 | John Taylor - 1839 - 274 pages
...complain of the shortness of time, and yet have much more than we know what to do with. Our lives are spent either in doing nothing at all, or in doing...are few, and acting as though there would be no end of them.-— Seneca. cxxn. The Mind. — The mind has a certain vegetative power, which cannot be wholly... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1839 - 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,... | |
 | J. G. F - 1839 - 430 pages
...time, and yet have much more than we know what to do with. Our lives are spent either in doing nothing, 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 of them.—Seneca. How little reliance... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1842 - 944 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,... | |
 | John Hall Hindmarsh - 1845 - 464 pages
...antithetic members;" — the first part always concluding with the emphatic rising inflexion. EXAMPLES. " We are always complaining our days are few", and ac'ting/ as though there should be no en'd-of-them." " The pleasures of the imagination/ are not so gro'ss/ as those of sense",... | |
 | Materials - 1846 - 478 pages
...complain of the shortness of time, and yet have much more than we know what to do with. Oar lives are spent either in doing nothing at all, or in doing...are few, and acting as though there would be no end of them. — Seneca. CXXII. The Mind.— The mind has a certain vegetative power, which cannot be wholly... | |
 | 1860 - 1246 pages
...shortness of time, and yet have much more than we know what to do with. Our live» arc either spent in doing nothing at all, or in doing nothing to the...nothing that we ought to do. We are always complaining that our dnys are few, and acting as if there would be no end of them. — Seneca. Repentance is not... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1849 - 466 pages
...whose mysterious source he bent in humble, .though blind adoration. 644. 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. * Pronounced tjttire. 645. It was necessary for the world that arts should be inrented and improved,... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1835 - 320 pages
...arrive at honours, then toretire." " ^ur lives, (says Seneca,) are spent either in doing nothing at 411, or in doing nothing to the 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... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1849 - 446 pages
...whose mysterious source he bent in humble, though blind adoration. 644. Our lives, says Seneca, are spent either in doing nothing at all, or in doing nothing to the purpose, or iu doing nothing that we ought to do. 645. It was necessary for the world that arts should be invented... | |
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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.... 
