 Pleasures are few, and fewer we enjoy ; Pleasure, like quicksilver, is bright, and coy; We strive to grasp it with our utmost skill, Still it eludes us, and it glitters still : If seiz'd at last, compute your mighty gains ; What is it, but rank poison...  Continental Adventures: A Novel - Strona 98autor: Charlotte Anne Eaton - 1826 - Liczba stron: 400Pełny widok - Informacje o książce
 | Edward Young - 1802 - Liczba stron: 420
...present moment, like a wife, we shun, And ne'er enjoy, because it is our own. Pleasures are few, and fewer we enjoy ; Pleasure, like quicksilver, is bright,...it eludes us, and it glitters still : If seiz'd at last, compute your mighty gains; What is it, but rank poison in your veins ? As FLAVIA in her glass... | |
 | 1803 - Liczba stron: 468
...present moment, like a wile we shun, And ne'er enjoy, because it is our own. 290 Pleasures are few, .and fewer we enjoy ; Pleasure, like quicksilver, is bright and coy; We strive to grasp it with out utmost snill, Still it eludes us, and it glitters still; It seiz'd at last, compute your mighty... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1805 - Liczba stron: 424
...following simile from the satire on Woman is admirably exact and illustrative : Pleasures are few, and fewer we enjoy ; Pleasure, like quick-silver, is bright...strive to grasp it, with our utmost skill ; Still it duties MS, and it glitters still ; If seiz'd at last, compute your mighty gains : What is it, but rank... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1805 - Liczba stron: 420
...admirably exact and illustrative : Pleasures are few, and fewer we enjoy ; Pleasure, like quick-lihcr, is bright and coy: We strive to grasp it, with our utmost skill ; Still it eludes us, and it g litters still ; Tf seiz'd at last, compute your mighty gains : What is it, but rank poison in your... | |
 | Edward Young - 1805 - Liczba stron: 232
...own. Pleasures are few, and fewer we enjoy ; Pleasure, like quicksilver, is bright and coy ; We starve to grasp it with our utmost skill, Still it eludes us, and it glitters still : If seiz'd at last, compute your mighty gains : What is it but rank poison in your veins ? As Flavia in her glass... | |
 | Cabinet - 1808 - Liczba stron: 524
...is our own. Pleasures are few, and fewer we enjoy ; Pleasure, like quicksilver, is bright and tay j We strive to grasp it with our utmost skill, Still...it eludes us, and it glitters still : If seiz'd at last, compute your mighty gains; What is it, but rank poison in your veins ? As Flavia in her glass... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - Liczba stron: 526
...present moment, like a wife, we shun, And ne'er enjoy, becanse it is our own. Pleasures are few, and fewer we enjoy ; Pleasure, like quicksilver, is bright...strive to grasp it with our utmost skill. Still it elndes us, and it glitters still : If seia'd at last, compute your mighty gains ; What is it but rank... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - Liczba stron: 554
...enjoy, because it is our own. Pleasures are few, and fewer we enjoy ; Pleasure, like irattksilvtr, is bright, and coy; We strive to grasp it with our...utmost skill, Still it eludes us, and it glitters still : tf SGNE'd at last, compute your mighly gains ; What is it, but rank poison in your veins r As Flavia... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - Liczba stron: 558
...our own. Pleasures are few, and fewer we enjoy ; Pleasure, like quicksilver, is hright, and coy ; \Ve strive to grasp it with our utmost skill, ' Still it eludes us, and it glitters still: If s«iz'd at last, compute your mighty gains ; What is it, hut rank poison in your veins • As Flavia... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - Liczba stron: 556
...enjoy, because it is our own. Pleasures arc few, and fewer we enjoy ; Pleasure, like quicksilver, 'ч bright, and coy ; We strive to grasp it with our utmost skill, Stilt it eludes us, and it glitters still : If seiz'd at last, compute your mighty gains ; What is... | |
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