 Big with the vanity of state ; But transient is the smile of Fate ! A little rule, a little sway, A sun-beam in a winter's day, Is all the proud and mighty have Between the cradle and the grave.  Elegant Extracts - Stran 475uredili: - 1809Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | Montgomery Robert Bartlett - 1827 - 274 strani
...falling inflection may be applied to the middle pause of the penultimate line with great effect. Thus: A little rule', a little .sway', A sunbeam', in a...mighty have', Between the cradle', and the grave\ ARITHMETIC. — LESSON 3. Double Proportion. NOTE. In Doable Proportion, those questions may be siated... | |
 | James Silk Buckingham - 1828 - 598 strani
...commenced its march towards Cairo, there to join the army of the Grand Vizier. RCIN 6. ' Yet time has Been, that lifts the low, And level lays the lofty brow,...vanity of state ; But transient is the smile of fate.' — DYER. OVER mountain and meadow The latest rays pour, And long shoots the shadow From forest and... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1830 - 516 strani
...Conceal'd in ruins, moss, and weeds; While ever and anon there falls Huge heaps of hoary moulder'd walls, Yet time has seen, that lifts the low And level lays...have Between the cradle and the grave. And see the rivers how they run Through woods and meads, in shade and sun ! Sometimes swift, sometimes slow, Wave... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1830 - 256 strani
...the middle of the line, the observance of which gives great beauty to the reading of poetry EXAMPLES. A little rule',, a little sway*, A sunbeam*,, in a..."have', Between the cradle',, and the grave\ And see the rivers',, how they run Thro' woods*,, and meads', in shade', and sun* ? Sometimes swiff,, sometimes... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1830 - 844 strani
...moas, and weeds ; While, over aud auou, there lalle [то 1780. Huge heaps of hoary mouldered walls. Op]wL M ( . witli the vanity of state ; But transient if the smile of fate I A little rule a little sway, A sunbeam... | |
 | 1833 - 270 strani
...feet in height, eight feet in breadth, and twenty-eight feet in length, and contains 1792 cubic feet. A little rule, a little sway, A sunbeam in a winter's...and mighty have Between the cradle and the grave. DYBR. SINGULAR SPRING. — About a mile to the north-west of Giggleswick, near Settle, in Yorkshire,... | |
 | Jesse Olney - 1833 - 150 strani
...shall fade like me." "I cannot do it, never accomplished any thing; I will try, has wrought wonders." "A little rule, a little sway, A sunbeam in a winter's...and mighty have, Between the cradle and the grave." "If you want your business done, go, — if not, send." " Of all the causes that conspire to blind... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1837 - 438 strani
...in ruins, moss, and weeds ; While, ever and anon, there falls Huge heaps of hoary moulder'd walls. Yet Time has seen, that lifts the low, And level lays...have Between the cradle and the grave. And see the rivers how they run, Through woods and meads, in shade and sun, Sometimes swift, sometimes slow, Wave... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1837 - 362 strani
...in ruins, moss, and weeds ; While, ever and anon, there falls Huge heaps of hoary moulder'd walls. Yet Time has seen, that lifts the low, And level lays...vanity of state ; But transient is the smile of Fate I A little rule, a little sway, A sun-beam in a winter's day, Is all the proud and mighty have Between... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1837 - 448 strani
...in ruins, moss, and weeds ; While, ever and anon, there falls Huge heaps of hoary moulder'd walls. Yet Time has seen, that lifts the low, And level lays the lofty brow, Has seen this broken pile eomplete, Big with the vanity of state ; But transient is the smile of Fate ! A little rule, a little... | |
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