 | John Pierpont - Readers - 1831 - 294 pages
...brightened, The hosts of a king are as flax to a flame. LESSON CXLI. The Three Warnings. — MRS. THRALE. THE tree of deepest root is found Least willing still to quit the ground. 'Twos therefore said, by auc'ieut sages, That love of life increased with years . .' So much, that,... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...as for little Bill, he made him The captain of a Seventy-three. HESTER L. THRALE (Piozzi). THE THREE THE tree of deepest root is found Least willing still to quit the ground ; "1'was therefore saiil by ancient sages, That love of life increased with years So much, that in... | |
 | Anne Parker - 1835 - 302 pages
...do. Be ready to assist a brother, — The burdens bear of one another. AHON. THE THREE WARNINGS. \ THE tree of deepest root is found Least willing still to quit the ground ! 'Twos therefore said by ancient sages, That love of life increased with years, So much, that in our... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1837 - 276 pages
...life, The tree of deepest root is found Is what all, if they please, may enjoy. Attachment to life. Least willing still to quit the ground : 'Twas therefore...of life increas'd with years, So much, that in our later, stages, When pains grow sharp, and sickness rages The greatest love of life appears. Virtue's... | |
 | Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 pages
...traveller beholds it, and ihinks, with a sigh, Of poor Mary, the Maid of the Inn. THE THREE WARNINGS. THE tree of deepest root is found Least willing still...therefore said by ancient sages, That love of life increased with years So much, that in our latter stages, When pains grow sharp, and sickness rages,... | |
 | Jesse Olney - Readers - 1838 - 346 pages
...Gill. LESSON CVI. The Three Warnings. — MRS. THRALK. ^.,-v That love of life increased with year• So much, that in our latter stages, When pains grow sharp and sickness rage* The greatest love of life appears. 2. This great affection to believe, Which all confess, but... | |
 | New Church preacher - 1839 - 784 pages
...away from the idea of quitting it. It is the language of truth and nature which speaks in the lines, " The tree of deepest root is found Least willing, still, to quit the ground." Thus we see, that while, on the one hand, habits of wickedness • : "1 worldly-mindedness most certainly... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Elocution - 1840 - 270 pages
...all that is truly delightful in life. Is what all, if they please, may enjoy. | Attachment to life. The tree of deepest root is found Least willing still to quit the ground : 'Twas therefore sai'i, by ancient sages, That love of life mcrcas'd with years, .So much, that in our later stages,... | |
 | George Willson - Elocution - 1840 - 298 pages
...Praise be to God !" This concludes the whole. LESSON LXXV. The Three Warnings. — MRS. THRAI.K. 1 THE tree of deepest root is found Least willing still to quit the ground. "Fwas therefore said, by ancient sages, That love of life increased with years So much, that, in our... | |
 | Andrew Comstock - Elocution - 1841 - 410 pages
...great', | and sits enthroned on the riches of the universe. I THE THREE WARNINGS. (MRS. TIIRAI.K.) The tree of deepest root, is found , | Least willing still to quit the ground, .' | 'T was therefore said by ancient sages, | That love of life increased with years , | So much,... | |
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THE tree of deepest root is found Least willing still to quit the ground ; 'Twas therefore said by ancient sages, That love of life increased with years So much, that in our latter stages, When pains grow sharp, and sickness rages, The greatest love of... 
