 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
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1837 - 362 lehte
...possession of the stage . but its character of Xanga has been justly thought a vulgar caricature of logo. PROCRASTINATION is the thief of time ; Year after...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... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1837 - 448 lehte
...terse and epigrammatic. His tragedy of the Revenge has kept possession of ihesstage ; but its character PROCRASTINATION is the thief of time ; Year after...strange ? That 'tis so frequent, this is stranger still. • At least, their own their future selves applaud ; How excellent that life they ne'er will lead... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1837 - 276 lehte
...On procrastination. < . BE wise to-day ; 'ti3 madness to defer : Next day the fatal precedent \vilL plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life....moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene. Of man's miraculous mistakes, this bears The palm, " That all men are about to live :" For ever on... | |
 | Edward Young - 1837 - 310 lehte
...; 'tis madness to defer : Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is push a out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time ; Year after year it steals, till all are fled, 395 And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of pn eternal scene. If not so frequent,... | |
 | Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 lehte
...; '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... | |
 | Francis Nathan Peloubet - 1897 - 488 lehte
..."*" And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death." — Shakespeare, Macbeth, " Procrastination is the thief of time : Year after...of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal time." • Young . THE LAND OF PRETTY SOON. " I know a land where the streets are paved With the things... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - 1898 - 636 lehte
...; '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...moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene. Of man's miraculous mistakes this bears The palm, "That all men are about to live," Forever on the... | |
 | Frederick Saunders, Minnie K. Davis - 1899 - 768 lehte
...; '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, Forever on the... | |
 | 1899 - 730 lehte
...'tis madness to defer : Next day the fatal precedent will ple»J— Thus on. till wisdom is pushed out of life Procrastination is the thief of time....moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene. Summed up, much that can be advised as to method in study may be stated thus : Be thorough. When studying,... | |
 | Francis Warre Cornish - 1900 - 604 lehte
...to-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... | |
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