 Like as the waves make towards the pebbled shore, So do our minutes hasten to their end; Each changing place with that which goes before, In sequent toil all forwards do contend. Nativity, once in the main of light, Crawls to maturity, wherewith being...  Works - Page 458by William Shakespeare - 1874Full view - About this book
 | Aphorisms and apothegms - 1856 - 372 pages
...intelligences, and practices, and the manner how they are to be carried on. — Montaigne. CCCCLXIV. Like as the waves make towards the pebbled shore,...truth, And nothing stands but for his scythe to mow. Shakspeare. CCCCLXV. Good breeding is the result of much good sense, some good nature, and a little... | |
 | John Timbs - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1856 - 374 pages
...intelligences, and practices, and the manner how they are to be carried on. — Montaigne. CCCCLXIV. Like as the waves make towards the pebbled shore,...truth, And nothing stands but for his scythe to mow. Shakspeafe. CCCCLXV. Good breeding is the result of much good sense, some good nature, and a little... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Henry Howard Earl of Surrey, George Gilfillan - 1856 - 364 pages
...that which goes before, In sequent toil all forwards do contend. Nativity, once in the main of light,2 Crawls to maturity, wherewith being crown'd, Crooked...stand, Praising thy worth, despite his cruel hand. 1 ' Whe'r : ' whether.—2 ' Main of light : ' the ocean of the sun. LXI. Is it thy will thy image... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1856 - 424 pages
...confound. Time doth transfix the flourish set on youth, And delves the parallels in beauty's brow ; I'Yeds on the rarities of nature's truth, And nothing stands...stand, Praising thy worth, despite his cruel hand. Is it thy will thy image should keep open My heavy eyelids to the weary night? Dost thou desire my... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1857 - 736 pages
...be the same. O, sure I am, the wits of former days To subjects worse have given admiring praise. LX. Like as the waves make towards the pebbled shore,...should keep open My heavy eyelids to the weary night ? Dost thou desire my slumbers should he broken, While shadows like to thee do mock my sight ? Is it... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1857 - 722 pages
...be the same. O, sure I am, the wits of former days To subjects worse have given admiring praise. LX. Like as the waves make towards the pebbled shore,...stand, Praising thy worth, despite his cruel hand. LXL Is it thy will thy image should keep open My heavy eyelids to the weary night ? Dost thou desire... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1857 - 336 pages
...'gainst his glory fight ; And time that gave, doth now his gift confound. Time doth transfix the florish set on youth, And delves the parallels in beauty's...should keep open My heavy eyelids to the weary night ? Dost thou desire my slumbers should be broken, While shadows, like to thee, do mock my sight? Is... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1858 - 736 pages
...the same. Oh ! sure I am, the wits of former days To subjects worse have given admiring praise. LX. Like as the waves make towards the pebbled shore,...stand, Praising thy worth, despite his cruel hand. ' — or WHERE better they,] So the old copy; the clear meaning being, " whether we have improved,... | |
 | Chambers's journal - 1858 - 432 pages
...forwards do contend. Nativity, once in the main of light, Crawls to maturity, wherewith being crowned, Crooked eclipses 'gainst his glory fight, And Time,...stand, Praising thy worth, despite his cruel hand. We cannot conclude this paper more appropriately than by translating the admirable words of M. Lafond,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1860 - 836 pages
...revolution be the same. O, sure I am, tho wits of former days To subjects worse have given admiring praise ! ath pleased the devil Drunkenness, to give place to...stands, 1 could heartily wish this had not befallen ; f • Do vhat you icill, — ] So Malone, and we think correctly, though Mr. Dyce reads with the old... | |
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