 | 1896 - 728 pages
...strive, Life declines from thirty-five : He that ever hopes to thrive Must begin by thirty-five ; And all who wisely wish to wive Must look on Thrale at thirty-five." " And now," said he, as I was writing them down, " yon may see what it is to come for poetry to a Dictionarymaker... | |
 | William Stanley Braithwaite - 1909 - 1334 pages
...strive, Life declines from thirty-five; He that ever hopes to thrive Must begin at thirty-five; And all who wisely wish to wive Must look on Thrale at thirty-five. S. Johnson An Ode on Miss Harriet Hanbury, Six Years Old "\ "\ 7HY should I thus employ my time, *... | |
 | Sir William Robertson Nicoll - 1910 - 358 pages
...strive, Life declines from thirty-five : He that ever hopes to thrive Must begin by thirty-five ; And all who wisely wish to wive Must look on Thrale at thirty-five." In this connection the words of Heury Setou Merriinan in " The Sowers " may be recalled : " One finds... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1911 - 140 pages
...strive, Life declines from thirty-five. He that ever hopes to thrive Must begin by thirty-five; And all who wisely wish to wive Must look on Thrale at thirty-five. NOTES 35, 1. Lichfield. This town is in Staffordshire and almost in the exact center of England. A... | |
 | Joseph Berg Esenwein, Mary Eleanor Roberts - 1913 - 336 pages
...strive, Life declines from thirty-five. He that ever hopes to thrive Must begin by thirty-five; And all who wisely wish to wive Must look on Thrale at thirty-five. — SAMUEL JOHNSON. (14) Chain Verse CHAIN OF SINGLE WORDS Nerve thy soul with doctrines noble, Noble... | |
 | Alfred Edward Newton - 1918 - 584 pages
...strive, Life declines from thirty-five: He that ever hopes to thrive Must begin by thirty-five; And all who wisely wish to wive Must look on Thrale at thirty-five," — adding, as he concluded, "And now, my dear, you see what it is to come for poetry to a dictionarymaker.... | |
 | Alfred Edward Newton - 1923 - 174 pages
...strive, Life declines from thirty-Jive. He that ever hopes to thrive Must begin at thirty-five; And all who wisely wish to wive Must look on Thrale at thirty-five." [There is much applause, during which can be heard ':] Mr. G4RRICK. Marvellous. Mr. BOSWELL. Astonishing.... | |
 | Hesther Lynch Piozzi - 2006 - 302 pages
...strive, 156 Life declines from thirty-five. He that ever hopes to thrive Must begin by thirty-five; And all who wisely wish to wive Must look on Thrale at thirty-five.' "And now," said he, as I was writing them down, "you may see what it is to come for poetry to a dictionary-maker;... | |
 | 1884 - 776 pages
...and strive Life declines at thirty-five. He that ever hopes to thrive Must begin by thirty-five ; And all who wisely wish to wive Must look on Thrale at thirtyfive. " IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN." BY HELEN W. PIERSON. EE THERE ¡"exclaimed Mrs. Cadwallader, with a portentous... | |
 | Hesther Lynch Piozzi - 2000 - 270 pages
...strive, Life declines from thirty-five: He that ever hopes to thrive Must begin by thirty-five; And all who wisely wish to wive Must look on Thrale at thirty-five. "And now (said he, as I was writing them down), you may see what it is to come for poetry to a Dictionary-maker;... | |
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O'er the bounds of thirty-five. High to soar, and deep to dive, Nature gives at thirty-five. Ladies, stock and tend your hive, Trifle not at thirty-five: For howe'er we boast and strive, Life declines from thirty-five: He that ever hopes to thrive Must... 
