 When all is done, (he concludes,) human life is at the greatest and the best but like a froward child, that must be played with and humoured a little to keep it quiet, till it falls asleep, and then the care is over.  Realmah - Page 14by Sir Arthur Helps - 1868 - 619 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Temple - Europe - 1757 - 564 pages
...When all is done, human life is, at the greateft and the beft, but like a froward child, that muft be played with and humoured a little to keep it quiet till it falls afleep, and then the care is over. ESSAY UPON THE ANCIENT AND MODERN LEARNING*. Juvat antiques accedere... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Great Britain - 1788 - 324 pages
...tfhen all li done , human life is , at the greateji and the deft, but like a.froward child, that muft be played with and humoured a little to keep it quiet till it fulls aileep , and then, the care is over. LETTER II. 1 ENTIRELY acquiefce in your fentiments, that... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1793 - 720 pages
..., " When ail is done, human life it, • at the befl, but like a froward child, that mult be p ayed with and humoured a little to keep it quiet till it falls afleep, and then the care is over'" It Ihould appear to me that Lord Orrery is the author) fine? I... | |
 | William Temple - 1814 - 588 pages
...trouble the world, or other men, because they cannot be quiet themselves, though no body hurts them! When all is done, human life is, at the greatest and...quiet till it falls asleep, and then the care is over. AN ESSAY • UPON THE ANCIENT AND MODERN LEARNING*. . Juvat anliquos accederef antes. WHOEVER converses... | |
 | Sir William Temple - Europe - 1814 - 580 pages
...trouble the world, or other men, because they cannot be quiet themselves, though no body hurts them! [When all is done, human life is, at the greatest...it quiet till it falls asleep, and then the care is AN ESSAY UPON THE ANCIENT AND MODERN LEARNING*. Juvat antiques accederef antes. WHOEVER converses much... | |
 | William Burdon - Ethics - 1820 - 1026 pages
...life is, at the greatest and the best, but like a froward child, that must be played with and humored a little to keep it quiet, till it falls asleep, and then the care is over." Ditto, p, 429. VP. 76. " Books of instruction." The principal end of poetry, and all books of imagination,... | |
 | British prose literature - 1821 - 384 pages
...trouble the world, or other men, because they cannot be quiet themselves, though nobody hurts them ! When all is done, human life is, at the greatest and...quiet, till it falls asleep, and then the care is over. V. AN ESSAY UPON THE ANCIENT AND MODERN LEARNING.* .limit antiques accederef antes. WHOEVER converses... | |
 | Sir William Temple - 1821 - 390 pages
...When all is done, human life is, at the greatest and the best, but like afroward child, that must be j played with and humoured a little to keep it quiet,...' till it falls asleep, and then the care is over. V. AN ESSAY UPON THE ANCIENT AND MODERN LEARNING.* - Juvat antiques accedere fonta. WHOEVER converses... | |
 | John Timbs - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1829 - 354 pages
...should be the cause of laughter; but well may one thing breed two together. — Sir P. Sidney. cxxiy. When all is done, human life is, at the greatest and...quiet, till it falls asleep, and then the care is over. — Sir TV. Temple. cxxv. Jesting, when not used upon improper matter, in an unfit manner, with excessive... | |
 | Laconics - 1829 - 352 pages
...should be the cause of laughter; but well may one thing breed two together.—Sir P. Sidney. CXXIV. When all is done, human life is, at the greatest and...quiet, till it falls asleep, and then the care is over.—Sir W. Temple. cxxv. Jesting, when not used upon improper matter, in an unfit manner, with... | |
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