 | Edward Young - 1800 - 290 pages
...fcene. If not fo frequent, would not this be ftrange ? That 'tis fo frequent, this is ftranger dill. Of man's miraculous miftakes, this bears The palm, " That all men are about to live,'* Forever on the brink of being botn. All pay thernfelves thf, compliment to think They, one day, fhallj... | |
 | Edward Young - English literature - 1802 - 402 pages
...not This be strange ? That 'tis so frequent, This 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 the compliment to think They one day shall not drivel: and their pride On this reversion... | |
 | Edward Young - 1802 - 416 pages
...not This be strange ? That 'tis so frequent, This 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. I All pay themselves the compliment to think They one day shall not drivel : and their pride On this... | |
 | Edward Young - English poetry - 1802 - 412 pages
...strange ? That 'tis so frequent, This is stranger still. Of man's miraculous mistakes, this bears i The palm, " That all men are about to live," 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... | |
 | William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...concerns of an eternal scene. Ol 'man's miraculous mistakes this bears The palm , « That all men ere about to live , For ever on the brink of being born. All pay themselves the compliment to think. They , one 'lay, stall not drivel; and their pride On this reversion... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1805 - 288 pages
...vaft concerns of an eternal fcene. Of man's miraculous miftakes, this bears The palm, " That all mSn are about to live ;" For ever on the brink of being...themfelves the compliment to think, They, one day, fliall not drivel ; and their pride On this reverlion takes up ready praife ; At leaft, their own ;... | |
 | Edward Young - 1805 - 284 pages
...would not this be strange ? hat 'tis so frequent, this is stranger stillOf 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 They one day shall not drivel; and their pride At least their own;... | |
 | Edward Young - English poetry - 1805 - 238 pages
...would not this be strange ? That 'tis so frequent, this 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 the compliment to think 1 hey one day shall not drivel, and their pride On this reversion... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1805 - 1054 pages
...terminates our fight ; u thofe on doomfday, drown § 187. Man's Prencnefi to poflponi Improvement. OF man's miraculous miftak.es, this bears The palm, " that all men are about to live." For ever on tlie brink of being born: All pay themfelves the compliment to think They, one day, (hall not drivel... | |
 | English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...the rpercies of a moment leavep The vast concerns of an 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 the compliment to think They, one day, shall not drivel j and their pridtt On this reversion... | |
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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 They one day shall not drivel : and their pride On this reversion takes up ready praise... 
