 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 29by James Fennell - 1814 - 510 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Lindley Murray - English literature - 1827 - 276 pages
...himself a fool ; Knows it at forty, and reforms his plan ; . At fifty, chides kis infamous delay.; O 2 Pushes his prudent purpose to resolve ; In all the magnanimity of thought, Resolves, anu re-resolves, then dies the same. 4. And why ? Because he thinks himself immortal. All men think... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 264 pages
...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. ON THE REGULATION OF THE THOUGHTS. PALET. Perhaps almost every man living has a... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1829 - 420 pages
...king drinks to Hamlet. Trag. of Humid. 10. 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 reresolves — then dies the same.— Young. VII. — Examples n/the principal Emotions and Passsions.— ADMIRATION,... | |
 | Laconics - 1829 - 390 pages
...dilatory man, And that through every stage. 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. In human hearts what bolder thought can rise Than man's presumption on to-morrow's... | |
 | John Timbs - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1829 - 354 pages
...dilatory man, And that through every stage. 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. In human hearts what bolder thought can rise Than man's presumption on to-morrow's... | |
 | Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - English language - 1829 - 318 pages
...suspects himself a fool ; Knows it at forty, and reforms his plan ; At fifty, chides his infamous delay f Pushes his prudent purpose to resolve ; in all the...magnanimity of thought, Resolves, and re-resolves, then dies the same. 4. And why ? Because he thinks himself immortal, All men think all men mortal,... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1830 - 516 pages
...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... | |
 | Thomas F. Walker - English poetry - 1830 - 256 pages
...were more wise. At thirty man suspects himself a fool ; Knows it ni forty, and reforms his plan ; &* fifty chides his infamous delay, Pushes his prudent...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... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1830 - 844 pages
...wise. At thirty, man suspects himself a fool ; Knows it at forty, and reforms his plan ; At ftfty, up through the region of the air, sweetly talking...comforted because they guteafely over the river, and ha ; then dies the same. And why? because he thinks himself immortal. All men think all men mortal but... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Elocution - 1830 - 244 pages
...himself a fool ; Knows it at forty, and reforms his plan ; At fiftv, chides tiis infamous delay ; O 2 Pushes his prudent purpose to resolve; In all the magnanimity of thought, • Resolves, aiiU re-resolves, then dies the same. 4. And why ? Because he thinks himself immortal. All men think... | |
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