...hours in sleep, in law's grave study six, Four spend in prayer — the rest on nature fix. Rather : e woods Bow their hoar hr;vd ; and ere the languid sun Faint from the west, emits his even Tlie poems of Sir William Jones have been collected and printed in two small volumes. An early collection...

...genius and piety. Learning that wantons in irreligion may, G 2 CHRISTIANITY IN NORTH INDIA. RATHER ' Seven hours to law, to soothing slumber seven, Ten to the world allot, and ALL to heaven.' The remarks which follow approve themselves to the reflecting mind, and are earnestly recommended to...

...sleep, to law's grave study six, Four spend in prayer, the rest on nature fix. Or rather, he says : Six hours to law, to soothing slumber seven, Ten to the world allot, and all to heaven. The lord keeper Williams slept but three hours in the twenty-four. Roger North considered four hours...

...wiser economist of the fleeting hours of life, amended the sentiment in the following lines : — " Seven hours to law, to soothing slumber seven, Ten to the world allot, and all to heaven." Ф PAYSON A MAN OF PRAYER. As a Preacher, Payson was eminently prayerful. It was manifest in private...

...lines of Coke, and then adopted them as the rule for the regulation of his time and studies : — " Six hours to law, to soothing slumber seven, Ten to the world allot, and all to heaven." " Let not the young and arduous adventurer in the path of knowledge imagine that by the omission of...

...hours in sleep, in law's grave study six, Four hours in prayer— the rest on nature fix. Rather— Six hours to law, to soothing slumber seven, Ten to the world allot, and all to heaven." ' Here we gain a support for our emendation, in the similar transfer of the preposition to from the...

...briefly observe that Sir William Jones, in this his version of the lawyer's day, — ' Seven haul's to law, to soothing slumber seven ; Ten to the world allot, and all to Heaven ! ' — has rendered the division of the day more useful and more religious, as well as the couplet...

...a fool. Or perhaps, Harry, you might like to live by Sir William Jones's rule: ' Six hours to read, to soothing slumber seven, Ten to the world allot— and all to Heaven.' " THE ILLUMINATION. A neighbour's house he 'd slyly pass, And throw a stone to break the glass. Oira...

...a wiser economist of the fleeting hours of life, amended the sentiment in the following lines : — Seven hours to law— to soothing slumber, seven ; Ten to the world allot : and ALL to heaven. EEPKOACH. Let lying Fame her blasting trumpet blow, If I no evil nor occasion know : 'Tis but a blast...

...hours in sleep, in law's grave study six, Four spend in prayer — the rest on nature fix. [Rather:] Seven hours to law, to soothing slumber seven, Ten to the world allot, and all to heaven. The poems of Sir William Jones comprise two small volumes, and consist of a few original pieces in...