| Vicesimus Knox - English prose literature - 1824 - 794 pages
...is rather obscure; the words are unusual, pedantic, and affected. — But what says Shakspeareî — n leads on to fortune ; Omitted, all the voyage of their life It bound in shallow« Here the diction... | |
| James Harris - 1841 - 652 pages
...Dell, valtu»'« edition of his work«. Parie, 161S. I. ITU. c. 4. who says of him, Ambitu, folio. There is a tide in the affaire of men» Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune : Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows. Julius Cae»ar, act... | |
| Baptists - 1846 - 880 pages
...rectify. A simple act of neglect, at a critical juncture, may affect a man's position for life. — " There is a tide in the affaire of men, Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune ; Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows and in miseries."... | |
| 1863 - 1240 pages
...ready to embrace it when it did come. A similar sentiment is contained in the well-known lines, — " There is a tide in the affaire of men Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fame And fortune." There may be no prospect of a speedy visit froni fortune. You may not... | |
| James Fenimore Cooper - 1861 - 570 pages
...know whether I ft-lt the most relieved or pained by the certainty of this fact. CHAPTER IV. " Tlirre is a tide in the affaire of men, Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in i. allows, and in miseries.... | |
| 1865 - 568 pages
...golden moment in the Uves of most men, which genius has been enabled to seize and to employ ; that there is a tide in the affaire of men, which taken at the flood leads on to fortune. The sculptor Thorwaldsen has packed up his few belongings, and is about to leave... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1867 - 738 pages
...selfish spoilere, and but enough for the present. PISA. July, 1822. CANTO THE SIXTH. i. " THERE le Oh ! what a noble heart was here undone, When Science' self you know the rest, And most of us have found it now and then : At least we think so, though but few... | |
| Poetry - 1872 - 710 pages
...ghostly tribes, the slumbering dead, They are hurrying, hurrying on ! 3439. OPPORTUNITY, Alterative of. gh, And said, "Not yet 1 in quiet lie." Henry Wadeworth Longfello leads on to forOmitted, all the voyage of their life [tune ; Is bound in shallows, and in miseries.... | |
| 1878 - 946 pages
...consists in much more than mere bodily presence, it means immediate readiness for whatever may happen. " ϖ Zn N N? ; /; leads on to fortune ; Omitted, oli the voyage of their Ufe Is bound in shallows and in miseries." In... | |
| Anglican Communion - 1886 - 538 pages
...m-iveineutsf How can she stir bersell to put the Mark of Christ on all these wonderful activities f •• There is a tide in the affaire of men which, taken at the flood, leads on to tortnne." Has not God given to his servants. "To one five talents, to another two, anil... | |
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