Darkness and light divide the course of time, and oblivion shares with memory a great part even of our living beings ; we slightly remember our felicities, and the smartest strokes of affliction leave but short smart upon us. Sense endureth no extremities,... Sir Thomas Browne's works, ed. by S. Wilkin - Page 45by sir Thomas Browne - 1852Full view - About this book
| 1821 - 770 pages
...misfortunes. But it is amongst the proudest prerogatives of Time, that he vanquishes grief itself. " Darkness and light divide the course of time; and...felicities, and the smartest strokes of affliction have but short smart upon us. Sense endureth no extremities, and sorrow destroy us, or themselves.... | |
| Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1821 - 764 pages
...misfortunes. But it is amongst the proudest prerogatives of Time, that lie vanquishes grief itself. " Darkness and light divide the course of time ; and...felicities, and the smartest strokes of affliction have but short smart upon us. Sense endureth no extremi ties, and sorrows destroy us, or themselves.... | |
| 1821 - 772 pages
...misfortunes. But it is amongst the proudest prerogatives of Time, that he vanquishes grief itself. " Darkness and light divide the course of time ; and...felicities, and the smartest strokes of affliction have but short smart upon us. Sense endureth no extremi ties, and sorrows destroy us, or themselves.... | |
| 1826 - 548 pages
...that grows old itself, bids us hope no long duration ; diuturnity is a dream and folly of expectation. Darkness and light divide the course of time, and...destroy us, or themselves. To weep into stones are fafbles. Afflictions induce calosities, miseries are slippery, or fall like snow upon us, which notwithstanding... | |
| 1826 - 548 pages
...before we lie down * Cuperem notum esse quod sim, non opto ut sciatur qualis aim. Card" in vita propria. Darkness and light divide the course of time, and...memory, a great part even of our living beings. We sl ; ghtly remember our felicities, and the smartest strokes of affliction leave but short smart upon... | |
| Literary gems - 1826 - 718 pages
...that grows old itself, bids us hope no long duration, diuturnity is a dream and folly of expectation. Darkness and light divide the course of time, and oblivion shares with memory a great part even of pur living beings. We slightly remember our felicities, and the smartest strokes of affliction leave... | |
| 1820 - 398 pages
...and on the vain hopes of men to perpetuate their memories in the changeless movements of the stars. " Darkness and light divide the course of time, and...us or -themselves. To weep into stones are fables. Afflictioni induce callosities, miseries are slippery, or fall like snow upon us, which notwithstanding... | |
| 1830 - 550 pages
...was the sequinox ? Every hour adds unto that current arithmetic, which scarce stands one moment.— Darkness and light divide the course of time, and...with memory a great part even of our living beings. Who knows whether the best of men be known : or whether there be not more remarkable persons forgot... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1830 - 844 pages
...bids us. hopu no long duration : diutnrnity is a dream, and folly of expectation. Darkness and lieht U h2 #˸ j lr U d 1ۣ > X ) 7 z ̂Ӻa i %v *Ro+g MQ s L W k uur living beings; we slightly remember our felicities, and the smartest strokes of affliction leave... | |
| Sir Thomas Browne - 1835 - 526 pages
...old in itself, bids us hope no long duration ; — diuturnity is a dream and folly of expectation.*^ Darkness and light divide the course of time, and...with memory a great part even of our living beings ; i we slightly remember our felicities, and the smartest strokes of affliction leave but short smart... | |
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