 | Ebenezer Porter - 1833 - 420 Seiten
...it should rise for the sake of variety and harmony, on the pause that precedes the cadence. —Ex. ".The minor longs to be at age, then to be a man of...estate, then to arrive at honors, then to retire." " Our lives, (says Seneca,) are spent either in doing nothing at all, or in doing nothing to the purpose,... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - 1834 - 360 Seiten
...before him';" He won', divided', and ruled nearly all of modern Europe';" "The minor longs to be of age'; then to be a man of business'; then to make up an estate'; then to arrive at honours'; then to retire'." EXAMPLES. The first ingredient in conversation is truth'; the next', good... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1835 - 158 Seiten
...edifices. duties, in the removal of small inconveniences, in the procurement of petty pleasures. 613. Though we seem grieved at the shortness of life in...estate, then to arrive at honors, then to retire. 614. The devout man does not only believe, but feels there is a Deity ; he has actual sensations of... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1835 - 420 Seiten
...should rise for the sake of variety and harmony, on the pause that precedes the cadence. — Ex. " The minor longs to be at age, then to be a man of busineis, then to make up an estate, then to arrive at honors, then to retire." " Our lives, (says... | |
 | 1836 - 932 Seiten
...consider mankind as wholly inconsistent with itself in a point that bears some affinity to the former. the g honours, then to retire. Thus although the whole life is allowed by every one to be short, the several... | |
 | 1836 - 1118 Seiten
...consider mankind as wholly inconsistent with itself in a point that bears some affinity to the former. ard him often lament, that in a profession where merit is plac arc wishing every period of it at an end. The minor longs to be at age, then to be a man of business,... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1837 - 480 Seiten
...consider mankind as wholly inconsistent with itself in a point that bears some affinity to the former. Though we seem grieved at the shortness of life in...business, then to make up an estate, then to arrive at honours, then to retire. Thus although the whole life is allowed by even' one to be short, the several... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1838 - 316 Seiten
...should rise for the sake of variety and harmony, on the pause that precedes the cadence. — Ex. " The minor longs to be at age, then to be a man of...estate, then to arrive at honors, then to retire." " Our lives, (says Seneca,) are spent either in doing nothing at all, or in doing nothing to the purpose,... | |
 | 1838 - 544 Seiten
...home without thee cannot be. CONDEH. THOUGH wo seem grieved at the shortness of life in general, wo are wishing every period of it at an end. The minor longs to be of age, then to be a man of business, then to make up an estate, then to arrive at honours, then to... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1839 - 316 Seiten
...should rise for the sake of variety and harmony, ion the pause that precedes the cadence. — Ex. " The minor longs to be at age, then to be a man of...estate, then to arrive at honors, then to retire." " Our lives, (says. Seneca,) are spent either in doing nothing at all, or in doing nothing to the purpose,... | |
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Though we seem grieved at the shortness of life in general, we are wishing every period of it at an end. The minor longs to be at age, then to be a man of business, then to make up an estate, then to arrive at honours, then to retire. 
