| Charles Lamb - 1856 - 408 oldal
...they cannot be quiet themselves, though nobody hurts them." '.' YVhen ail is done, (he concludes,) human life is at the greatest and the best but like...child, that must be played with and humoured a little to keep it quiet, till it falls asleep, and then the care is over." BARBARA SON the noon of the 14th... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1856 - 604 oldal
...perhaps, my child, after all, what your noble ancestor has observed is most true : — When all is done, human life is, at the greatest and the best, but like a froward child, that must be played with and humored a little i keep it quiet till it falls asleep, and then the care is over.* I entirely acquiesce... | |
| 1856 - 570 oldal
...beyond our little day. ILtf £, — Sir W. Temple. \yHEN all is done, Human Life is, at the greatest and best, but like a froward child, that must be played with, and humoured a little to keep it quiet, till it falls asleep, and then the Care is over. e.— Byron. T OVE'S the first net... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1857 - 610 oldal
...perhaps, my child, after all, what your noble ancestor has observed is most true : — When all is done, human life is, at the greatest and the best. but like a froward child, that must be played with and humored a little to keep it quiet till it falls asleep, and then the care is over.* I entirely acquiesce... | |
| Charles Lamb - 1857 - 380 oldal
...because they cannot be quiet themselves, though nobody hurts them." " When all is done (he concludes), human life is at the greatest and the best but like a froward child, that must be played with, and humored a little, to keep it quiet, till it falls asleep, and then the care is over." BAEBAEA SON the... | |
| Robert Demaus - 1859 - 612 oldal
...or other men, because they cannot be quiet themselves, though nobody hurts them. When all is done, human life is, at the greatest and the best, but like...child, that must be played with and humoured a little, to keep it quiet till it falls asleep, and then the care is over. 3. COMPARISON OF ANCIENT AND MODERN... | |
| Frederick Saunders - 1859 - 432 oldal
...verge." Sir Sttilliam f cmplc wisely said : " When all is done, human life is, at the greatest and best, but like a froward child, that must be played with and humored a little to keep it quiet, till it falls asleep, and then the care is over. We bring into the... | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray - 1878 - 828 oldal
...all the care is over ; " and the concluding sentence of Sir William Temple's Essay on Poetry : — " Human life is at the greatest and the best but like...child, that must be played with and humoured a little to keep it quiet till it falls asleep, and then the care is over." Goldsmith's epitaph on the unfortunate... | |
| Robert Demaus - 1860 - 580 oldal
...or other men, because they cannot be quiet themselves, though nobody hurts them. When all is done, human life is, at the greatest and the best, but like...child, that must be played with and humoured a little, to keep it quiet till it falls asleep, and then the care is over. 3. COMPARISON OF ANCIENT AND MODERN... | |
| Sunbeams - 1861 - 368 oldal
...disappears ; Thus life is but a moment's trance Of memories, hopes, and fears. — When all is done, human life is, at the greatest and the best, but like...child, that must be played with and humoured a little to keep it quiet till it falls asleep, and the care is over. — Sir W. Temple. — Life may be compared... | |
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