 | William Swinton - 1879 - 394 страници
...sixpence.—Spectator. 5. Not to know me argues yourself unknown.—Milton. 6. Teach me thy statutes.— B,ble. 7. There taught us how to live, and (oh ! too high The price for knowledge) taught us how to die.—Tickell. 8. ildhought my request was heard, for it seemed to me as though the stains of manhood... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1879 - 428 страници
...There patient shewed us the wise course to steer, A candid censor, and a friend severe ; There tanght us how to live ; and— oh ! too high The price for knowledge — tanght us how to die. Thou hill whose brow the antique structures grace, Reared by bold chiefs... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1880 - 642 страници
...serious song ; / There patient showed us the wise course to steer, A candid censor, and a friend severe ; There taught us how to live ; and (oh ! too high The price for knowledge) taught us how to die. ^ ALLAN RAMSAY. [ALLAN RAMSAY was bom in 1686, in Lariarkshire. His father was the manager of Lord... | |
 | Charles Churchill, Thomas Parnell, Thomas Tickell - 1880 - 724 страници
...There patient shovv'd us the wise course to steer, A candid censor, and a friend severe ; There taDght us how to live ; and (oh ! too high The price for knowledge) taught us how to die. Thou Hill, whose brow the antique structures grace, Rear'd by bold chiefs of Warwick's noble race,... | |
 | George Gilfillan - 1881 - 368 страници
...serious song: There patient showed us the wise course to steer, A candid censor, and a friend severe; There taught us how to live; and (oh! too high The price for knowledge,) taught us how to die. Thou hill, whose brow the antique structures grace, Beared by bold chiefs of Warwick's noble race,... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1881 - 638 страници
...serious song ; There patient showed us the wise course to steer, A candid censor, and a friend severe ; There taught us how to live ; and (oh ! too high The price for knowledge) taught us how to die. ALLAN RAMSAY. RAMSAY was bom in 1686, in Lanarkshire. His father was the manager of Lord Hopetoun's... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1881 - 626 страници
...serious song ; There patient showed us the wise course to steer, A candid censor, and a friend severe ; There taught us how to live ; and (oh ! too high The price for knowledge) taught us how to die. ALLAN RAMSAY. [ALLAN RAMsAY was born in 1686, in Lanarkshire. His father was the manager of Lord Hopetoun's... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1881 - 738 страници
...The rich, the poor, the great, the small, Are levell'd : death confounds them all. Gay, Pables. He taught us how to live ; and (oh ! too high The price for knowledge) taught us how to die. Tickell. As man, perhaps, the moment of his breath, Receives the lurking principle of death ; The young... | |
 | Henry Troth Coates - 1881 - 1138 страници
...serious song, There patient show'd us the wise course to steer, A candid censor, and a friend severe; rom the field of his fame fresh and gory ; We carved not fpr knowledge!) taught us how held; Thou Hill, whose brow the antique structures grace, Rear'd by bold... | |
 | Samuel Arthur Bent - 1882 - 638 страници
...interview had," says Johnson, "I know not: he likewise died himself in a short time. ' ' — Life. " Thei-e taught us how to live; and (oh! too high The price for knowledge) taught us how to die." TICKELL: Onthe Death of Addison. Marshal Ney exclaimed to the handful of men with whom he dashed upon... | |
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There taught us how to live; and (oh! too high The price for knowledge) taught us how to die. 
