| Edward Young - 1816 - Страниц: 390
...Beware, LOHESZO ! a alma-sudden death. How dreadful that deliberate surprize ! Be wise to-day, 'tis madness to defer ; Next day the fatal precedent will...all are fled, And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene. If not so frequent, would not this be strange i That 'tis so... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1816 - Страниц: 328
...tbee hath done his part ; do thine." I MILTON. SECTION IX. , On Procrastination. Be wise to day ; 'tis madness to defer ; Next day the fatal precedent will...time. Year after year it steals, till all are fled ; AIM], to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene. Of man's miraculous... | |
| 1817 - Страниц: 314
...and re-resolves; then dies the same. How dreadful that deliberate surprise! Be wise to-day ;' 'tij madness to defer : Next day the fatal precedent will...all are fled, And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene. If not so frequent, would not this be strange ? That 'tis so... | |
| Timothy East - 1817 - Страниц: 246
...present, as the " accepted time," the day of salvation. " Be wise" to-day ; 'tis mndness to defer j Next day the fatal Precedent will plead ; ' Thus on,...all are fled, And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene."LETTER II. JF thc objections which arc sometimes adMinced to... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1817 - Страниц: 356
...remains of thee; Tis all thou art, and all the proud shall be. Be wise to-day, 'tis madness to dgfer ; 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... | |
| Thornhill Kidd - 1817 - Страниц: 804
...opportunity of profitable consideration is the moment of life, and this how short ! " Be wise to day ; 'tis madness to defer ; Next day the fatal precedent will plead; Thus on, (ill wisdom is push'd out of life." Fourthly, The aversion of man to this duty implies its importance,... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1818 - Страниц: 354
...repartee in verse. The well-known lines on Procrastination are in his best manner : " Be wise to-day; 'tis madness to defer ; Next day the fatal precedent will...all are fled, And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene. Of man's miraculous mistakes, this bears The palm, " That all... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1818 - Страниц: 320
...alone remains of thce ; 'Tis all thou art, and all the proud shall be. Be wise to-day, 'tis madn£ss 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;... | |
| Daniel Jaudon - 1820 - Страниц: 236
...heap of dust alone remains of thee; Tis all thou art. and all the proud shall be. Be wise to day; 'tis madness to defer; Next day the fatal precedent will...plead; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life. Give an example of Trochaic verst* Restless mortals toil for nought; Bliss in vain from earth is sought;... | |
| Alexander Jamieson - 1820 - Страниц: 388
...of dust alone remains of thee ; 'Tis all thou art and all the proud shall he. Be wise to-day, 'tis madness to defer; Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is pushed out of life. Ois. This is called the heroic measure. In its simplest form it consists of 6ve... | |
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