 | Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - 1840 - 616 pagina’s
...that, at the best, we only become wise for the sake of writing books which the world seldom values till we are dead—or of making laws and speeches,...it quiet till it falls asleep, and then the care is over."f * Jeremy Taylor: " Contemplations of the State of Man." f Sir William Temple. THE TALE OF KOSEM... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1840 - 304 pagina’s
...though nobody hurts them." "When all is done (he concludes), human life is at the greatest and tJuj best but like a froward child, that must be played...till it falls asleep, and then the care is over." BARBARA SON the noon of the 14th of November, 1743 or 4, 1 forget which it was, just as the clock had... | |
 | Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - 1841 - 306 pagina’s
...we only get wise for the sake of writing books which the world seldom sees till we are dead — or of making laws and speeches, which, when dead, the...to keep it quiet till it falls asleep, and then the A. * Sir William Temple. ENGLISH NOTIONS OF MORALITY, THERE are many things about which that old gossip... | |
 | 1841 - 436 pagina’s
...hypochondriac ; nor is money; you may be suspected as a borrower Zimmerman. When all is done, human life is at the best but like a froward child, that must be played...falls asleep, and then the care is over. —'.Sir W. Temple. Time runs on, and when youth and beauty vanish, a fine lady who had never entertained a... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1845 - 398 pagina’s
...because they cannot be quiet themselves, though nobody hurts them." " When all is done (he concludes), human life is at the greatest and the best but like a froward child, that must be played with, and humored a little, to keep it quiet, till it falls asleep, and then the care is BARBARA SON the noon... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1845 - 396 pagina’s
...life is at the greatest and the best but like a froward child, that must be played with, and humored a little, to keep it quiet, till it falls asleep, and then the care is over." BARBARA SON the noon of the 14th of November, 1743 or 4, 1 forget which it was, just as the clock had... | |
 | 430 pagina’s
...is uniformly expected to he suhmissive. DIAMOND DUST. A MAN is valued as he makes himself valuahle. WHEN all is done, human life is, at the greatest and the hest, hut like a froward child, that must he played with and humoured a little to keep it quiet till... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith, Sir James Prior - 1850 - 602 pagina’s
...forsaken me ; and perhaps, my child, after all, what your noble ancestor has observed is most true : — When all is done, human life is, at the greatest and...like a froward child, that must be played with and humored a little to keep it quiet till it falls asleep, and then the care is over.* I entirely acquiesce... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1851 - 396 pagina’s
...because they cannot be quiet themselves, though nobody hurts them." " When all is done (he concludes), human life is at the greatest and the best but like a froward child, that must be played with, and humored a little, to keep it quiet, till it falls asleep, and then the care is BARBARA SON the noon... | |
 | Samuel Sullivan Cox - 1852 - 510 pagina’s
...human life is at the best and greatest but like a froward child, that must be played with and humored a little to keep it quiet, till it falls asleep, and then the care is over. Then why not please it with such charms as Chatsworth displays, until it reposes on the bosom of its... | |
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When all is done, (he concludes,) human life is at the greatest and the best but like a froward child, that must be played with and humoured a little to keep it quiet, till it falls asleep, and then the care is over. 
