 Darkness and light divide the course of time, and oblivion shares with memory a great part even of our living beings ; we slightly remember our felicities, and the smartest strokes of affliction leave but short smart upon us. Sense endureth no extremities,...  The American Whig Review - Page 161848Full view - About this book
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1853 - 716 pages
...grows old in it«lf, bids us hope no long duration ; diuturaity is a town, and folly of expectation. Darkness and light divide the course of time, and...felicities, and the smartest strokes of affliction leare but short smart upon us. Sense endureth no extremities, and sorrows iln«roy us or themselves.... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English literature - 1854 - 1232 pages
...duration : diuturnity is a dream and folly of expectation. " Darkness and light divide the course of lime, and oblivion shares with memory a great part even...strokes of affliction leave but short smart upon us, 13 THE AGE OF ELIZABETH. and : 9 desl re fables. Afflictions induce callosities, which ore alipperr-,... | |
 | Half hours - 1856 - 444 pages
...old in itself, bids us hope no long duration ; — diuturnity is a dream and folly of expectation. Darkness and light divide the course of time, and...of affliction leave but short smart upon us. Sense endurcth no extremities, and sorrows destroy us or themselves. To weep into stones are fables. Afflictions... | |
 | Half hours - 1856 - 676 pages
...old in itself, bids us hope no long duration ; — dinturm'ty is a dream and folly of expectation. Darkness and light divide the course of time, and...living beings ; we slightly remember our felicities, uud the Miiartest strokes of affliction leave but .short smart upon us. Sense cudureth no extremities,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English drama - 1859 - 494 pages
...oblivion shares with memory a great part even of our living beings; we slightly remember our feUcities, and the smartest strokes of affliction leave but short smart upon us 13 £ense eadureth no extremities, and sorrows destroy us or themselves. To weep into stones are fables.... | |
 | Sir Thomas Browne - Christian ethics - 1862 - 484 pages
...that grows old itself, bids us hope no long duration, diuturnity is a dream and folly of expectation. Darkness and light divide the course of time, and...upon us. Sense endureth no extremities, and sorrows destrov us or themselves. To weep into stones are fables. Afflictions induce callosities ; miseries... | |
 | Sir Thomas Browne - Christian ethics - 1862 - 552 pages
...a dream and folly of expectation. Darkness and light divide the course of time, and oblivion_shares with memory a great part even of our living beings....endureth no extremities, and sorrows destroy us or themselvesT To weep into stones" are fables. "Afflictions induce callosities ; miseries are slippery,... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - English literature - 1863 - 592 pages
...grows old in itself, bids us hope no long duration; diuturnity is a dream, and folly of expectation. Darkness and light divide the course of time, and...smart upon us. Sense endureth no extremities, and sorrow^ destroys us or themselves. To weep into stones are fables. Afflictions induce callosities;... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - English literature - 1863 - 592 pages
...grows old in itself, bids us hope no long duration; diuturnity is a dream, and folly of expectation. Darkness and light divide the course of time , and...memory a great part even of our living beings ; we slightiy remember our felicities, and the smartest strokes of affliction leave but short smart upon... | |
 | George Godfrey Cunningham - Great Britain - 1863 - 846 pages
...when was the aequinox ? Every hour adds unto that current arithmetic which scarce stands one moment. Darkness and light divide the course of time, and oblivion shares with many a great part even of our living beings. Who knows whether the best of men be known, or whether... | |
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