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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.... "
The Spectator: With Sketches of the Lives of the Authors, an Index, and ... - Page 192
1824
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A New Elucidation of the Principles of Speech and Elocution: A Full ...

Alexander Melville Bell - 1849 - 356 pages
...itself, but was modified and restrained by the latter." Example. — " We are always complaining that our days are few, and acting as though there would be no end of them." »The vocal function is well exhibited in sentences of this class : the tone of utterance...
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The literary class book; or, Readings in English literature

Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850 - 524 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...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. 11. To know by rote, is...
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Scholarship examinations of 1846/47 (-1853/54).

Bengal council of educ - 1852 - 348 pages
...or two, at least, before the common interruptions of the morning begin. Our lives, says Seneca, are spent either in doing nothing at all, or in doing...nothing that we ought to do. We are always complaining that our days are few, yet acting as though there would be no end of them: and though we, in general,...
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Night Thoughts on Life, Death, and Immortality

Edward Young - 1852 - 528 pages
...shortness of time, and yet have much more than we know what to do with. Our lives are either spent ill doing nothing at all, or in doing nothing to the purpose,...nothing that we ought to do. We are always complaining that our days are few, and acting as though there would be no end to them. 120. Brainless art : Referring...
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General Report on Public Instruction in the Bengal Presidency

1852 - 478 pages
...or two, at least, before the common interruptions of the morning begin. 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. "e are always complaining that our days are few, yet acting as though there would be no end of them...
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The Spectator [by J. Addison and others] with sketches of the ..., Volumes 1-2

Spectator The - 1853 - 594 pages
...of time, saith Seneea, 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...described our inconsistency with ourselves in this particular, by all those various turns of expression nd thought which are peculiar to his writings....
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The World's Laconics: Or, The Best Thoughts of the Best Authors

Tryon Edwards - 1853 - 442 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. TIME, ITS ESTIMATE.— -Can it be called living, to pass our lives in doing nothing...
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The Spectator: With a Biographical and Critical Preface, and Explanatory ...

1853 - 524 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...our days are few, and acting as though there would he no end to them. That noble philosopher has described our inconsistpncy with ourselves in this particular,...
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The Spectator [by J. Addison and others]: with a biogr. and critical preface ...

Spectator The - 1853 - 1118 pages
...we know what to do with. Our lives, says he, are spent either in duing nothing at all, or in doiu? nothing to the purpose, or in doing nothing that we...there would be no end to them. That noble philosopher lis= described our inconsistency with ourselves in this particular, hy all those various turns of expression...
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The Works of Joseph Addison: Including the Whole Contents of Bp ..., Volume 4

Joseph Addison - 1854 - 618 pages
...time, saith Seneca,1 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 philo1 De brevitate vitee ad Paulinum lib. peusiin. — C. 253 SPECTATOR. [No-...
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