| William Enfield - 1827 - 412 páginas
...vanity of state : f But transient is the smile of fate ; J A little rule, a little sway, A sunbeam in a winter's day, Is all the proud and mighty have Between the cradle and the grave. And see the rivers how they run, Through woods and meads, in shade and sun, Sometimes swiftly, sometimes... | |
| Montgomery Robert Bartlett - 1827 - 274 páginas
...pause of the penultimate line with great effect. Thus: A little rule', a little .sway', A sunbeam', in a winter's day', Is all the proud^ and mighty have', Between the cradle', and the grave\ ARITHMETIC. — LESSON 3. Double Proportion. NOTE. In Doable Proportion, those questions may be siated... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1827 - 262 páginas
...beauty to the reading of poetry. EXAMPLES. A little rule',, a little sway*, A sunbeam*,,in a winters day, Is all the proud',, and mighty have'. Between the cradle',, and the grave*. And see the rivers',, how they run" Thro' woods*,, and meads', in shade', and suns ? Sometimes swift',,... | |
| Alexander Laing - 1828 - 492 páginas
...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.... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1830 - 256 páginas
...gives great beauty to the reading of poetry EXAMPLES. A little rule',, a little sway*, A sunbeam*,, in a winter's day*, Is all the proud*,, and mighty "have', Between the cradle',, and the grave\ And see the rivers',, how they run Thro' woods*,, and meads', in shade', and sun* ? Sometimes swiff,, sometimes... | |
| George Barrell Cheever - 1830 - 516 páginas
...the vanity of state : But transient is the smile of Fate ! A little rule, a little sway, A sunbeam in a winter's day, Is all the proud and mighty have Between the cradle and the grave. And see the rivers how they run Through woods and meads, in shade and sun ! Sometimes swift, sometimes... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1830 - 844 páginas
...state ; But transient if the smile of fate I A little rule a little sway, A sunbeam in a winter's clay, ions of the great. So the bee ranges o'er the varied scenes Of corn, o set: the rivers, how they rim Through woods aud meads, iu shade and sun, Sometimes swift, sometimes... | |
| Jesse Olney - 1833 - 150 páginas
...accomplished any thing; I will try, has wrought wonders." "A little rule, a little sway, A sunbeam in a winter's day. Is all the proud and mighty have, Between the cradle and the grave." "If you want your business done, go, — if not, send." " Of all the causes that conspire to blind... | |
| 1833 - 270 páginas
...twenty-eight feet in length, and contains 1792 cubic feet. A little rule, a little sway, A sunbeam in a winter's day, Is all the proud and mighty have Between the cradle and the grave. DYBR. SINGULAR SPRING. — About a mile to the north-west of Giggleswick, near Settle, in Yorkshire,... | |
| Samuel Carter Hall - 1837 - 448 páginas
...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. And see the rivers how they run, Through woods and meads, in shade and sun, Sometimes swift, sometimes... | |
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