 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1839 - 708 pages
...Too well he knew, as Spenser so feelingly sings in his Mother Hubbard's Tale, " What hell it was in suing, long to bide, To lose good days, that might...To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow ; To fret the soul with crosses and with cares ; To eat the heart through comfortless despairs ; To fawn,... | |
 | 1839 - 742 pages
...Too well he knew, as Spenser so feelingly sings in his Mother Hubbard's Tale, " What hell it was in suing, long to bide. To lose good days, that might...pensive discontent ; To speed to-day, to be put back to-raorrow ; To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow ; To fret the soul with crosses and with... | |
 | Monthly literary register - 1839 - 744 pages
...hell it is, in suin^ Iimu to biilc; To lose tood days that miglit be belter spent ; To waste loot; nights in pensive discontent. To speed to-day, to...To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow : To fret the soul with crosses and with cares. To eat the bread thro' comfortless despairs.' " Havmg thus... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1900 - 1154 pages
...dependence of this sort is pity. Full little knowcst thou, that hast not tried. What hell it is in suing long to bide, To lose good days that might be...To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow ; To fret thy soul with crosses and with cares; To eat thy heart through comfortless despairs ; To fawn,... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1902 - 424 pages
...many a one hath miss'd ! Full little knowest thou, that hast not tried, What hell it is, in sueing long to bide : To lose good days, that might be better spent ; To matte long nights in pensive discontent ; To speed to-day, to be put back to-morrom ; To feed on hope,... | |
 | Charles William Heckethorn - 2005 - 377 pages
...discovered. The two, dogs were shot under the gallows. But even the honest Alchymists were doomed — " To lose good days that might be better spent, To waste...To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow ; To fret their souls with crosses and with cares, To eat their hearts through comfortless despairs. Unhappy... | |
 | María Edgeworth - 2006 - 442 pages
...ten lines without yawning! "Full little knowest thou that hast not tried, What Hell it is in sueing long to bide." "To lose good days, that might be better spent, To waste long nights in pensire discontent, To speed to day, to be put back to morrow, To feed on hope, to pine with fear and... | |
 | María Edgeworth - 2006 - 426 pages
...ten lines without yawning! "Full little knowest thou that hast not tried, What Hell it is in sueing long to bide." "To lose good days, that might be better spent, To waste long nights in pensire discontent, To speed to day, to be put back to morrow, To feed on hope, to pine with fear and... | |
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Full little knowest thou, that hast not tried, What hell it is in suing long to bide ; To lose good days that might be better spent ; To waste long nights in pensive discontent; To speed to-day, to be put back to-morrow ; To feed on hope ; to pine with... 
