 ... performed. He that waits for an opportunity to do much at once, may breathe out his life in idle wishes, and regret, in the last hour, his useless intentions, and barren zeal.  The British Essayists - Strana 6úprava: - 1808Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
 | 1907 - Počet stránok 1164
...as if in cobwebs and ends in iron chains if you will be nothing just wait to be somebody. That man that waits for an opportunity to do much at once may breathe out his life in idle wishes, and finally regret his useless intentions and barren zeal — a young man idle, an old man needy. It is... | |
 | 1815 - Počet stránok 618
...permanent. But man is a transitory being, and his designs must partake of the imperfections of their author. To confer duration is not always in our power. We...may breathe out his life in idle wishes, and regret iu the last hour his useless intentions and barren zeal." Nov.. I. INVESTIGATOR. MR. EDITOR, IN the... | |
 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1815 - Počet stránok 612
...is to be feared that our streets would lie filled with sturdy beggars and impostors of both sexes, duration is not always in our power. We must, snatch...content ourselves with reflecting that our part is tunitytodo much at once, may breathe out iiis life in idle wishes, and regret in the last hour his... | |
 | 1890 - Počet stránok 858
...loving student of the Bible, and had its words in his memory and in his heart. — .Marianne faningham. He that waits for an opportunity to do much at once...wishes, and regret, in the last hour, his useless intentions and barren zeal. If you hear that others have spoke ill of you, consider whether you have... | |
 | 1843 - Počet stránok 452
...rest assured that the same great philosopher was universally right in affirming that " he who wails for an opportunity to do much at once, may breathe...wishes, and regret, in the last hour, his useless intentions and barren zeal."{ I have a few remaining words as to the nature of the admirable system... | |
 | Young people - Počet stránok 1020
...Inattention to minute actions, will, in the end, be prejudicial to a man's virtue. OPPORTUNITY. — He that waits for an opportunity to do much at once,...out his life in idle wishes, and regret in the last liours his useless intentions and barren zeal. POVERTY. — He is poor whose expenses exceed his income.... | |
 | 1863 - Počet stránok 682
...Rogers, MA, Mr. Sydney Hodges. XLI Contributions to the Flora* and Fauna of Falmouth. BY WP COCKS. 1864. He that waits for an opportunity to do much at once,...breathe out his life in idle wishes, and regret in his last hour his useless intentions and barren zeal. — Dr. Johnson. " To the medical man, the study... | |
 | 1848 - Počet stránok 396
...plentiful. •• But once met with. CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE FAUNA OF FALMOUTH. BY WP COCKS, ESQ. fie that waits for an opportunity to do much at once,...breathe out his life in idle wishes ; and regret, in hi:, last hour, his useless intentions and barren zeal. — JOHNSON. MAMMALIA. Viviparous animals,... | |
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