 | W. M. Wade - Oxford (England) - 1818 - 524 pages
...contemplations strictly in unison with those expressed in the following lines of Pope's translation of Homer : Like leaves on trees the race of man is found ; Now...their course decay ; So flourish these, when those are passed away. At the north-eastern corner of the cloisters rises a plain, but lofty and substantial... | |
 | W. M. Wade - Oxford (England) - 1818 - 528 pages
...contemplations strictly in unison with those expressed in the following lines of Pope's translation of Homer: Like leaves on trees the race of man is found ; Now...Another race the following spring supplies ; They fell successive, and successive rise. So generations in their course decay; So flourish these, when... | |
 | Robert Knight (vicar of Tewkesbury.) - 1818 - 142 pages
...curiosity has been just employed? it (puei, fajof <T fmyi'yvtlizi 11 jtxiu <pu£(, i' <* IL. lib. vi. Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth, now with' ring on the ground ; Another race the following spring supplies ; They fall successive, and successive... | |
 | 1819 - 186 pages
...of the races of men like leaves on trees the race of man is fonnd, Now green in youth, now with'ring on the ground. Another race the following spring supplies...their course decay ; So flourish these, when those are pass'd away. Tnis loss of verdure, together with the *fiortened days, the diminishing warmth, and frequent... | |
 | 1819 - 506 pages
...green in youth, now withi-riii* on the ground. Another race the following spring »U]>plit s, They rail successive, and successive rise. ; So generations...decay, So flourish these, when those are past away. How does every thing around us bring its lesson to our minds ! Nature in the great book of Cod. In... | |
 | Geography - 1819 - 188 pages
...man. Thi* quick succession of springing and falling Jpnves has been thus beautifully applied by Homer. Like leaves on trees the race of man Is found, Now green in youth, now with'ring on the ground. Another race the following spring supplies ; They fall successive, and succrsnve... | |
 | 492 pages
...springing and falling leaves, a very apposite comparison for the transitory generations of men : — Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now...successive rise; So generations in their course decay, Bo flourish these, when those are past away. CbcjFamilg jfrienD. As the damp and foggy weather, now... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1820 - 748 pages
..." Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, [ground ; Now green in youth, now withering on the Another race the following spring supplies ', They...their course decay ; So flourish these, when those are pastaway." POPE'S II.IAD, LIB. VI. 115. Memoirs of the Court of Westphalia, under Jerome Buonaparte... | |
 | Children's poetry, English - 1820 - 190 pages
...The tender blighted plant shrinks up its leaves, and dies. LOKD LYTTELTON. THE GENERATIONS OF MAN. LIKE leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth, now with'ring on the ground. 62 The Wolves. Another race the following spring supplies, They fall successive,... | |
 | English essays - 1820 - 736 pages
...in youth, now withering on the Another race the following spring supplies; They fall successive, ami successive rise: So generations in their course decay ; So flourish these, when those are pastaway." POPE'S lii.n, mi. TI. 115. Memoirt of the Court o/Westptfalia, under Jerome Buonaparte ;... | |
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Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth, now withering on the ground; Another race the following spring supplies; They fall successive, and successive rise: So generations in their course decay; So flourish these, when those... 
