights submitted, left him none to seize. At length R : AU pay themselves the compliment to think They one day shall not drivel, and their prido On this... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 páginas
...would not this be strange ? That 'tis so frequent, this is stranger still. Of man's miraculous mistakes this bears The palm, That all men are about to live, For ever on the brink of being born. All pay themselves the compliment to think They one day shall not drivel ; and their pride3 On this reversion... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1845 - 512 páginas
...the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene. " Of man's miraculous mistakes, this bears The palm, ' That all men are about to live,' For ever on the brink of being born. All pay themselves the compliment to think They, one day, shall not drivel; and their prido On this reversion... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1845 - 510 páginas
...the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene. " Of man's miraculous mistakes, this bears The palm, ' That all men are about to live,' For ever on the brink of being born. All pay themselves the compliment to think They, one day, shall not drivel ; and their pride On this reversion... | |
 | Robert William Dale - 1846 - 160 páginas
...soul lie fallow, and it will bring forth weeds of the rankest growth. " Of man's miraculous mistakes, this bears The palm, ' that all men are about to live," For ever on the brink of being born. All pay themselves the compliment to think That one day shall not drivel. ***** At thirty, man suspects himself... | |
 | Noble Butler - 1846 - 276 páginas
...deems The labor, were ' a task more arduous still. — Cowpwr. [Bern. 1.] Of man's miraculous mistakes this bears The palm, " That all men are about to live," For ever on the brink of being born. — Young. There is a fount about to stream, There is a light about to beam, There is a warmth about... | |
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Of man's miraculous mistakes this bears The palm, ' That all men are about to live, For ever on the brink of being born.' All pay themselves the compliment to think They one day shall not drivel : and their pride On this reversion takes up ready praise... 
