...philosopher ' contemplates two or three hours every clay over a ' sun-dial ; and is true to the dial As the dial to the sun, Although it be not shone upon. Our younger students are content to carry their speculations as yet no farther than bowling-greens,...

...philosopheu 1 contemplates two or three hours every day over a 1 sun-dial ; and is true to the dial As the dial to the sun, Although it be not shone upon. 1 Our younger students are content to carry their spe1 dilations as yet no farther than bowling greens,...

...horrouf o'er ' the woods." FRIENDSHIP. HUDIBRAS beautifully tells us, that a sin* cere friend is " True as the dial to the sun, " Although it be not shone upon." And another observer of life very philosophically says, " A false friend is like the shadow on a sun-dial,...

...noverant, muhis non offenduntur, graviter erant offundendi, qui heec ignorarunt." M.] same cause, I suggested, that whatever return we might receive, we should still have the consolation being like Butler's steady and generous Royalist, " True as the dial to the sun, " Although it be not...

...philosopher contemplates two or three hours every day ever a sun-dial ; and is true to the dial, " As the dial to the sun, Although it be not shone upon." Our younger students are content to carry their speculations as yet no farther than bowling-greens,...

...thi» tp Dr. Nowell ; and asserting my humbler, though not less zealous exertions in the same cause, I suggested, that whatever return we might receive,...have the consolation of being like Butler's steady вда generous Royalist, " True M the dial lo the sun , " Although it be not tbone upon." We were...

...ancient philosopher contemplates two or three hours every day over a sun-dial; and is true to the dial, " As the dial to the sun, Although it be not shone upon." Our younger students are content to cany their speculations as yet no farther than bowling-greens,...

...humbler, though not less zealous exertion» iu the same cause, I suggested, that whatever return яе might receive, we should still have the consolation of being like Butler's steady aud generous Royalist, " True a» the dial to tbe inn, "Although it be not »bone upon." We were well...

...this to Dr. Nowell; and asserting my humbler, though not less zealous exertions in the same cause, I suggested, that whatever return we might receive,...dial to the sun, Although it be not shone upon." We talked of a certain clergyman of,extraordinary character, who by exerting his talents in writing on...

...the day. However, we need not be at a loss ; — this Helianthus, or annual sunflower, is not only " True as the dial to the sun, Although it be not shone upon ;" but enables- us to form some estimate of the hour, even when the great luminary is invisible, an...