 Begin, be bold, and venture to be wise: He who defers this work from day to day, Does on a river's bank expecting stay Till the whole stream which stopp'd him should be gone, Which runs, and, as it runs, for ever will run on.  The Works of Samuel Johnson - Strana 234autor/autoři: Samuel Johnson - 1816Úplné zobrazení - Podrobnosti o knize
 | 1803 - 296 str.
...horam, Rusticus expectat dum defluat amnis : at ills Labitur, et labetur in omrie volubilis aevum. HoR. Begin, be bold, and venture to be wise ; He who defers...gone, That runs, and as it runs, for ever will run on. CowLEV. AN ancientpoet, unreasonably discontented at the present state of things, which his system... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 716 str.
...given one example of representative versification, which perhaps no other English line can equal : Begin, be bold, and venture to be wise : He, who defers this work from day to day, Doe« oTi a river's bank expefting stay Till the whole strerm that stopp'd him shall be gone, Which... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - 1805 - 908 str.
...would pass away. All must remember the beautiful translation of Cowley, " Begin, be bold, and ventnre to be wise ; He who defers this work from day to day,...bank expecting stay, Till the whole stream, which stopt him, should be gour. That runs, and, as it runs, for ever will run on." On the contrary the temporary... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - 1806 - 416 str.
...waited in hopes its waters would pass away. All must remember the beautiful translation of Cowley, " Begin, be bold, and venture to be wise ; He who defers...bank expecting stay, Till the whole stream, which stopt him, should be gone, That runs, and, as it runs, for ever will run on." On the contrary the temporary... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1806 - 294 str.
...given one example of representative versification, which perhaps no other English line can equal : Begin, be bold, and venture to be wise: He, who defers...river's bank expecting stay Till the whole stream that stopp'd him shall be gone, Which runs, and as it runs, for ever shall run on. Cowley was, I believe,... | |
 | 1806 - 214 str.
...however, numerous beauties scattered throughout his works, of which the following is a happy specimen: Begin, be bold, and venture to be wise: He who defers...day to day. Does on a river's bank expecting stay, Tjll the whole stream that stopp'd him shall be gone* Which runs, and, as it runs, for ever shall run... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1806 - 290 str.
...at ille " Labitur, & labetur in omne volubilis aevumt." Begin, be bold, and venture to be wise ; lie who defers this work from day to day, . Does on a river's bank expecting stay, « Lib. i. Agric. f 1 Ep. u. 40. Till the whole stream, which stopp'd him, should be gone, That runs,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 424 str.
...wise ; He who deters his work from day lo day, Does on a river's bank expecting slay, Till the \vhule stream, which stopp'd him, should be gone. That runs, and as it runs, ibr ever wdl run on. COwLEY. AN ancient poet, unreasonably discontented at the present state of things,... | |
 | 1806 - 468 str.
...day to day, Does on a river's bank expecting ftay, Till the whole ftream, which ftopp'd him, fhould be gone, That runs, and as it runs, for ever will run on. COWLET. N ancient poet, unreafonably .difcontented at the prefent ftate of things, which his fyftem... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 336 str.
...example of representative versification, which perhaps no other English line can equal : Begin, be boH, and venture to be wise ; He, who defers this work from day to da)', Does on a river's bink expecting stay Till the whole siream that s'opp'd him shall be gone, IVhich... | |
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