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... The Beauties of English Poesy - Страница 108под редакцията на - 1767 - 12 странициПълен достъп - Информация за книгата
| Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 266 страници
...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... | |
| Extracts - 1828 - 786 страници
...reach, or by prejudice and neglect, harden himself in error and ignorance. 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 t-eversion... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1830 - 844 страници
...would not this be strange? That 'tis so frequent, this is stranger stili. Of man's miraculous mistakes, themselves the compliment to think They one day shall not drivel, and their pride On this reversion... | |
| Thomas F. Walker - 1830 - 256 страници
...not this be strange '( That 't is 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. AH pay themselves the compliment to think They one day shall not drivel : and their pride On this reversion... | |
| John J. Harrod - 1832 - 338 страници
...mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene. 2. 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,... | |
| George Edmonds (of Birmingham.) - 1832 - 122 страници
...to the mercies of a moment, leaves The vast concerns of eternal scene. Of man-s miraculous mistakes this bears The palm, — " That all men are about...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... | |
| James Hedderwick - 1833 - 232 страници
...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,... | |
| Edward Young - 1834 - 370 страници
...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... | |
| Andrew Thomson - 1835 - 302 страници
...the mercies of a moment, leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scent 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... | |
| Author of The young man's own book - 1836 - 336 страници
...not this be strange ? That 'tis so Ireiliient, this is stranger still. Of man's mirat ulous mistakes this bears The palm, " That all men are about to live," For ever on the brink of being born : All pay themselves the complunent to think They one day shall not drivel, and their pride On this reversion... | |
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