 | Susan Ferrier - 1831 - 414 sidor
...and these purposes the most dull and insignificant imaginable. " 'Twere greatly wise," says Young, " to talk with our past hours, and ask them what report they bear to Heaven." But meagre and unsatisfactory would have been the register of Mrs Ribley's doings,... | |
 | Edward Young, William Danby - 1832 - 306 sidor
...dispositions which should accompany and direct it, under a still higher direction. For this, he says, " 'Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours, And...news. Their answers form what men experience call, If wisdom's friend, her best; if not, worst foe." Without this, " There's nothing here, but what as... | |
 | Elizabeth Washington Wirt - 1832 - 338 sidor
...see time's furrows on another's brow. . . same. Peace and esteem is all that age can boast . . same. 'Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours, And...news. Their answers form what men experience call. same. Age should Walk thoughtful on the silent, solemn shore Of that vast ocean it must sail so soon,... | |
 | Asa Dodge Smith - 1832 - 274 sidor
...Inquire wherein you have gone astray from the path of duty, and how you may in future amend your ways. " 'Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours, And...And how they might have borne more welcome news." And this is never more proper, than when you are making a transition from one stage of study to another.... | |
 | Hannah More - 1832 - 530 sidor
...were, the space which divides us from eternity : "Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours. And nsk them what report they bore to heaven, And how they might have borne more welcome news. Yot to those who seek a short annual retreat * Biinop Hopkins. us a mere form ; who dignify with the... | |
 | George Miller - 1833 - 428 sidor
...retrospect of the above date, with one of the mottos, that I had adopted for my retrospections : " "Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours, And ask them what report they bore to heaven." I go on to say : — " So thought the poet — so, it appears, thought the patriarch Isaac, when he... | |
 | George Miller (of Dunbar) - 1833 - 422 sidor
...retrospect of the above date, with one of the mottos, that I had adopted for my retrospections : " 'Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours, And ask them what report the; bore to heaven." I go on to say :—" So thought the poet—so, it appears, thought the patriarch... | |
 | Richard Formby - 1833 - 388 sidor
..., • .-,.,] It is, therefore, the part of wisdom " to converse with the hours already past, and to ask them what report they bore to heaven," and how they might have brought more welcome intelligence. Each hour then should be watched as a minute grain, passing through... | |
 | Edward Young - 1834 - 370 sidor
...took fire ; A moment, and the world's blown up to thee ; The sun is darkness, and the stars are dust. 'Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours ; And...news . Their answers form what men experience call ; If wisdom's friend, her best ; if not, worst foe. O reconcile them ! kind experience cries, " There'snothinghere,butw... | |
 | Francis Wayland - 1835 - 494 sidor
...one of the most important duties in the life of a moral, and specially of a probationary, existence. 'Tis greatly wise, to talk with our past hours, And...Heaven, And how they might have borne more welcome news. 1. Perform this duty deliberately. It is not the business of hurry or of negligence. Devote time exclusively... | |
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Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours ; And ask them, what report they bore to heaven : And how they might have borne more welcome news. 
