 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 - 1843 - 588 pages
...we possest. Slraiige 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... | |
 | William James Linton - 1844 - 340 pages
...former day, Lies more, and when it says we shall be blest With some new joy, cuts off what we possest. Strange cozenage ! none would live past years again, Yet all hope pleasure in what still remain, And from the dregs of life think to receive What the fresh sprightly running... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - Great Britain - 1846 - 528 pages
...and when it says we shall be blest With some new joy, cuts off what we possessed. Strange cozenage 1 none would live past years again, Yet all hope pleasure from what still remain ; And from the dregs of hfe think to receive What the fresh sprightly running could not give : I 'm tired with waiting for... | |
 | Materials - 1846 - 478 pages
...; Lies more, and while it says we shall be bless'd With some new joys, cuts off what 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... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1848 - 1798 pages
...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... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 580 pages
...degree, Our debtors, false friends and coquettes, All answer alike, " We shall see ! " HOPE. DRYDEN. 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... | |
 | Benjamin Hall Kennedy - Classical languages - 1850 - 364 pages
...we possessed. Strange coz'nage ! 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. I'm tired with waiting for this chymic gold, Which fools us young, and beggars us when old. Anacreóntica.... | |
 | James Boswell - 1851 - 322 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... | |
 | Cyclopaedia - 1853 - 772 pages
...posscss'd: Strange cozenage! no one 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. I'm tired with waiting for this chymic gold, Which fools us young, and beggars us when old. Dryden.... | |
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