 | William Hazlitt - 1825 - 600 pages
...time has seen, that lifts the low, And level lays the lofty brow, Has seen this broken pile eomplete, ; 恀 Ƕ 2 ... 烀 肀 3 ၀ eradle and the grave. And see the rivers, how they run, Through woods and meads, in shade and sun,... | |
 | Charles Waterton - 1825 - 350 pages
...time has seen, that lifts the low And level lays the lofty brow, Has seen this ruin'd pile complete, Big with the vanity of state, But transient is the smile of fate." The scenery of Lake George is superb ; the inn remarkably spacious and well attended ; and the conveyances... | |
 | John Wesley - 1826 - 476 pages
...and what is left of many grand buildings, yield a melancholy pleasure : — Thus, " A little power, a little sway, A sun-beam in a winter's day, Is all the great and mighty have Between the cradle and the grave !" We lodged at Castle-dermot, and reached Dublin... | |
 | William Enfield - 1827 - 412 pages
...the broken pile complete, 7 Big with the vanity of state : f But transient is the smile of fate ; J A little rule, a little sway, A sunbeam in a winter's...cradle and the grave. And see the rivers how they run, Through woods and meads, in shade and sun, Sometimes swiftly, sometimes slow, Wave succeeding wave... | |
 | Montgomery Robert Bartlett - 1827 - 274 pages
...falling inflection may be applied to the middle pause of the penultimate line with great effect. Thus: A little rule', a little .sway', A sunbeam', in a...mighty have', Between the cradle', and the grave\ ARITHMETIC. — LESSON 3. Double Proportion. NOTE. In Doable Proportion, those questions may be siated... | |
 | John Wesley - 1827 - 500 pages
...is it wherein they prided themselves, as do the present great ones of the earth ? " A little pomp, a little sway, A sun-beam in a winter's day, Is all the great and mighty have Between the cradle and the grave ! " Sat. 30. I returned to London, and received... | |
 | Alexander Laing - 1828 - 492 pages
...transient still, Thy smile or frown can save or kill, A little rule, a little sway, A sun beam in a winter day ; Is all the proud and mighty have, Between the cradle and the grave." THERE is a villa in the county of Nairn, three miles south west of the capital, called Kildrummy House.... | |
 | James Silk Buckingham - 1828 - 598 pages
...time has Been, that lifts the low, And level lays the lofty brow, Has seen this broken pile complete, Big with the vanity of state ; But transient is the smile of fate.' — DYER. OVER mountain and meadow The latest rays pour, And long shoots the shadow From forest and... | |
 | P. Finan - 1828 - 420 pages
...gratify the pride of their hearts, can wantonly sport with the feelings of their own countrymen. But, A little rule, a little sway, A sunbeam in a winter's day, la all the proud and mighty have Between the cradle aud the grave. Saturday—Six or seven vessels... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1830 - 516 pages
...time has seen, that lifts the low And level lays the lofty brow, Has seen this broken pile complete, Big with the vanity of state : But transient is the...cradle and the grave. And see the rivers how they run Through woods and meads, in shade and sun ! Sometimes swift, sometimes slow, Wave succeeding wave,... | |
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Big with the vanity of state ; But transient is the smile of Fate ! A little rule, a little sway, A sun-beam in a winter's day, Is all the proud and mighty have Between the cradle and the grave. 
