| 1827 - 290 страници
...last extreme beware, Beware, Lorenzo ! a slow-sudden death. How dreadful that deliberate surprise ! Be wise to-day, 'tis madness to defer; Next day the...plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life: Procrastination is the thief of time; Year after year it steals, till all are fled, And to the mercies... | |
| John Johnstone - 1827 - 596 страници
...glorious course was yesterday complete ; Death then was welcome; yet life still is sweet. PROCRASTINATION. BE wise to-day; 'tis madness to defer: Next day the...plead; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time ; Year after year it steals, till all are fled, And to the mercies... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1827 - 262 страници
...all ; For God towards thee hath done his part ; do thine." MILTOJV. SECTION IX. On procrastination. BE wise to-day ; 'tis madness to defer : Next day...precedent will plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd put of life. Procrastination is the thief of time. Year after year it steals, till all are fled ; And,... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1827 - 276 страници
...thee hath done his part ; do thine." MILTON, SECTION IX. On procrastination, 1. BE wise to-day ; 'Jis madness to defer : Next day the fatal precedent will...plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life. i Procrastination is the thief of time. Year after year it steals, till all are fled ; And, to the... | |
| 1827 - 616 страници
...HOURS. A'o. XV. — On the Importance of Earli Piety. ( Continued from col. 43. ) " Be wise to day ; 'tis madness to defer ; Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is pnsh'd out of life-1 Procrastination is the thief ol" time ; Year after year it steals, till all are... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1827 - 328 страници
...heap of dust alone remains of thee ; 'Ti* all thou art, and all the proud nhall be. Be wise t&.day, 'tis madness to defer : Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is pushed out of life. This is called the Heroic measure. In its simplest form it consists of five Iambuses... | |
| Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 264 страници
...dead uniform silence reigned over the whole region. AGAINST PROCRASTINATION. YOUNG. Be wise to day; 'tis madness to defer; Next day the fatal precedent will plead, Thus on, till wisdom is pushed out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time; Year after year it steals, till all are fled,... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1829 - 216 страници
...For God towards thee hath done his part ; do thine." MILTON. SECTION IX. On Procrastination. 1. BF wise to-day ; 'tis madness to defer : Next day the...precedent will plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd put of life. Procrastination is the thief of time. Year after year it steals, till all are fled ; And,... | |
| Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 826 страници
...thou wilt Ond thyself disposed to them. Alterbury. Defer the promised boon the goddess cries. Pope. Be wise to-day ; 'tis madness to defer ; Next day...fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is pushed out of life. Young. DE'FERENCE, ns Fr. deference. Regard ; respect. See DEFER. Virgil could... | |
| John Nelson (Primitive Methodist preacher.) - 1830 - 454 страници
...be required of thee." Let this fearful example warn you. Reckon not upon future periods in life. " Be wise to-day^ 'tis madness to defer, Next day the...plead; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life, Procrastination is the thief of time ; Year after year, it steals, till all are fled, And, to the mercies... | |
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