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" I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow; when I see kings lying by those who deposed them, when I consider rival wits placed side by side, or the holy men that divided the world with their contests and disputes, I reflect... "
Essays, English and American - Page 64
by Raymond Macdonald Alden - 1920 - 464 pages
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An index to makind: or Maxims selected from the wits of all nations

Index - 1754 - 180 pages
...Men that divided the World wi»h their Contefts and Difputes, I reflect with Sorrow and Aftonimment on the little Competitions, Factions, and Debates of Mankind ; when I read the feveral Dates of the Tombs, of fome that died as yefterday, and fome iix hundred Years ago, I confider...
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The Spectator: ...

Great Britain - 1778 - 378 pages
...men that divided the world with their contefts and diiputes, I reflect with forrow and aftonifhment on the little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind. When I read the feveral dates of the tombs, of fome that died yefterday, and fome fix hundred years ago, I confider...
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The letters of Marcus Tullius Cicero to several of his friends ..., Volume 3

Marcus Tullius Cicero - 1778 - 400 pages
...men that divided the world with their contefts and difputes, I reflect with forrow an4 aftonifhment on the little competitions, factions and debates of mankind. When I read the feveral dates of the tombs, of fome that died yefterday, and fome fix hundred years ago, I confider...
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Lessons in Elocution, Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse: For the ...

William Scott - Elocution - 1789 - 416 pages
...men that divided the world with their contefts and difputes ; I refleft with forrow and aftoniihmcnt on the little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind. When I read ,the feveral dates of the tombs, of fome that died yefterday, and fome fix hundred years ago, I confider...
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Of London

Thomas Pennant - London (England) - 1790 - 556 pages
...that divided the world with their contefts and " difputes, I reflect with forrow and aftonifliment on the little " competitions, factions, and debates of mankind. When I read " the feveral dates of the tombs, of fome that died yefterday,. * Thus translated in the little hiilorical...
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The ambulator; or, The stranger's companion in a tour round London ...

John Bew - 1793 - 330 pages
...that divided the world with their contefls and difputes ; I reflect with forrow and aftonilhment oa the little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind. When I read the feveral dates of the tombs, of Came that •died yefterday, and feme fix hundred years ago, I confider...
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The ambulator; or, The stranger's companion in a tour round London ...

John Bew - 1794 - 358 pages
...men that divided the world with their contefts and difpiites ; I refleft with forrow and alionifhment on the little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind. When I read the feveral dates of the tombs, of Ibme that died yeftmlay, and fome fix hundred years ago, I confider...
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Instructive Rambles: In London, and the Adjacent Villages. Designed to Amuse ...

Elizabeth Helme - Adventure and adventurers - 1800 - 314 pages
...them — when I consider rival wits placed ' side •* side by side, or the holy men, that di• vided the world with their contests and • disputes — I reflect with sorrow and asto••* riishment on the little competitions, fac• tions, and disputes of mankind: when ' I read...
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An Impartial History of the Town and County of Newcastle Upon Tyne and Its ...

John Baillie - Newcastle upon Tyne (England) - 1801 - 642 pages
...men that divided the world with their contefts and difputes, I reflect with forrow and aftonimment on the little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind. When I read the feveral dates of the tombs, of fome that died yefterday, and fome fix hundred years ago, I confider...
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Select British Classics, Volume 11

English literature - 1803 - 434 pages
...of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow; when I see kings lying by those who deposed them, when I consider rival wits placed side by side, or...all of us be contemporaries, and make our appearance together. C. No. XXVII. SATURDAY, MARCH 31. Ut nox longa, quibus mentitur arnica, diesque Longa videtur...
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