 For ever on the brink of being born. All pay themselves the compliment to think They one day shall not drivel : and their pride On this reversion takes up ready praise ; At least, their own ; their future selves...  On the Structure of English Verse - Page 144by Charles Witcomb - 1884 - 162 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Lindley Murray - 1843 - 222 pages
...are about to live ;" For eVer oh the brink of being bom. All pay themselves the compliment to thmk, They one day, shall not drivel ; and their pride On...At least their own ; their future selves applauds j How excellent that life they ne'er will lead '. Time lodg'd in their own hands is folly's vails;... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...miraculous mistakes, this bears The palm, ' That all men arc about to live,' For ever on the brink of beinc Y tbieir own ; their future selves applaud ; How excellent that life they ne'er will lead I Time lodged... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 pages
...mistakes, this bears The palm, ' That all men are about to live,' For ever on the brink of being born : AU ,"A 1844 W. and R. Chambers"% Chamber x . prido On this reversion takes up ready praise ; At least their own ; their future selves applaud ;... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1845 - 510 pages
...eternal scene. " Of man's miraculous mistakes, this bears The palm, ' That all men are about to live,' For ever on the brink of being born. All pay themselves...How excellent that life they ne'er will lead ! Time lodg'd in their own hands is Folly's vails : That lodg'd in Fate's, to Wisdom they consign ; The thing... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1845 - 512 pages
...eternal scene. " Of man's miraculous mistakes, this bears The palm, ' That all men are about to live,' For ever on the brink of being born. All pay themselves...to think They, one day, shall not drivel; and their prido On this reversion takes up ready praise ; At least, their own ; their future selves applauds;... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...is stranger still. Of man's miraculous mistakes this bears The palm, That all men are about to live, For ever on the brink of being born. All pay themselves...to think They one day shall not drivel ; and their pride3 On this reversion takes up ready praise — At least their own — their future selves applauds.... | |
 | John Hall - 1845 - 354 pages
...OF man's miraculous mistakes' this bears' The palm', " that all men are about to live" — Forever on the brink of being born : All pay themselves the compliment to think' 5 They one day shall not drivef ; and their pride, On this reversion', takes up ready praise, — At... | |
 | Robert William Dale - 1846 - 160 pages
...rankest growth. " Of man's miraculous mistakes, this bears The palm, ' that all men are about to live," For ever on the brink of being born. All pay themselves the compliment to think That one day shall not drivel. ***** At thirty, man suspects himself a fool; Knows it at forty, and... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, William Smith - 1869 - 420 pages
...still. Of man's miraculous mistakes, this bears The palm, " That all men are about to live," — Forever on the brink of being born. All pay themselves the...ready praise; At least, their own; their future selves applaud. How excellent that life — they ne'er will lead ! Time lodged in their oivn hands is folly's... | |
 | sir William Smith - 1869 - 382 pages
...stranger still. Of man's miraculous mistakes, this bears The palm, " That all men are about to live," — For ever on the brink of being born. All pay themselves...think They one day shall not drivel : and their pride 15 On this reversion takes up ready praise ; At least, their own ; their future selves applaud. How... | |
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