 | William Cullen Bryant - 1880 - 1124 страници
...dropt no sooner. Kate seemed to wind him up for fourscore years ; Yet freshly ran he on ten wintem howl, Sing, ho ! for the reign of the horned owl I We know not alway Who are kings by day, Œ,iipHS, Ac! ¡V. St: I. DKVUF.N. Nothing in his life Became him like the leaving it ; he died, As... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1881 - 738 страници
...fell like autumn fruit that mellow'd long. Even wonder'd at because he dropt no sooner ; Fato seem'd to wind him up for fourscore years ; Yet freshly ran...time, The wheels of weary life at last stood still. Dryden, (Ed. iv.l. Learn to live well, or fairly make your will ; You've play'd, and lov'd, and ate,... | |
 | John Seely Hart - 1881 - 426 страници
...the plain of every-day life. — Lowell. 42. Of no distemper, of no blast ho died, Yet freshly van he on ten winters more, Till, like a clock worn out...Time, The wheels of weary life at last stood still. — Dryden. 43. For I am now so sunk from what I was, Thou find'st me at my lowest water-mark. The... | |
 | William Robertson (of Rochdale.) - 1881 - 458 страници
...fiddler, who was to enliven the ordinarily solemn occasion by playing the liveliest possible airs : — " Like a clock worn out with eating time, The wheels of weary life at last stood still," and the last directions of Lowe were carried out to the very letter. We can imagine the grotesque,... | |
 | Daniel Hack Tuke - 1882 - 626 страници
...pulse which will beat till ninety." " Of no distemper, of no blast he died, But fell like autumn fruit that mellowed long : Even wondered at, because he...time, The wheels of weary life at last stood still." DRYDEN, (Edipus, Act iii. sc. I. French physicians have done justice generously and ungrudgingly to... | |
 | Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, Anna Lydia Ward - 1882 - 926 страници
...rate of thought and feeling. s. DBAPER —History of the Intellectual Development of Europe. Ch. L Fate seemed to wind him up for four-score years; Yet...time. The wheels of weary life at last stood still. t. DnYDEN — ¿Edipus. Act IV. So. 1. Time is great, and greater no man's trust Than his who keeps... | |
 | Similitudes, B. S. - 1882 - 136 страници
...because he dropt no sooner. Fate seemed to wind him up for fourscore years, Yet freshly ran he on len winters more, Till like a clock worn out with eating...time, The wheels of weary life at last stood still. Dryiien. Who can tread sure on the smooth slippery way Pleased with the passage, we glide swiftly on,... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1883 - 544 страници
...fire, Or water ? by assassinates, or poison ? speak : Or did he languish under some disease ? sEge. Of no distemper, of no blast he died, But fell like...youthful arms, And smother thy old age in my embraces. * es, Thebans, yes, Jocasta, yes, Adrastus, O/d Polybus, the king my father 's dead ! shall be kindled... | |
 | Familiar quotations - 1883 - 942 страници
...blast he died, But fell like autumn fruit that mellowed long ; Even wondered at, because he dropped no sooner. Fate seemed to wind him up for fourscore...time. The wheels of weary life at last stood still. Act ir. Sc. 1. She, though in full-blown flower of glorious beauty, Grows cold, even in the summer... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1883 - 782 страници
...fell like autumn fruit that mellowed long, Even wondered at because he dropt no sooner; Fate seem'd to wind him up for fourscore years ; Yet freshly ran...time, The wheels of weary life at last stood still. 93 Dryden: CEdipus. Act iv. Sc. I Shall our pale, wither'd hands, be still stretch'd out, Trembling,... | |
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E'en wondered at because he dropt no sooner; Fate seemed to wind him up for fourscore years; Yet freshly ran he on ten winters more, Till, like a clock worn out with eating Time, The wheels of weary life at last stood still. 
