 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. I'm tired of waiting for this chymic gold Which fools us young...  The Bee: Or Literary Weekly Intelligencer - Page 303edited by - 1791Full view - About this book
 | Voltaire - English literature - 1733 - 302 pages
...remain. And from the Dregs of Life think to receive What the firft fprightly Running could not give. Tm tir'd with waiting for this chymic Gold, ' . Which fools us young, and beggars us when old. I fhall now give you my Tranflation. De dejjeins en regrets & d'erreurs en dejirs Les Mortels infenfes.... | |
 | Voltaire - English literature - 1778 - 220 pages
...remain, And from the dregs of life think to receive What the fitfl fprightly running could not give. I'm tir'd with waiting for this chymic gold, Which fools us young, and beggars us when old. I fhall now give my tranflation. Dt deffeins en regrets (3 cTerreurs en dejirs, Les morteh infenfes... | |
 | Mr. Addison - Anecdotes - 1795 - 608 pages
...remain, And from the dregs of life think to receive, What the firft fprightly running could not give: I'm tir'd with waiting for this chymic gold, Which fools us young, and beggars us when old. THE GREAT DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH. THE Duke had noticed the behaviour of a young officer in fome engagement... | |
 | Joseph Addison - Anecdotes - 1795 - 594 pages
..., And from the dregs of life think to receive, What the firft fprightly running could not give: T'm tir'd with waiting for this chymic gold, Which fools us young, and beggars us when old. THE THE GREAT DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH. THE Duke had noticed the behaviour of a young officer in fome engagement... | |
 | Shrewsbury (England). Royal School - English poetry - 1801 - 368 pages
...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. Anacreontica. Hoc sub tegmine myrteo Stratus purpurea sic temere in rosa, Unguento madidus comam et... | |
 | Albin-Joseph-Ulpien Hennet - English poetry - 1806 - 456 pages
...life think to receive "What the first sprightly running could not give. I'm tir'd with waiting fer this chymic gold "Which fools us young, and beggars us when old. Bercé par l'espérance, il attend le bonheur, II compte sur demain, et ce demain trompeur Par les... | |
 | Horace Smith - English essays - 1825 - 370 pages
...dregs of life 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 old." I had lived to disprove them. I would live past years again, but it should be the latter, not the former... | |
 | Laconics - 1829 - 352 pages
...remain: And from the dregs of life think to receive What the first sprightly running could not give. I'm tir'd with waiting for this chymic gold, Which fools us young, and beggars us when old. Dryden. DXXX. Two rival actresses are capable of dividing a town. Men have a secret propensity for... | |
 | John Timbs - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1829 - 354 pages
...remain: And from the dregs of life think to receive What the first sprightly running could not give. I'm tir'd with waiting for this chymic gold, Which fools us young, and beggars us when old. Dry den. DXXX. Two rival actresses are capable of dividing a town. Men have a secret propensity for... | |
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