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" tis madness to defer: Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time ; Year after year it steals, till all are fled, And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of... "
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Brighton in an uproar, Volume 1

Henrietta Maria Moriarty - 1811 - 254 pages
...Lorenzo! a slow, sudden death. How dreadful that deliberate surprise! Be wise to-day, 'tis madness to defer ; Next day, the fatal precedent will plead !...till all are fled, And to the mercies of a moment leave's The vast concerns of an eternal scene ! If not so frequent, would not this be strange ? That...
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Brighton in an uproar, Volume 1

Henrietta Maria Moriarty - 1811 - 254 pages
...Lorenzo! a slow, sndden death. How dreadful that deliberate surprise! Be wise to-day, 'tis madness to defer ; Next day, the fatal precedent will plead!...till all are fled, And to the mercies of a moment leave's The vast concerns of an eternal scene ! If not so frequent, would not this be strange ? That...
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The Works of the Rev. Dr. Edward Young, Volume 2

Edward Young - 1811 - 302 pages
...LORENZO ! a slaw sudden death* How dreadful that deliberate surprise ! Be wise to-day ; 'tis madness to defer ; Next day the fatal precedent will plead ;...time ; Year after year it steals, till all are fled, 14* And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene. If not so frequent,...
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The Bioscope, Or Dial of Life, Explained: To which is Added, a Translation ...

Granville Penn - Christian life - 1812 - 332 pages
...not having hereafter to lament its misapplication. .;. . -. ./ ;.:,,h Be wise to-day, 'tis madness to defer ; Next day the fatal precedent will plead, Thus...all are fled, And to the mercies of a moment leaves ;V; ,•,; The vast concerns of an. eternal scene ! , •l-. .j . If not so frequent, would not this...
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Night thoughts, and A paraphrase on part of the book of Job. With the life ...

Edward Young - 1812 - 814 pages
...Be wise to-day; 'tis madness to defer: Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; 14 THE COMPLAINT. Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time; Year after year it steak, till all are fled, And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene....
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The poetical works of Edward Young. Collated with the best eds.: by T. Park

Edward Young - English poetry - 1813 - 324 pages
...Lorenzo ! a slow-sudden death ; How dreadful that deliberate surprise ! Be wise to-day ; 'tis madness to defer : Next day the fatal precedent will plead >...strange ? That 'tis so frequent, this is stranger still. Of man's miraculous mistakes this bears The pahu, ' That all men are about to live/ For ever on the...
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The Complaint; Or, Night Thoughts

Edward Young - 1813 - 380 pages
...LORENZO! a slow sudden death. , How dreadful that deliberate surprise ! Be wise to-day; 'tis madness to defer : Next day the fatal precedent will plead ;...strange? That 'tis so frequent, this is stranger still. Of man's miraculous mistakes, this bears The palm, " that all men are about to live," For ever on the...
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The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best ...

Lindley Murray - Readers - 1813 - 276 pages
...SECTION IX, On Proerastination. BE wise to-day; 'tis madness to defer? Next day the fatal preeedent will plead; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of...after year it steals, till all are fled; And to the mereies of a moment leaves The vast eoneerns of an eternal seene. Of man's miraeulous mistakes, this...
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The Freethinking Christians' Magazine: Intended for the Promotion ..., Volume 3

Liberalism (Religion) - 1813 - 596 pages
...what may be done to-day, may never have a morrow to do it in. " Be wist to day, 'tis madnesi to defcr. Next day the fatal precedent will plead. Thus on till...Procrastination is the thief of time ; Year after \<-;ir it steals, till all are fled, And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an...
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The Reader: Containing I. The Art of Delivery ... a Selection of Lessons in ...

Abner Alden - English language - 1814 - 222 pages
...speak thy praise, •!• Or fathom thy profound of love to man. » YOUNG. t ESSON XL. PROCRASTINATION. PROCRASTINATION is the thief of time. Year after year...fled, And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concern of an eternalscene. If not so frequent, would not tnis be strange : That 'tis so frequent,...
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