tis madness to defer: Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time ; Year after year it steals, till all are fled, And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of... Elegant Extracts - Page 115redigeeritud poolt - 1809Full view - About this book
| 1827 - 616 lehte
...precedent will plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is pnsh'd out of life-1 Procrastination is the thief ol" time ; Year after year it steals, till all are fled,...moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene." Yultng. THE importance of early piety may be farther argued, from a consideration of its advantages... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1827 - 262 lehte
...done his part ; do thine." WILTON SECTION IX. On Procrastination, BE wise to-day ; 'tis madness to defer '. Next day the fatal precedent will plead;...out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time. fear after year it steals, (ill all arc fieriL; R2 A ml, to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast... | |
| Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 264 lehte
...day; 'tis madness to defer; Next day the fatal precedent will plead, Thus on, till wisdom is pushed out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time;...strange? That 'tis so frequent, this is stranger still. Of man's miraculous mistakes, this bears, The palm, that all men are about to live, For ever on the... | |
| Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 266 lehte
...will plead, Thus on, till wisdom is pushed out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time; Tear after year it steals, till all are fled, And to the...strange ? That 'tis so frequent, this is stranger still. Of man's miraculous mistakes, this bears, The palm, that all men are about to live, For ever on the... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1828 - 252 lehte
...'tis madness to defer: Next day thi fatal precedent will plead; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd put of life. Procrastination is the thief of time. Year...moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene. 2. Of man's miraculous mistakes, this bears The palm," That all men are about to live:" For ever on... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1828 - 256 lehte
...hath done his part ; do thine." MILTON SECTION IX. On Procrastination. BE wise to-day; 'tis madness to defer: Next day the fatal precedent will plead; Thus...thief of time. Year after year it steals, till all arc fledj And, to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene. 2 Of man's... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1829 - 216 lehte
...'tis madness to defer : Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd put of life. Procrastination is the thief of time. Year...moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene. 2. Of man's miraculous mistakes, this bears The palm, " That all men are about to live :" For ever... | |
| Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 804 lehte
...yeais ago, and have several things to finish, which I put off to twenty years hence. Suift to Pope. Procrastination is the thief of time, Year after year...moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene. Young. PRO'CREATE,t>. а.-ч Fr. procréer; Lat. PRO'CREANT, adj. I procreo, procréons. To PROCREA'TION,... | |
| Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - 1829 - 318 lehte
...will plead ; ifhus on, till wisdom is push d out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time. Ve.ir after year it steals, till all are fled; And to the...moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene. Of man's miraculous nvstiikes, this bear The .palm, "That all men arc about to five: & For ever on... | |
| George Barrell Cheever - 1830 - 516 lehte
...Lorenzo ! a slow-sudden death ; How dreadful that deliberate surprise ! Be wise to-day ; 'tis madness to defer : Next day the fatal precedent will plead ;...strange ? That 'tis so frequent, this is stranger still. How excellent that life they ne'er will lead ! Time lodg'd in their own hands is Folly's vails ; That... | |
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