 | 1831 - 418 pages
...time, (says Seneca,) and yet have much more than we know what to do with. Our lives are either spent in doing nothing at all, or in doing nothing to the purpose, or in doing nothing that we ought to'do. We are always complaining that our days are few, and acting as though there would be no end... | |
 | 1831 - 412 pages
...doing nothing to the purpose, or in doing nothing that we ought to do. We are always complaining that our days are few, and acting as though there would be no end of them." In short, that noble philosopher has described our inconsistency with ourselves in this particular,... | |
 | 1833 - 270 pages
...time, (says Seneca.) and yet have much more than we know what to do with. Our lives are cither spent in doing nothing at all. or in doing nothing to the...nothing that we ought to do. We are always complaining that our days are few, and acting as though there would be no end of them. THE PRODIGAL SON. No words... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1833 - 312 pages
...then to make up an estate, then to arrive at honors, then to retire." " Our lives, (says Seneca,) are spent either in doing nothing at all, or in doing...nothing to the purpose, or in doing nothing that we oilght to do." Falling Inflection. So instinctively does bold and strong passion express itself by... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1833 - 420 pages
...then to make up an estate, then to arrive at honors, then to retire." " Our lives, (says Seneca,) are spent either in doing nothing at all, or in doing nothing to the purpose, or in doing nothing that wa ought to do. FALLING INFLECTION. The general principle suggested under Rule V, is. to be borne in... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1835 - 158 pages
...whose mysterious source he bent in humble, though blind adoration. 609. Our lives, says Seneca, are spent either in doing nothing at all, or in doing...purpose, or in doing nothing that we ought to do. 610. It was necessary for the world that arts should be invented and improved, books written and transmitted... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1835 - 420 pages
...at honors, then to retire." " Our lives, (says Seneca,) are spent either in doing nothing at -ill, or in doing nothing to the purpose, or in doing nothing that we ought to do. PALLING INFLECTION. The general principle suggested under Rule V, is to be borne in mind here. In the... | |
 | 1836 - 932 pages
...of time, saith Seneca, and yet have much more than we know what to do with. Our lives, says he, arc us in the eyes of posterity. For this reason they...other dress that never varies. I could wish for the of them. That noble philosopher has described our inconsistency with ourselves in this particular,... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1837 - 480 pages
...of time, saith Seneca, and yet have much more than we know what to do with. Our lives, says he, are spent either in doing nothing at all, or in doing...are few, and acting as though there would be no end of them. That noble philosopher has described our inconsistency with ourselves in this particular,... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1838 - 316 pages
...then to make up an estate, then to arrive at honors, then to retire." " Our lives, (says Seneca,) are spent either in doing nothing at all, or in doing...purpose, or in doing nothing that we ought to do." Falling Inflection. So instinctively does bold and strong passion express itself by this turn of voice,... | |
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WE all of us complain of the shortness of time, saith Seneca, and yet have much more than we know what to do with. Our lives, says he, are spent either in doing nothing at all, or in doing nothing to the purpose, or in doing nothing that we ought to do.... 
