tis all a cheat; Yet, fooled with hope, men favour the deceit; Trust on, and think to-morrow will repay: To-morrow's falser than the former day; Lies worse, and, while it says, we shall be blest With some new joys, cuts off what we possest. The Enquirer: Or, Literary, Mathematical, and Philosophical Repository ... - Page 49edited by - 1812Full view - About this book
| James Boswell - 1820 - 476 pages
...Lies worse ; and while it says we shall be blest " With some new joys, cuts off what we possest. " Strange cozenage! none would live past years again; " Yet all hope pleasure in what yet remain ; " And from the dregs of life think to receive, " What the first sprightly running... | |
| James Boswell - 1821 - 378 pages
...we possest. Strange cozenage ! none would live past years again; Yet all hope pleasure in what yet remain ; And from the dregs of life think to receive...What the first sprightly running could not give." ' It was observed to Dr. Johnson, that it seemed strange that he, who has so often delighted his company... | |
| James Boswell - 1821 - 376 pages
...than enjoyed, in the geheral condition of human life; and frequently quoted those lines of Dryden : ' Strange cozenage ! none would live past years again, Yet all hope pleasure from what still remain.' For his part, he said, he never passed that week ih his life which he would wish to repeat, tvere a»... | |
| James Boswell - 1821 - 380 pages
...day ; Lies worse ; and while it says we shall be blest With some new joys, cuts off what we possest. Strange cozenage ! none would live past years again ; Yet all hope pleasure in what yet remain ; And from the dregs of life think to receive What the first sprightly running could... | |
| Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1822 - 598 pages
...sublime spectacle. How often, in my younger days, have I repeated the well-known Hues of Dryden. " Strange cozenage ! none would live past years again,...think to receive What the first sprightly running would not give : I 'm tired of toiling for this chymic gold, Which fools us young, and beggars us when... | |
| Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1822 - 594 pages
...sublime spectacle. How often, in my younger days, have I repeated the well-known lines of Dry den. " Strange cozenage ! none would live past years again,...hope pleasure from what still remain, And from the circus of life think to receive What the first sprightly running would not give : I 'm lired of toiling... | |
| James Boswell - Authors, English - 1822 - 472 pages
...than enjoyed, in the general condition of human life ; and frequently quoted those lines of Dryden: " Strange cozenage ! none would live past years again, " Yet all hope pleasure from what still remain." For his part, he said, he never passed that week in his life which he would wish to repeat, were an... | |
| James Boswell - Authors, English - 1822 - 506 pages
...Lies worse ; and while it says we shall be blest " With some new joys, cuts off what we possest. " Strange cozenage ! none would live past years again ; " Yet all hope pleasure in what yet remain ; " And from the dregs of life think to receive, " What the first sprightly running... | |
| Samuel Bailey - Economics - 1823 - 424 pages
...we possest. Strange cozenage ! None would lire past years again ; Yet all hope pleasure in what yet remain ; And from the dregs of life think to receive,...What the first sprightly running could not give*." * Aurengzebe. QUESTION LXXV. HAVE GOVERNMENTS ANY GREAT POWER OVER THE FORMATION OF NATIONAL CHARACTER?... | |
| James Boswell - 1823 - 440 pages
...we possess'd. Strange cozenage! none would live past years again ; Yet all hope pleasure in what yet remain; And from the dregs of life think to receive What the first sprightly running could not give5." It was observed to Dr. Johnson, that it seemed strange that he, who has so often delighted... | |
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