 ... 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
 | Robert Macoy - 1855 - Počet stránok 566
...says, " 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...wishes, and regret, in the last hour, his useless intentions and barren zeal." The stream of masonic charity is constant and neverfailing. Every class... | |
 | Daniel Maclachlan - 1863 - Počet stránok 774
...concerned ; and, with all its imperfections, I am encouraged to send forth the volume, in the belief that " he that waits for an opportunity to do much at once,...idle wishes, and regret in the last hour his useless intentions and barren zeal ;" while I am not without hope that its appearance and short-comings may... | |
 | Richard Hiley - 1863 - Počet stránok 320
...adjuncts and subordinate clauses, or by substituting other words for those given in the sentences : — 1. He that waits for an opportunity to do much at once,...wishes ; and regret, in the last hour, his useless intentions and barren zeal. 2. Confine your desires within the limits that reason and religion have... | |
 | Charles Hole - 1871 - Počet stránok 288
...the scoff of the licentious or the cavils of the sceptical. He that has no decision, but constantly waits for an opportunity to do much at once, may breathe...idle wishes, and regret in the last hour his useless intentions and barren zeal. He will never enjoy the sweets of life who lacks perseverance, or is afraid... | |
 | Maxims - 1876 - Počet stránok 340
...proportions are partly allotted by Providence, and partly left to the arrangement of reason and choice. He that waits for an opportunity to do much at once,...idle wishes, and regret in the last hour, his useless intentions and barren zeal. In general those parents have most reverence who most deserve it ; for... | |
 | Thomas Louis Haines, Levi W. Yaggy - 1881 - Počet stránok 672
...and ends in iron chains. If you will be nothing, just wait to be somebody. That man that •,^aits 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. Idleness... | |
 | Thomas L. Haines - 1882 - Počet stránok 646
...begins in cob-web 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. Idleness... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1889 - Počet stránok 294
...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...wishes, and regret, in the last hour, his useless intentions, and barren zeal. Tne most active promoters of the present schemes of charity, cannot be... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1889 - Počet stránok 316
...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...wishes, and regret, in the last hour, his useless intentions, and barren zeal. and whose vanity is to recount the names of men, who might drop into nothing,... | |
 | 1897 - Počet stránok 176
...Time, with all its celerity, moves slowly on to him whose whole employment is to watch its flight. 19. He that waits for an opportunity to do much at once,...wishes; and regret, in the last hour, his useless intentions and barren zeal. 20. Man, in his highest earthly glory, is but a reed floating on the stream... | |
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