 | John Rolfe - 1867 - Liczba stron: 404
...him, in which, while he lived, his friends were too profuse, and his enemies too sparing. ADDISON. SOME with vast costly tombs would purchase it,* And...where ? Nothing but small and sordid dust lies there. ***** We poets madder yet than all, With a refined fantastic vanity, Think we not only have but give... | |
 | James Comper Gray - 1878 - Liczba stron: 404
...Ourselves then to survive ! Wise subtle arts and such as well befit That Nothing, man's no wit — Some with vast costly tombs would purchase it, And by the proofs of death pretend to live. celestial and Divine, and upoa that а с с ou D t, must necessarily be eternal." — Cicero. о Hamilton.... | |
 | W. F. March Phillipps - 1879 - Liczba stron: 384
...strive Ourselves then to survive, Wise, subtle arts, and such as well befit That Nothing, man's no-wit. Some with vast costly tombs would purchase it, And...The fools and architects to please ; A lasting life on well-hewn stone they rear ; So he, who on the Egyptian shore Was slain so many hundred years before,... | |
 | Joseph Angus - 1880 - Liczba stron: 726
...Ourselves then to survive ! Wise subtle arts and such as well befit That Nothing, man's no wit — Some with vast costly tombs would purchase it, And...life in well-hewn stone they rear : So he, who on the Egyptian shore * Was slain so many hundred years before, Lives still (oh life I most happy and... | |
 | Henry Charles Beeching - 1900 - Liczba stron: 330
...here and a phrase there to please him. Thus, in one he says of Fame in a fine, ironical couplet — . Some with vast, costly tombs would purchase it, And by the proofs of death pretend to live. In the Ode to Dr. Harvey he has a good passage against natural philosophers who do not study Nature,... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1905 - Liczba stron: 484
...strive, Our selves then to survive ? Wise, subtle Arts, and such as well befit That Nothing Mans no Wit. Some with vast costly Tombs would purchase it, And...Fools and Architects to please : A lasting Life in well-hew'en Stone they rear : 1 So he who on th' Egyptian shore, Was slain so many hundred years before,... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1905 - Liczba stron: 484
...strive, Our selves then to survive ? Wise, subtle Arts, and such as well befit That Nothing Mans no Wit. Some with vast costly Tombs would purchase it, And...Some build enormous Mountain-Palaces, The Fools and Architetts to please : A lasting Life in well-hew'en Stone they rear : 1 So he who on th' Egyptian... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1905 - Liczba stron: 488
...strive, Our selves then to survive ? Wise, subtle Arts, and such as well befit That Nothing Mans no Wit. Some with vast costly Tombs would purchase it, And...Some build enormous Mountain-Palaces, The Fools and Architefis to please : A lasting Life in well-hew'en Stone they rear : 1 So he who on th' Egyptian... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1905 - Liczba stron: 484
...strive, Our selves then to survive ? Wise, subtle Arts, and such as well befit That Nothing Mans no Wit. Some with vast costly Tombs would purchase it, And...small, and sordid Dust lies there. Some build enormous Mountain-P<7/0c«, The Fools and Architects to please : A lasting Life in well-hew'en Stone they rear... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 2004 - Liczba stron: 320
...triumph'dl For what? For FAME. And with what rare Inventions do we strive Ourselves then to survive. Some with vast costly Tombs would purchase it, And...pretend to live. Here lies the Great False Marble, where1? Nothing but small and sordid Dust lies there. Some build enormous Mountain Palaces The Fools... | |
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Ourselves then to survive ? Wise, subtle arts, and such as well befit That Nothing, Man's no wit ! — Some with vast costly tombs would purchase it, And by the proofs of death pretend to live. " Here lies the great" — false marble ! where ? Nothing... 
