 | Alexander Bailey Richmond - Labor - 1825 - 208 pages
...illustration I can give of my feelings, will be by a quotation from Spencer's Mother Hubbard's Tale. " Full little knowest thou, that hast not tried, What...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 thy heart... | |
 | Alexander Bailey Richmond - 1825 - 208 pages
...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...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 thy heart... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - Authors, English - 1825 - 328 pages
...upon us. How many years it was to consume in litigation, in the most provoking of all attendances. " Full little knowest thou, that hast not tried, What...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... | |
 | Books - 1825 - 368 pages
...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... | |
 | Books - 1825 - 368 pages
...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 - Historical fiction, Scottish - 1825 - 434 pages
...fate Hath brought to Court to sue, for Had I wist, That few have found, 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... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1825 - 392 pages
...of one, by whom he sees that he is over-valued. I read the following 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 spent, To waste long nights in pensive... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1825 - 398 pages
...esteem of one, by whom he sees that he is over-valued. I read the following 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 spent, To waste long nights in pensive... | |
 | Richard Ryan - Poetry - 1826 - 338 pages
...these remarkable lines, where the misery of dependence on courtfavour is painted in fine colours : " Full little knowest thou, that hast not tried, What...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' j To have... | |
 | Lucy Aikin - Great Britain - 1826 - 542 pages
...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...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 ; To have... | |
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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... 
