 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 302 pàgines
...fecond reading. But the labours of man are too frequently vain. Before he returned, a fecond time, to what he had once approved, he died. Many of his books, which I have feen, are by thofe notes of approbation fo fwelled beyond their real bulk, that they will not flint.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 676 pàgines
...fecond reading. But the labours of man are too frequently vain. Before he returned, a fecond time, to much of what he had once approved, he died. Many of his books, which I have feen, are by thofe notes of approbation fo fwelled beyond their real bulk, that they will not fliut.... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 312 pàgines
...have folded down the leaf. On thefe paflages he beftowed a fecond reading. But the labours of man are too frequently vain. Before he returned to much of...approved, he died. Many of his books, which I have feen, are by thofe notes of approbation fo fvvelled beyond their real bulk, that they will hardly fhut.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 422 pàgines
...have folded down the leaf. On thefe paflages he beftowed a fecond reading. But the labours of man are too frequently vain. Before he returned to much of...approved, he died. Many of his books, which I have feen, are by thofe notes of approbation fo fwelled beyond their real bulk, that they will hardly fhut.... | |
 | Edward Young - 1798 - 432 pàgines
...wiles; 95 Till Death, that mighty hunter, earths them all. Why all this toil for triumphs of an hour? What, though we wade in wealth, or soar in fame, Earth's highest station ends in, " Here he lies:" And " Dust to dust" concludes her noblest song. 100 If this song lives, posterity shall know One (though... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 714 pàgines
...have folded down the leaf. On these passages he besto%ved a second reading. But the labours of man are too frequently vain. Before he returned to much of...approved, he died. Many of his books, which I have seen, are by those notes of approbation so swelled beyond their real bulk, that they will hardly shut. What... | |
 | Edward Young - 1802 - 412 pàgines
...Till Death, that mighty hunter, earths them all. Why all this toil for triumphs of an hour ? What tho' we wade in wealth, or soar in fame ? Earth's highest station ends in " Here he lies:" And " dust to dust" concludes her noblest song. If this song lives, posterity shall know One, tho' in Britain... | |
 | Edward Young - 1802 - 402 pàgines
...Till Death, that mighty hunter, earths them all. Why all this toil for triumphs of an hour ? What tho' we wade in wealth, or soar in fame ? Earth's highest station ends in " Here he lies :" And " dust to dust" concludes her noblest song. If this song lives, posterity shall know One, tho' in Britain... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 716 pàgines
...have folded down the leaf. On these passages he-bestowed a second readina But the labours of man are too frequently vain. Before he returned to much of...approved, he died. Many of his books, which I have seen, are by those notes of approbation so swelled beyond their real bulk, that they will hardly shut. •... | |
 | Edward Young - 1805 - 284 pàgines
...off by purer air, And simpler diet; gifts of rural life ! Why all this toil for triumphs of an hour ? What, though we wade in wealth, or soar in fame^ Earth's highest station ends in, " Here he lies :" And " Dust to dust" concludes her noblest song. If this song lives, posterity shall know One (though in... | |
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too frequently vain. Before he returned to much of what he had once approved, he died. Many of his books, which I have seen, arc by those notes of approbation so swelled beyond their real bulk, that they will hardly shut. What though we wade in wealth,... 
