 Behold the child, by Nature's kindly law, Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw: Some livelier plaything gives his youth delight, A little louder, but as empty quite: Scarfs, garters, gold, amuse his riper stage, And beads and prayer-books are the...  Essai sur l'homme - Pagina 36door Alexander Pope - 1850 - 82 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | John Evans - 1834 - 306 pagina’s
...Child, by nature's kindly law, Plcas'd with a rattle, tickled with a straw ; Some livelier plaything gives his Youth delight, A little louder, but as empty quite ; Scarfs, garters, gold, amuse his riper age, And beads, and prayer-books, are the toys of AGE ! Pleas'd with this bauble, as with that before,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1835 - 350 pagina’s
...but of folly: the first is a harmless instinct, the other a culpable vanity. Some livelier plaything gives his youth delight, A little louder, but as empty...garters, gold, amuse his riper stage, And beads and prayer-books are the toys of age : Pleased with this bauble still, as that before, 281 Till tired he... | |
 | Daniel Bishop - 1835 - 748 pagina’s
...garters, gold, amuse hu riper stage : And beads and prayer-books are the toys of age. Pleas'd with his bauble still, as that before ; Till, tir'd, he sleeps, — and life's poor play is o'er. POPE. 69. What, says Dr. Brown, shall we think of the mind of that man, who, endowed with a capacity... | |
 | Thomas Brown - 1835 - 574 pagina’s
...child, by nature's kindly law, Pleas'd with a rattle, tickled with n straw ; Some livelier plaything gives his youth delight, A little louder, but as empty quite ; Scarfs, Barters, gold, aniuae his riper stage : And beads and prayer-books are the toys of age. Pleas'd with... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1836 - 332 pagina’s
...Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw t Some livelier play-thing gives his youth delight, A litUe louder, but as empty quite : Scarfs, garters, gold, amuse his riper stage, And beadsand prayer-books are the toys of age : 280 Pleased with this bauble still, as that before; •Till... | |
 | Louisa Caroline Tuthill - 1839 - 482 pagina’s
...child, by nature's kindly law, Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw : Some livelier plaything gives his youth delight, A little louder, but as empty...garters, gold, amuse his riper stage, And beads and prayer-books are the toys of age : Pleased with this bauble still, as that before ; 'Till tired he... | |
 | John Aikin - 1841 - 840 pagina’s
...child, by Nature's kindly law, Pleae'd with a rattle, tickled with a straw : Some livelier plaything ach moment rises in her charms, Repairs her smiles,...every grace. And calls forth all the wonders of her heads and prayer-books are the toys of age : Pleas'd with this bauble still, as that before ; 'Till... | |
 | 1842 - 1124 pagina’s
...child, by Nature's kindly law, Pleas'd with a rattle, tickled with a straw: Some livelier play thing gives his youth delight, A little louder, but as empty...garters, gold, amuse his riper stage ; And beads and pray'r books are the toys of age: Pleas'd with this bauble still, ns that before ; Till tir'd he sleeps... | |
 | Seven ages - 1842 - 154 pagina’s
...child, by nature's kindly law, Pleas'd with a rattle, tickled with a straw; Some livelier plaything gives his youth delight, A little louder, but as empty...quite. Scarfs, garters, gold amuse his riper stage, And heads and prayer books are the toys of age. Pleas'd with this bauble still, as that before, Till tir'd... | |
 | Friedrich Christoph Schlosser - 1843 - 712 pagina’s
...same. »5) Ep. 11. Vs. 279. Scarfs, garters, gold amuse his riper stage And beads and prayer-books are the toys of age Pleas'd with this bauble still...before; Till tir'd he sleeps and life's poor play is over. SBir flebraudjten g'l'" bie teutfdje Uiberfefcmig , fie ijl aber gar ju fdjledjt, »it »urteil... | |
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