 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 - Stran 115uredili: - 1809Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | Edward Young - 1815 - 332 strani
...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 ; Thus...scene. If not so frequent, would not this be strange 1 That 'tis so frequent, This is stranger still. Of man's miraculous mistakes, this bears The palm,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1815 - 276 strani
...PnoCRABTINATIpN. Be wise to-day ; 'tis madness to defer ; Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus OD, till wisdom is push'd out of life. Procrastination...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 - 1816 - 390 strani
...LOHESZO ! a alma-sudden death. How dreadful that deliberate surprize ! Be wise to-day, 'tis madness to defer ; Next day the fatal precedent will plead ;...scene. If not so frequent, would not this be strange i That 'tis so frequent, Ma is stranger still. Of man's miraculous mistakes, this bears The palm, "... | |
 | Edward Young - 1816 - 284 strani
...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 ;...leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene. If not so freqnent, would not this be strange ? That 'tis so freqnent, this is stranger still. Of man's miraculous... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1816 - 328 strani
...his part ; do thine." I MILTON. SECTION IX. , On Procrastination. Be wise to day ; 'tis madness to defer ; Next day the fatal precedent will plead ;...time. Year after year it steals, till all are fled ; AIM], to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene. Of man's miraculous... | |
 | 1817 - 314 strani
...re-resolves; then dies the same. How dreadful that deliberate surprise! Be wise to-day ;' 'tij madness to defer : Next day the fatal precedent will plead ;...strange ? That 'tis so frequent, this is stranger still. Young* MORAL REFLECTIONS ON COMPARING THE SEASONS OF DAY A»D NIGHT. L«t Indians, and the gay, like... | |
 | Timothy East - 1817 - 246 strani
...present, as the " accepted time," the day of salvation. " Be wise" to-day ; 'tis mndness to defer j Next day the fatal Precedent will plead ; ' Thus on,...of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene."LETTER II. JF thc objections which arc sometimes adMinced to deter you from becoming decidedly... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1818 - 338 strani
...verse. The well known lines on Procrastination are in his best manner: " Be wise to-day; 'tis madness to defer; Next day the fatal precedent will plead; Thus...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 the... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 412 strani
...Lorenzo ! a slow sudden death. How dreadful that deliberate surprise ! Be wise to-day ; 't is madness to defer ; Next day the fatal precedent will plead ;...all are fled, And to the mercies of a moment leaves Hie vast concerns of an eternal scene. If not so frequent, would not this be strange .' That 't is... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1821 - 280 strani
...thee hath done his part ; do thine." SECTION IX. &n Procrastination. . BE wise to-day; 'tis madness to defer : Next day the fatal precedent will plead ;...till all are fled; And to the mercies of a moment leases The vast concerns of an eternal scene. . Of man's miraculous mistakes, this bears For ever on... | |
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