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" And that through every stage ; when young, indeed, In full content we sometimes nobly rest, Unanxious for ourselves, and only wish As duteous sons, our fathers were more wise. At thirty man suspects himself a fool ; Knows it at forty, and reforms his... "
An Apology for the Life of James Fennell - Page 29
by James Fennell - 1814 - 510 lehte
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The English Poets

Thomas Humphry Ward - 1901 - 654 lehte
...As duteous sons our fathers were more wise. At thirty man suspects himself a fool, Knows it at forty and reforms his plan ; At fifty chides his infamous...magnanimity of thought Resolves, and re-resolves, then dies the same, Q2 THE DEATH OF FRIENDS. [From Night III.] Our dying friends come o'er us like...
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The Cyclopedia of Oratory: A Handbook of Authorities on Oratory as an Art ...

W. V. Byars - 1901 - 616 lehte
...Young: 'Night Thought!. • At thirty, man suspects himself a fool, Knows it at forty, and reforms bis plan ; At fifty, chides his infamous delay, Pushes...magnanimity of thought ; Resolves, and re-resolves, then dies the same. And why ? because he thinks himself immortal. All men think all men mortal but...
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The Crane Reader, 5. raamat

1902 - 424 lehte
...duteous sons, our fathers were more wise. 6. At thirty, man suspects himself a fool; Knows it at forty, and reforms his plan; At fifty, chides his infamous...magnanimity of thought Resolves, and re-resolves; then dies the same. I have seen EDWARD YOUNG. A curious child, who dwelt upon a tract Of inland ground,...
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The Collected Works of William Hazlitt: Lectures on the English poets and on ...

William Hazlitt - 1902 - 442 lehte
...duteous sons, our fathers were more wise. At thirty man suspects himself a fool ; Knows it at forty, and reforms his plan ; At fifty chides his infamous...the magnanimity of thought Resolves, and re-resolves ; then dies the same. And why ? Because he thinks himself immortal. All men think all men mortal, but...
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Chambers's Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A History Critical ..., 2. köide

Robert Chambers - 1902 - 860 lehte
...duteous sons, our fathers were more wise. At thirty, man suspects himself a fool ; Knows it at forty, , ignorance is bold and knowledge reserved. Indeed...more humbled bj a conviction of human ignorance than ; then dies the same. And why? because he thinks himself immortal. All men think all men mortal but...
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Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Literature, 2. köide

Robert Chambers - 1902 - 864 lehte
...duteous sons, our fathers were more wise. At thirty, man suspects himself a fool ; Knows it at forty, ; then dies the same. And why? because he thinks himself immortal. All men think all men mortal but...
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Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, 39. köide

Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George Henry Warner - 1902 - 554 lehte
...fool, Knows it at forty and reforms his plan; At fifty chides his infamous delay. Pushes his^irudent purpose to resolve; In all the magnanimity of thought Resolves, and re-resolves, — then dies the same. THE DEATH OF FRIENDS OUR dying friends come o'er us like a cloud, To damp our...
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The Masters of English Literature

Stephen Lucius Gwynn - 1904 - 458 lehte
..."Procrastination is the thief of time " : At thirty man suspects himself a fool, Knows it at forty and reforms his plan, At fifty chides his infamous...thought, Resolves, and re-resolves, and dies the same. Even here one feels, what is glaringly obvious in less skilful passages, that the verse cries out for...
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The World's Best Poetry: Of fancy, of sentiment; [introductory essay] The ...

1904 - 542 lehte
...duteous sons, our fathers were more wise. At thirty, man suspects himself a fool ; Knows it at forty, and reforms his plan ; At fifty, chides his infamous...magnanimity of thought, Resolves, and re-resolves ; then dies the same. And why ? Because he thinks himself immortal. All men think all men mortal but...
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Best Thoughts of Best Thinkers: Amplified, Classified, Exemplified and ...

Hialmer Day Gould, Edward Louis Hessenmueller - 1904 - 920 lehte
...the vast concerns of an eternal state. At thirty, man suspects himself a fool ; knows it at forty, and reforms his plan; at fifty, chides his infamous...magnanimity of thought, resolves, and re-resolves, then dies the same. — Young. By the streets of "by and by," one arrives at the house of "never."...
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