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The English Reader, Or, Pieces in Prose and Verse, Selected from the Best ... - Page 224
by Lindley Murray - 1826 - 286 pages
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The Works of the Author of The Night-thoughts, Volume 2

Edward Young - 1802 - 416 pages
...last extreme beware, Beware, LORENZO! a slow sudden death. How dreadful that deliberate surprize ! Be wise to-day; 'tis madness to defer; Next day the...fled, And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene. If not so frequent, would not This be strange ? That 'tis so frequent,...
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Night Thoughts, on Life, Death, and Immortality

Edward Young - 1802 - 412 pages
...last extreme beware, Beware, LORENZO ! a slow sudden death. How dreadful that deliberate surprize ! Be wise to-day ; 'tis madness to defer ; Next day...fled, And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene. If not so frequent, would not This be strange ? That 'tis so frequent,...
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Night Thoughts, on Life, Death, and Immortality

Edward Young - 1802 - 416 pages
...last extreme beware, Beware, LORENZO! a slow sudden death. How dreadful that deliberate surprize ! Be wise to-day ; 'tis madness to defer ; Next day...fled, And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene. If not so frequent, would not This be strange ? That 'tis so frequent,...
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The Works of the Author of The Night-thoughts, Volume 2

Edward Young - 1802 - 402 pages
...last extreme beware, Beware, LORENZO! a slow sudden death. How dreadful that deliberate surprize ! Be wise to-day; 'tis madness to defer; Next day the...fled, And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene. If not so frequent, would not This be strange ? That 'tis so frequent,...
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The Speaker Or Miscellaneous Pieces Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...quickly pass, And one unbounded Spring encircle all. THOMSON, CHAP. XXIII. On Procrastination. B E wise to-day ; 'tis madness to defer : Next day the...time ; Year after year it steals , till all are fled, E4 And to the mercies of a moment leaves Thf vast concerns of an eternal scene. Ol 'man's miraculous...
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The Complaint, Or, Night Thoughts on Life, Death, and Immortality

Edward Young - 1805 - 284 pages
...last extreme beware, Beware, Lorenzo ! a slow-sudden death. How dreadful that deliberate surprize ! Be wise to-day : 'tis madness to defer; Next day the...fled, And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene, f not so frequent would not this be strange ? hat 'tis so frequent, this...
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The Poetical Works of the Rev. Dr. Edward Young: With the Life of ..., Volume 1

Edward Young - 1805 - 238 pages
...last extreme beware; Beware, Lorenzo, a slow sudden death. How dreadful that deliberate surprise ! Be wise to-day ; 'tis madness to defer ; Next day...of time ; Year after year it steals, till all are fletl, And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene. If not so frequent,...
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The Works of the Late Edward Dayes: Containing An Excursion Through the ...

Edward Dayes, Edward Wedlake Brayley - 1805 - 432 pages
...therefore, husband that time, the continuance of which is so uncertain, and its loss so irrecoverable. Be wise to-day ; 'tis madness to defer ; Next day...plead : Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life. YOUNG. Indolence the grand enemy to the attainment o£ eminence. In forming compositions it will not...
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English Grammar: Adapted to the Different Classes of Learners : with an ...

Lindley Murray - 1805 - 350 pages
...begot : A heap of dust alone remains of thee ; 'Tis all thou art, and all the proud shall be. B5 vise to-day, 'tis madness to defer ; • Next day the fatal...plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life. This is called the Heroic measure. In its simplest form it consists of five Iambuses ; but by the admission...
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The Works of the Late Edward Dayes: Containing An Excursion Through the ...

Edward Dayes, Edward Wedlake Brayley - 1805 - 422 pages
...irrecoverable. Indolence the grand enemy to the attainment of eminence. Be ivist to-day ; 'tis mildness to defer ; Next day the fatal precedent will plead : Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life. YOUNG. In forming compositions it will not be sufficient to bring together materials only ; this can,...
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