| Henry Trueman Wood - 1913 - Počet stránok 640
...with the multitude of spectators, and imagine that the English School will rise in reputation. . . . Surely life, if it be not long, is tedious, since...of our time, of that time which never can return." — Boswell's Life, edited by G. Birkbeck Hill, vol. ip 363. 1 Cumberland House was afterwards part... | |
| Katharine Ada Esdaile - 1928 - Počet stránok 372
...with the multitude of spectators, and imagine that the English School will rise in reputation . . . This Exhibition has filled the heads of the Artists...assistance of so many trifles to rid us of our time, ofthat time which can never return.' The Doctor, as usual, was probably the victim of his own kindness... | |
| Logan Pearsall Smith - 1928 - Počet stránok 280
...strip her. Dr. Johnson, M, I, 345. HE that lives longest lives but a little while. Ibid., R, No. 71. SURELY life, if it be not long, is tedious, since...assistance of so many trifles to rid us of our time. Ibid., B, I, 363. A YEAR is no contemptible portion of this mortal existence. Gibbon, M, I, p. 644.... | |
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