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" Skill'd to reverse whate'er the gods create, And make that crooked which they fashion straight : Hard choice for man, to die — or else to be That tottering, wretched, wrinkled thing you see. Age, then, we all prefer ; for age we pray, And travel on... "
The satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis, tr. into Engl. verse, by W. Gifford ... - Página 326
por Juvenal - 1806
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The Observer: Being a Collection of Moral, Literary and Familiar ..., Volumen3

Richard Cumberland - 1786 - 380 páginas
...to die — or e!le to be •' *°' That tottering, wretched, wrinkled thing you' fee.: '.* - - *• Age then we all prefer ; for age we pray, ' ^ " And travel on to life's laflrling'ring day ; : :" Then finking flow4y- do\wn from werft to worfe, . ..'° pintHieayVsextprte^ib^pn-flur...
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Satires

Juvenal - 1802 - 574 páginas
...Hard choice for man to die — or else to be " That tottering, wretched, wrinkled, thing you see. " Age then we all prefer ; for age we pray, " And travel...sufficiently obvious, and has had good things said oa • it in every age ; here is one of them, " Some comfort " We have in dropping early — we expire,...
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The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis

Juvenal - 1806 - 582 páginas
...Menan. VER. 264. A ghastly visage S/-C.] In this striking description of old age, Juvenal seems to have thought of a passage in Crates, thus admirably rendered...dropping early — we expire, " And not without men's pity; to live still, " Have their good wishes; thus, too, we prevent " The loathsome misery of age,...
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The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis

Juvenal - 1806 - 576 páginas
...Hard choice, for man to die — or else to be " That tottering, wretched, wrinkled, thing you see. " Age then we all prefer ;' for age we pray, " And travel...the idea is sufficiently obvious, and has had good tiiings said on it in every age ; here is one of them : " -- Some comfort " We have in dropping early...
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The British Essayists, Volumen40

Alexander Chalmers - 1807 - 534 páginas
...Hard choice for man, to die—or else to be That tottering, wretched, wrinkled thing you see: Age Uien we all prefer; for age we pray, And travel on to life's last ling'riug day ; Then sinking slowly down from worse to worse, Find heav'ns extorted boon our greatest...
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The Analectic Magazine, Volumen3

1814 - 558 páginas
...thing you see. Age, then, we all prefer; for age we pray, And travel on to life's last ling'ring day j Then sinking slowly down from worse to worse, Find heaven's extorted boon our greatest curse." PHERECRATES. The same Subject. " Age is the heaviest burden man can bear, Compound of disappointment,...
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The Quarterly Review, Volúmenes9-10

1813 - 1102 páginas
...straight: Hard choice for man, to die — or else to be That tottering, wretched, wrinkled thing you see. Age then we all prefer ; for age we pray, And travel on to life's last ling'ring day; Then sinking slowly down from worse to worse, Find heaven's extorted boon our greatest...
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The Quarterly Review, Volumen10

1813 - 560 páginas
...straight : Hard choice for man, to die — or else to be That tottering, wretched, wrinkled thing you see. Age then we all prefer ; for age we pray, And travel on to life's last ling'ring day ; Then sinking slowly down from worse to worse. Find heaven's extorted boon our greatest...
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The Polyanthos

1814 - 378 páginas
...straight : Hard choice for man, to die — or else to be That tottering, wretched, wrinkled thing you see. Age, then, we all prefer ; for age we pray, And travel...worse, Find heaven's extorted boon our greatest curse. The same Subject. Age is the heaviest burden man can bear, Compound of disappointment, pain, and care...
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Analectic Magazine: Containing Selections from Foreign Reviews and ..., Volumen3

1814 - 556 páginas
...wrinkled thing you see. Age, then, we all prefer; for age we pray, And travel on to life's last ling'ring day ; Then sinking slowly down from worse to worse, Find heaven's extorted boon our greatest curse." • PHERECRATES. The same Subject. " Age is the heaviest burden man can hear, Compound of disappointment,...
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