 | 1795 - 422 pages
...the perfon of this gentleman the Poet's obfervation has been •fully verified, " that there is a <( tide in the affairs of men, " which, if taken at the flood, ' " leads to profperity." Mr. Tatterfall ftarted into life at a period the moft atifpicious; for the turf, like... | |
 | James A. Maitland - 1816 - 330 pages
...debt in which his own folly had involved him, she was ready to heap her gifts upon him. " There is a tide in the affairs of men, which, if taken at the flood, leads on to fortune," says the immortal bard of Avon ; and when Hartley had engaged himself with Messrs. Wilson,... | |
 | 1851 - 520 pages
...this object without success. But having a strong faith in the lines of Shakspere, "that there is a tide in the affairs of men which, if taken at the flood, leads on to fortune," he made another attempt, which was eminently successful, under very propitious circumstances.... | |
 | Martingale, James White - 1851 - 158 pages
...head against the most unfavourable circumstances. We are told by our great dramatist that there is a tide in the affairs : of men, which, if taken at the flood, will lead on to fortune, and the reverse if disregarded. This truth derives an ample verification in... | |
 | Julia de Fontenelle (Jean-Sébastien-Eugène) - 1852 - 592 pages
...cultivating an understanding of his nature and his latent abilities, uses them to advantage in that "tide in the affairs of men, which, if taken at the flood, leads on to fortune." He was twice elected to Congress, and coming from that body with all the advantages gained... | |
 | Julia de Fontenelle (Jean-Sébastien-Eugène) - 1852 - 592 pages
...wand, have sprung out into light, brightness, and renown. abilities, uses them to advantage in that "tide in the affairs of men, which, if taken at the flood, leads on to fortune." He was twice elected to Congress, and coming from that body with all the advantages gained... | |
 | John Daniel Morell - 1857 - 70 pages
...all day ? He has fallen and hurt his arm. She could hardly earn daily bread for herself. There's a tide in the affairs of men, which, If taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. I promise to do what you desire. His chief exercise is hunting, of which he is very fond.... | |
 | 1857 - 574 pages
...memorable interview confirmed the tru:'_ contained in the well-known passage of Shakspeare :— There's a tide in the affairs of men. Which, if taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. The concluding passage of this striking epistle ,,, scribes the poet's melancholy situation... | |
 | John Jones (of Peckham.) - 1861 - 758 pages
...guiding the individual Man ; a glimmer of which we may observe in the well-known adage, " There is a tide in the affairs of men, which if taken at the flood, leads on to fortune" — and, of course, the reverse leads to misfortune. Man is a child of destiny as we look at him — subject... | |
 | 1865 - 452 pages
...THE FJREEM A 'SONS' MONTHLY MAGAZINE. VOL. XXIV. JULY 1, 1865. No. 9. OUR DAY OF DUTY. " There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which, if taken at the flood, leads on to fortune ; Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows and in miseries!" — Shakspenre.... | |
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