 | Maurice Cross - 1835 - 520 Seiten
...individuals, that they deal much in vaticination. Happy men are full of the present, for its bonnty suffices them ; and wise men also, for its duties...is, not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but lodo what lies clearly at hand. Know'st thou Yesterday, its aim and reason :' Work'st thou well To-day... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1845 - 594 Seiten
...begin." SIGNS OF THE TIMES. [EDINBURGR REVIEW, 1829.] IT is no very good symptom either of nations or individuals, that they deal much in vaticination....engage them. Our grand business undoubtedly is, not to we what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand. Know'st thou Yttirrday, ilf... | |
 | 1852 - 590 Seiten
...begin." SIGNS OF THE TIMES. [EDINBURGH REVIEW, 1829.) IT is no very good symptom either of nations or individuals, that they deal much in vaticination....engage them. Our grand business undoubtedly is, not to ue what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand. K now M tin in Tetterdey, its... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1857 - 604 Seiten
...begin." SIGNS OF THE TIMES. . [EDINBURGH REVIEW, 1829.] IT is no very good symptom either of nations or ist. Nay, after all, our spiritual maladies are but of Opinion ; we are but fettered sec what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand. Know'Ft thmi F<r.«ff ri/fl»/j... | |
 | John Stuart Mackenzie - 1890 - 420 Seiten
...present before us and which may be used as a means of personal happiness. " Happy men," says Carlyle, " are full of the present, for its bounty suffices them...; and wise men also, for its duties engage them." If so, the world is probably growing happier and wiser. We have become more than ever impressed with... | |
 | Edward FitzGerald - 1904 - 268 Seiten
...brought to table, Coleridge's disciple burst out, " Them's the jockeys for me ! " TO-DAY AND TO-MORROW. also, for its duties engage them. Our grand business undoubtedly is not so see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand. Knowest thou YESTERDAY,... | |
 | James B. Haynes - 1910 - 526 Seiten
...and labor. In their efforts to arouse men to more glorious triumphs, they met with many difficulties. 'Happy men are full of the present, for its bounty...; and wise men also, for its duties engage them.' The busy man would say, 'With me it is what I eat, where shall I drink, my body, and what shall it... | |
 | Robert Douglas-Fairhurst - 2002 - 390 Seiten
...individuals, that they deal nuch in vaticination. Happy men are full of the present, for its bounty iuffices them; and wise men also, for its duties engage them. Our grand >usiness undoubtedly is, not to sec what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what ies clearly at hand.... | |
 | Gertrude Himmelfarb - 2007 - 333 Seiten
...respected by the Victorians whom he so severely chastised. It is no very good symptom either of nations or individuals, that they deal much in vaticination....engage them. Our grand business undoubtedly is, not to jwwhat lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand. Know'st thou Yesterday, its aim... | |
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IT is no very good symptom either of nations or individuals, that they deal much in vaticination. Happy men are full of the present, for its bounty suffices them ; and wise men also, for its duties engage them. 