 | James Boswell - 1821 - 378 pages
...also quote the celebrated lines of Dryden, equally philosophical and poetical:—. " When 1 consider life, 'tis all a cheat; Yet, fool'd with hope, men favour the deceU; Trust on, and think to-morrow will repay; To-morrow's falser than the former day; Lies worse;... | |
 | English literature - 1797 - 486 pages
...following lines being much admired : '• When I confidcr We, 'tis all a cheal, *« Yu'fool'd withh,pc men favour the deceit ; «' Truft on, and think to-morrow will repay; " To-morrow's falfer than tlie former day, " IJes woife, and while it fays we fhali be " bleft " With f*me new joys — cuts... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1826 - 444 pages
...acceptable to him, I should be happy to give him this small testimony of my regard." When I consider life, 'tis all a cheat, Yet, fool'd with hope, men favour the deceit ; Trust on, and think to-morrow will repay : To-morrow's falser than the former day ; Lies worse ;... | |
 | John Timbs - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1829 - 354 pages
...virtuous prince protects the life of his meanest subject. — Sir P. Sidney. DXXIX. When I consider Life, 'tis all a cheat: Yet, fool'd with hope, men favour the deceit; Trust on, and think to-morrow will repay; To-morrow's falser than the former day; Lies more, and while... | |
 | Laconics - 1829 - 352 pages
...a virtuous prince protects the life of his meanest subject.—Sir P. Sidney. DXXIX. When I consider Life, 'tis all a cheat: Yet, fool'd with hope, men favour the deceit; Trust on, and think to-morrow will repay; To-morrow's falser than the former day; Lies more, and while... | |
 | James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1831 - 570 pages
...may also quote the celebrated lines of Drydeu, equally philosophical and poetical : " When I consider life, 'tis all a cheat, Yet, fool'd with hope, men favour the deceit ; Trust on, and think to-morrow will repay ; To-morrow 's falser than the former day ; Lies worse ;... | |
 | Frances Talbot Parker Countess of Morley - English fiction - 1835 - 388 pages
...left Dacre and Emily in the undisturbed enjoyment of a short tete-a-tete. CHAPTER XX. When I consider life, 'tis all a cheat ; Yet, fool'd with hope, men favour the deceit ; Trust on, and think to-morrow will repay— To-morrow's falser than the former day ; Lies worse,... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1835 - 590 pages
...also quote the celebrated lines of Dryden, equally philosophical and poetical : •- When I consider life, 'tis all a cheat; Yet, fool'd with hope, men favour the deceit; Trust on, and thiuk to-morrow will repay; To-morrow1* falser than the former day; Lies worse; and while... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1837 - 578 pages
...also quote the celebrated lines of Dryden, equally philosophical and poetical:— ' When I consider life, 'tis all a cheat, Yet, fool'd with hope, men favour the deceit— Trust on, and think to-morrow will repay : To-morrow's falser than the former day ; Lies worse; and,... | |
 | 1837 - 352 pages
...intrinsic merit, and not the slender helps of the title. Goldsmith. 242. Life a Cheat. When I consider life, 'tis all a cheat : Yet, fool'd with hope, men favour the deceit; Trust on, and think to-morrow will repay ; To-morrow's falser than the former day ; Lies more, and... | |
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tis all a cheat, Yet fool'd with hope, men favour the deceit: Trust on, and think to-morrow will repay; To-morrow's falser than the former day; Lies worse; and while it says we shall be blest With some new joys, cuts off what we possest. 
