 tis all a cheat; Yet, fooled with hope, men favour the deceit; Trust on, and think to-morrow will repay: To-morrow's falser than the former day; Lies worse, and, while it says, we shall be blest With some new joys, cuts off what we possest.  The Merry Monarch: Or, England Under Charles II. Its Art, Literature, and ... - Seite 184von William Henry Davenport Adams - 1885Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | James Fenimore Cooper - 1857 - 492 Seiten
...XI. " When I consider life, 'I is all a cheat ; Yet fool'd with hope, men favour the deceit; Trust on, and think to-morrow will repay; To-morrow's falser than the former day." DRYDKN. ALTHOUGH Admiral Bluewater devoted the minimum of time to sleep, he was not what the French... | |
 | John Timbs - 1858 - 272 Seiten
...one noble passage still lives, and is repeated by thousands who know not whence it comes : " Trust on, and think to-morrow will repay : To-morrow's falser than the former day ; Lies worse ; and while it saya, We shall he blest .With some new joys, cuts off what we possess'd. Strange cozenage ! None would... | |
 | James Boswell - 1860 - 950 Seiten
...enjoyed, in the general condition of human life ; and frequently quoted those lines of Dryden ; — ' Strange cozenage I none would live past years again, Yet all hope pleasure from what still remain.'1 For his part, he said, he never passed that week in his life which he would... | |
 | Sunbeams - 1861 - 368 Seiten
...Goethe. — When I consider life, 'tis all a cheat ; Yet, fool'd with hope, men favour the deceit ; Trust on, and think to-morrow will repay : To-morrow's falser...new joys, cuts off what we possest. Strange cozenage ! none would live past years again, Yet all hope pleasure iu what yet remain ; And from the dregs of... | |
 | Henry Southgate - 1862 - 774 Seiten
...burton. When I consider life, 'tis all a cheat, Yet, fbol'd with hope, men favour the deceit ; i'.ijst on, and think to-morrow will repay, — To-morrow's falser than the former day ; ri« more, and while it says we shall be bless'd With some new joys, cuts off what we possess'd.... | |
 | Cyrus Redding - 1863 - 980 Seiten
...Dryden writes thinking " To-morrow will repay ! — To-morrow falser than the former day Lies more; and while it says we shall be blest With some new joys, cute off what we possesst. Strange cozenage ! none would live past years again, Yet all hope pleasure... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, sir William Smith - 1864 - 554 Seiten
...ADRENG-ZEBE.' When I consider life, 'tis all a cheat ; Yet, fool'd with hope, men favour the deceit ; Trust on, and think to-morrow will repay : To-morrow's falser...new joys, cuts off what we possest. Strange cozenage ! none would live past years again, Yet all hope pleasure in what yet remain ; And, from the dregs... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1865 - 504 Seiten
...Sc. 2. When I consider life, 'tis all a cheat. Yet fooled with hope, men favor the deceit •, Trust on, and think to-morrow will repay : To-morrow's falser...says, " We shall be blest With some new joys," cuts otf what we possessed. * Quos hcscrunt et oderunt. — SENECA, De Ira, Lib. ii. cap. xxxiii. 1'toprium... | |
 | John Bruce Norton - 1865 - 394 Seiten
...liquentem."—VIRGIL. " When I cousider Life, 'tis all a cheat; Yet, fool'd with Hope, men favour the deccit; Trust on, and think to-morrow will repay; To-morrow's falser...while it says, we shall be blest With some new joys, cnts off what we possest. Strange cozenage! None would live past years again, Yet all hope Pleasure... | |
 | James Hain Friswell - 1866 - 328 Seiten
...— " When I consider life, 'tis all a cheat : Yet, fool'd with hope, men favour the deceit, Trust on, and think to-morrow will repay. To-morrow's falser...the former day ; Lies worse ; and while it says we should be blest With some new joys, cuts off what we possest." And this view of life is quite true.... | |
| |
