 Full little knowest thou that hast not tried What hell it is in suing long to bide : To lose good days that might be better spent, To waste long nights in pensive discontent, To speed to-day, to be put back to-morrow, To feed on hope, to pine with fear...  Among My Books - Pagina 145door James Russell Lowell - 1870 - 686 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Alexander Bailey Richmond - 1825 - 208 pagina’s
...of my feelings, will be by a quotation from Spencer's Mother Hubbard's Tale. " Full little knowest thou, that hast not tried, What hell it is in suing...discontent. To speed to-day, to be put back to-morrow ; To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow ; To fret thy soul with crosses and with cares ; To... | |
 | Alexander Bailey Richmond - 1825 - 208 pagina’s
...of my feelings, will be by a quotation from Spencer's Mother Hubbard's Tale. " Full little knowcst thou, that hast not tried, What hell it is in suing...discontent. To speed to-day, to be put back to-morrow ; To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow ; To fret thy soul with crosses and with cares ; To... | |
 | sir Samuel Egerton Brydges (bart.) - 1825 - 340 pagina’s
...years it was to consume in litigation, in the most provoking of all attendances. " Full little knowest thou, that hast not tried, What hell it is in suing...waste long nights in pensive discontent ; To speed to day, to be put back to morrow, To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow ; To have thy prince's... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1825 - 398 pagina’s
...ten lines without yawning! " Full little knowest thou that hast not tried, What Hell it is in sueing long to bide ; To lose good days, that might be better...discontent, To speed to-day, to be put back to-morrow, To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow, To fret thy soul with crosses and with cares, To eat... | |
 | 1825 - 368 pagina’s
...the passage one of the most celebrated of his poems. " Full little knowest thou that hast not tride What hell it is, in suing, long to bide : To lose...waste long nights in pensive discontent} To speed to day, to be put back to morrow ; To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow ; To have thy princes... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1825 - 392 pagina’s
...ten lines without yawning ! " Full little knowest thou that hast not tried, What Hell it is in sueing long to bide ; To lose good days, that might be better...discontent, To speed to-day, to be put back to-morrow, To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow, To fret thy soul with crosses and with cares, To cat... | |
 | 1825 - 368 pagina’s
...the passage one of the most celebrated of his poems. " Full little knowest thou that hast not tride What hell it is, in suing, long to bide : To lose...waste long nights in pensive discontent} To speed to day, to be put back to morrow ; To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow ; To have thy princes... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1825 - 434 pagina’s
...and many a one hath miss'd* Full little knowest thou, that hast not tried, What hell it is, in sueing long to bide : To lose good days, that might be better...spent ; To waste long nights in pensive discontent j To speed to-day, to be put back to-morrow ,• To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow ; To... | |
 | Richard Ryan - 1826 - 332 pagina’s
...lines, where the misery of dependence on courtfavour is painted in fine colours : " Full little knowest thou, that hast not tried, What hell it is, in suing...discontent ; To speed to-day, to be put back to-morrow, To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow ; To have thy princess' grace, yet want her peers' )... | |
 | Lucy Aikin - 1826 - 542 pagina’s
...lines of energetic warning to the inexperienced in the ways of courts : " Full little knowest them that hast not tried What hell it is in suing long...discontent ; To speed to-day, to be put back to-morrow ; To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow ; 128 ' To have thy prince's grace, yet want her peers... | |
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