 | John Dryden - English literature - 1808 - 436 pages
...behind thee, and each flying hour Does some loose remnant of thy life devour. Live, while thou liv'st; for death will make us all A name, a nothing but an old wife's tale. Speak ; wilt thou Avarice, or Pleasure, chuse To be thy lord ? Take one, and one refuse. But both by turns the rule of thee will... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1810 - 412 pages
...thee, and each flying hour Docs some loose remnant of thy life devour. t.-,'.r, while thou liv'st ; for death will make us all A name, a nothing but an old wife's tale. * See Boileau, sat. ili. who has imitated this passage verj kappily. To'bVth» lerd I Tube une, »HÍI... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 504 pages
...behind thee, and each flying hour Does some loose remnant of thy life devour. , Live while thou liv'st ; for death will make us all A name, a nothing but an old wife's tale. Speak; wilt thou Avarice or Pleasure cliuse To be thy Lord ; Take one ; and one refuse. When a government flourishes in conquests,... | |
 | Joseph Addison - English literature - 1811 - 508 pages
...behind thee, and each flying hour Does some loose remnant of thy life devour. Live while thou liv'st ; for death will make us all A name, a nothing but an old wife's tale. Speak ; wilt thou Avarice or Pleasure chuse To be thy Lord ; Take one ; and one refuse, When a government flourishes in conquests,... | |
 | John Dryden - 1811 - 626 pages
...is not to live ; Death ftalks behind thce, and each flying hour Does fome loofe remnant of thy life devour. Live, while thou liv'ft; for death will make us all A name, a nothing but an old wife's tale. 225 Speak ; wilt thou Avarice, or Pleafure, chufe To be thy lord ? Take one, and one refufe. But both,... | |
 | John Dryden - 1811 - 628 pages
...is not to live ; Death ftalks behind thee, and each flying hour Does fome loofe remnant of thy life devour. Live, while thou liv'ft; for death will make us all A name, a nothing but an old wife's tale. 225 Speak ; wilt thou Avarice, or Pleafure, chufe To be thy lord ? Take one, and one refufe. But both,... | |
 | Spectator The - 1816 - 348 pages
...behind thee, and each flying hour Does some loose remnant of thy life devour. Live while thou liv'st ; for death will make us all , A name, a nothing but an old wife's tale. Speak : wilt thou Avarice or Pleasure choose To be thy lord ? Take one, and one refuse.' When a government flourishes in conquests,... | |
 | Spectator The - 1816 - 372 pages
...behind thee, and each living hour Docs some loose remnant of thy life devour. Live, while thou liv'st; for death will make us all A name, a nothing but an old wife's talc. Speak; wilt thou AVARICE or PLEASURE chuse To be thy lord ? Take one, and one refuse. When a... | |
 | British essayists - 1819 - 370 pages
...behind ihee, and each flying hour Does some loose remnant of thy life devour. Live, while thou liv'st; for death will make us all A name, a nothing but an old wife's tale. Speak : wilt thou Avarice or Pleasure choose To be thy lord? Take one, and one refuse.' When a government flourishes in conquests,... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1821 - 440 pages
...behind thee, and each flying hour Does some loose remnant of thy life devour. Live while thou liv'st ; for death will make us all A name, a nothing but an old wife's tale. Speak, wilt thou Avarice, or Pleasure, chuse To be thy lord ? Take one, and one refuse. But both by turns the rule of thee will... | |
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From six i' th' hundred to six hundred more ? Indulge, and to thy genius freely give ; For, not to live at ease, is not to live. Death stalks behind thee, and each flying hour Does some loose remnant of thy life devour. 
