 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
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 страници
...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... | |
 | Robert William Dale - 1846 - 160 страници
...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 страници
...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... | |
 | John Hunter (of Uxbridge.) - 1848 - 56 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,... | |
 | Allen Hayden Weld - 1848 - 120 страници
...net this be strange ? 25 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 30 They one day shall not drivel ; and their pride. On this reversion,... | |
 | John Milton - 1849 - 650 страници
...strange ! That 'tis so frequent, this is stranger still. Of man's miraculous mistakes this bears 400 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 - 1849 - 290 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 over on the brink of being born. All pay themselves the compliment to think They, one day, shall not... | |
 | George Croly - 1850 - 442 страници
...would not this he 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... | |
 | Daniel Scrymgeour - 1850 - 596 страници
...FROM NIGHT THOUGHTS. 293 Of man's miraculous mistakes, this bears The palm, " That all men are alx1ut 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 Chambers - 1851 - 764 страници
...would not thin be strange! That 'tis so frequent, this is stranger still. Of man's miraculous mistakes, h* themselves the compliment to think They one day shall not drirel, and their pride On this reversion... | |
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