Behold the child, by Nature's kindly law, Pleas'd with a rattle, tickled with a straw : Some livelier plaything gives his youth delight, A little louder, but as empty quite : Scarfs, garters, gold, amuse his riper stage, And beads and prayer-books are... Lectures on the Philosophy of the Human Mind - Página 190por Thomas Brown - 1822 - 587 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Friedrich Christoph Schlosser - 1843 - 712 páginas
...passion , answer one great aim : That true self-love, and social are the same. »5) Ep. 11. Vs. 279. Scarfs, garters, gold amuse his riper stage And beads...before; Till tir'd he sleeps and life's poor play is over. SBir flebraudjten g'l'" bie teutfdje Uiberfefcmig , fie ijl aber gar ju fdjledjt, »it »urteil... | |
| Friedrich Christoph Schlosser - 1843 - 414 páginas
...: " That reason, passion, answer one great aim ; That true self-love and social are the same." t " Scarfs, garters, gold amuse his riper stage, And beads and prayer-books are the toys of age; Pleased with this bauble still as that before, Till tired he sleeps, and life's poor play is o'er."—Essay... | |
| John Aikin - 1843 - 826 páginas
...gives his youth delight, A little louder, but as empty quite : Scarfs, garters, gold, amuse his ripe* 䊀 thia bauble still, aa that before ; 'Till tir'd he sleeps, and Life's poor play is o'er. Meanwhile... | |
| William Goodman - 1844 - 378 páginas
...little from the present time, all of which only serve to show that " man is ever the same." " Pleased with this bauble still, as that before, 'Till tir'd, he sleeps, and life's poor play is o'er." POPE. The town jugglers, during the reign of the Stuarts, were fellows who practised feats of strength,... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1844 - 94 páginas
...rattle, tickled with a straw : «tjomo livelier plaything gives his youth delight, A little louder, but as empty quite : Scarfs, garters, gold, amuse his riper stage, And beads and prayer books are the toys of age : 280 Pleas'd with this bauble still, as that before ; Till tired... | |
| William Goodman - 1845 - 440 páginas
...the present time, all of which only serve to show that " man is ever the same." " Pleased with thia bauble still, as that before, 'Till tir'd, he sleeps, and life's poor play is o'er." POPE. The town jugglers, during the reign of the Stuarts, were fellows who practised feats of strength,... | |
| Jesse Olney - 1845 - 348 páginas
...with a rattle, tickled with a straw: Some livelier plaything gives his youth delight, A little louder, but as empty quite ; Scarfs, garters, gold, amuse his riper stage, And cards and counters are the toys, of age : Pleas'd with this bauble still, as that before ; Till tir'd... | |
| Thomas Brown, David Welsh - 1846 - 580 páginas
...a rattle, tickled with a straw : Some livelier plaything gives his youth delight, A little louder, but as empty quite ; Scarfs, garters, gold, amuse...; And beads and prayer-books are the toys of age. Pleased with his bauble still, as that before ; Till, tired, he sleeps, — and life's poor play is... | |
| Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1846 - 692 páginas
...Youth delight, A little louder, but as empty quite : Scarfs, garters, gold our riper years engage ; And beads and prayer-books are the toys of Age ! Pleas'd...with this bauble still as that before, Till tir'd we sleep — and Life s poor play is o'er!" This is the more solemn view of the subject: — But the... | |
| 1847 - 540 páginas
...with a rattle, tickled with a straw; Some livelier plaything gives his youth delight, A little louder, but as empty quite ; — Scarfs, garters, gold, amuse...Pleas'd with this bauble still, as that before, Till tired, he sleeps, and life can charm no more. POPE'S Essay on Man. 19. When the proud steed shall know... | |
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