| Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 sivua
...; Nor let the vial of thy vengeance, pour'd On this devoted head, be pour'd in vain. § 144. Tine. THE bell strikes one : We take no note of time, But from its loss. To give it then a tongue, Is wise in man. As if an angel spake, I frel the solemn sound. If heard aright, It is the knell of... | |
| 1809 - 592 sivua
...passage from Dr. Young's Night Thoughts, very forcibly exhibits both the emphatic and sentential pauses: The bell strikes One ! We take no note of time But from its loss: to give it then a tongue Is wise in man. As if an angel spoke, I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, It is the knell of... | |
| British poets - 1809 - 526 sivua
...her long arrear: Nor let the phial of thy vengeance, pour'd On this devoted head, be pour'd in vain. The bell strikes One. We take no note of time But from its loss : to give it then a tongue Is wise in man. As if an angel spoke 1 feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, It is the knell of my... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 556 sivua
...her long arrear: Xor let the pbial of thy vengeance, pour'd On this devoted head, be pour'd in vain. The bell strikes one. We take no note of time But from its loss. To give it then a tongue, [s wise in man. As if an angel spoke, I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, It is the bull of my... | |
| Edward Young - 1810 - 278 sivua
...her long arrear : Nor let the phial of thy vengeance, pour'd On this devoted head, be pour'd in vain. The bell strikes One. We take no note of time But from its loss : to give it then a tongue Is wise in man. As if an angelspoke, 1 feel the soleum sound. If heatd aright, It is the knell of my... | |
| 1812 - 356 sivua
...year the less to live." — How have I improved or misspent the years that are past ! — Alas ! , " We take no note of time, But from its loss. To give it then a tongue, Is wise in man. As if an angel spoke, I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, It is the knell of... | |
| Edward Young - 1813 - 380 sivua
...her long arrear : Nor let the phial of thy vengeance, pour'd On this devoted head, be pour'd in vain. The bell strikes one. We take no note of time > But from its loss. To give it then a tongue Is wise in man. *• As if an angel spoke, I feel the soleton sound..' If heard aright, It is the knell... | |
| 1813 - 1368 sivua
...speak of the value of time we might just as well speak of the value of life — for time is life ! " The bell strikes one. We take no note of time, But from its loss : to give it then a tongue Is wise in man. As if an angel spoke, I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, It is the knell of... | |
| Edward Young - 1813 - 324 sivua
...her long arrear : Nor let the phial of thy vengeance, pour'd On this devoted head, be pour'd in vain. The bell strikes One. We take no note of time But from its loss : to give it then a tongue Is wise in man. As if an angel spoke I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, It is the knell of my... | |
| Edward Young - 1815 - 332 sivua
...her long arrear : Nor let the phial of thy vengeance, pour'd On this devoted head, be pour'd in vain. The bell strikes One. We take no note of time But from its loss. To give it, then, a tongue, h wise in man. As if an angel spoke, I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, It is the knell of my... | |
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