tis all a cheat; Yet, fooled with hope, men favour the deceit; Trust on, and think to-morrow will repay: To-morrow's falser than the former day; Lies worse, and, while it says, we shall be blest With some new joys, cuts off what we possest. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Pàgina 198per James Boswell - 1831Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
| Samuel Bailey - 1823 - 420 pàgines
...To-morrow's falser than the former day ; Lies worse ; and, while it says we shall be blest With some new joys, cuts off what we possest. Strange cozenage !...What the first sprightly running could not give*." * Aurengzebe. QUESTION LXXV. HAVE GOVERNMENTS ANY GREAT POWER OVER THE FORMATION OF NATIONAL CHARACTER?... | |
| James Boswell - 1823 - 440 pàgines
...Lies worse ; and while it says we shall be bless'd With some new joys, cuts off what we possess'd. Strange cozenage! none would live past years again...receive What the first sprightly running could not give5." It was observed to Dr. Johnson, that it seemed strange that he, who has so often delighted... | |
| Samuel Bailey - 1823 - 424 pàgines
...we shall be blest With some new joys, cuts off what we possest. Strange cozenage ! None would lire past years again ; Yet all hope pleasure in what yet...What the first sprightly running could not give*." * Aurengzebe. QUESTION LXXV. HAVE GOVERNMENTS ANY GREAT POWER OVER THE FORMATION OF NATIONAL CHARACTER?... | |
| James Boswell - 1824 - 482 pàgines
...than the former day ; Lies worse ; and while it says we shall be blest With gome new joys, cuts oil' what we possest. Strange cozenage! none would live...receive, What the first sprightly running could not give."p It was observed to Dr. Johnson, that it seemed strange that he, who has so often delighted... | |
| Henry Phillips - 1825 - 414 pàgines
...day ; Lies more ; and when it says we shall be blest With some new joy, takes off what we possess. Strange cozenage ! none would live past years again,...receive What the first sprightly running could not give ; I'm tir'd of waiting for this chemick gold, Which fools us young, and beggars us when old." Dryden... | |
| Horace Smith - 1825 - 374 pàgines
...sublime spectacle. How often, in my younger days, have I repeated the well-known lines of Dryden, < . " Strange cozenage ! none would live past years again, Yet all hope pleasure from what still remain, And from the dregs of life think to receive ; - ' . . What the first sprightly... | |
| Samuel Johnson, James Boswell - 1825 - 370 pàgines
...than enjoyed, in t\\f general condition of human life ; and he often quoted these lines of Dryden : " Strange cozenage ! none would live past years again, Yet all hope pleasure from what still remain." For his part, he said, he never passed that week in his life which he would... | |
| James Boswell - 1826 - 444 pàgines
...To-morrow's falser than the former day ; Lies worse ; and while it says we shall be blest With some new joys, cuts off what we possest. Strange cozenage !...receive, What the first sprightly running could not give 1. It was observed to Dr. Johnson, that it seemed strange that he, who has so often delighted his company... | |
| 1826 - 492 pàgines
...falser than the former day : Lies more ; and when it says we shaft be blest With some new joy, take* oif what we possest. Strange cozenage ! none would live...again. Yet all hope pleasure in what yet remain." He often says he would not, from matter of choice, even had life many more allurements than it lias,... | |
| James Boswell - 1826 - 430 pàgines
...than enjoyed in the general condition of human life ; and frequently quoted those lines of Dryden : Strange cozenage ! none would live past years again, Yet all hope pleasure from what still remain. For his part, he said, he never passed that week in his life which he would... | |
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