t depends Not on the number, but the choice of friends. Books should, not business, entertain the light, And sleep, as undisturbed as death, the night. My house a cottage, more Than palace, and should fitting be For all my use, no luxury. My garden painted... The book-lover's enchiridion, thoughts, selected and arranged by Philobiblos ... - Strona 79autor: Book-lover - 1884Pełny widok - Informacje o książce
| Abraham Cowley - 1868 - Liczba stron: 240
...as death, the night. My house a cottage more Than palace ; and should fitting be For all my use, no luxury. My garden painted o'er With nature's hand,...art's ; and pleasures yield, Horace might envy in his Sabin field. 11. Thus would I double my life's fading space ; For he, that runs it well, twice runs... | |
| Class-book - 1869 - Liczba stron: 344
...the defence of the country against the Danes. Than palace, and should fitting be Por all my use, no luxury. My garden painted o'er "With Nature's hand,...race. And in this true delight, These unbought sports, that happy state, I would not fear nor wish my fate, But boldly say each night, To-morrow let my sun... | |
| 1869 - Liczba stron: 162
...For all my use, no luxury : My gardens painted o'er With nature's hand, not art's, should pleasure yield Horace might envy in his Sabine field. Thus would I double my life's fading space, For he who runs it well twice runs his race : And in this true delight, These unbought sports and happy state,... | |
| Congregational union of England and Wales - 1870 - Liczba stron: 366
...death the night ; lily house a cottage, more Than palace, and should fitting be For all my use, no luxury ; My garden painted o'er With Nature's hand,...twice runs his race ; And in this true delight, These unbcught sports, that happy state, I would not fear nor wish my fate, But boldly say each night —... | |
| Epigrammatists - 1870 - Liczba stron: 654
...Cowley, in one of his " Discourses in Verse and Prose " (" On Myself "), expresses the same thought : Thus would I double my life's fading space ; For he, that runs it well, runs twice his race. Rogers, in " The Pleasures of Memory," exquisitely portrays the happiness, which... | |
| Henry Philip Dodd - 1870 - Liczba stron: 652
...Cowley, in one of his " Discourses in Verse and Prose " (" On Myself "), expresses the same thought : Thus would I double my life's fading space ; For he, that runs it well, runs twice his race. Rogers, in " The Pleasures of Memory," exquisitely portrays the happiness, which... | |
| Society for promoting Christian knowledge - 1872 - Liczba stron: 328
...as death, the night. My house a cottage, more Than palace, and should fitting be For all my use, no luxury. My garden painted o'er With Nature's hand,...my life's fading space ; For he that runs it well, runs twice his race. And in this true delight. These unbought sports, this happy state, I would not... | |
| Mary Russell Mitford - 1872 - Liczba stron: 582
...death, the night, My house, a cottage more Than palace ; and should fitting be For -all my use, no luxury. My garden painted o'er With nature's hand,...pleasures yield, Horace might envy in his Sabine field. These nnbougbt sports, this happy state, I would not fear, nor wish my fate; But boldly say each night,... | |
| Robert Bell - 1872 - Liczba stron: 420
...as death, the night. My house, a cottage more Than palace; and should fitting be For all my use, no luxury. My garden painted o'er With Nature's hand,...Art's; and pleasures yield, Horace might envy in his Sabinc field. Thus would I double my life's fading space ; For he that runs it well, twice runs his... | |
| Ann Taylor - 1874 - Liczba stron: 370
...IX. NOTTINGHAM. 1852-1862. " King of Comforts ! King of Life ! Thou hast cheered me." H. VAUGHAN. " Thus would I double my life's fading space. For he, that runs it well, twice runs his race." COWLEY. TOWARDS the end of the Pilgrim's journey, Bunyan describes his entrance upon the pleasant land... | |
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