 | James Ferguson - 1823 - 438 páginas
...time, saith Seneca, and yet have much more than we know what to do with. Our lives, says he, are spent either in doing nothing at all, or in doing nothing to the purpose, or in doing nothing that we ought to do. We are always complaining our days are few, and acting... | |
 | John Walker - 1823 - 406 páginas
...they so violently oppose? Spectator, N° 168. Concluding Series. Our lives, says Seneca, are spent -either in doing nothing at all, or in doing nothing to the purpose, or in doing nothing that we ought to do. Ibid. N° 93. It was necessary for the world that... | |
 | 1824 - 348 páginas
...with. Our lives, says he, are spent either in doing nothing at ail, or in doing nothing to the purpose, or in doing nothing that we ought to do : We are always complaining our days are. few, and acting as though there would be no end of them. That noble philosopher has described our inconsistency... | |
 | 1824 - 284 páginas
...have much more than we know what to do with. Our lives, says he, are 194 THE SPECTATOR. No. 93. spent either in doing nothing at all, or in doing nothing to the purpose, or in doing nothing that we ought to do; we are always complaining our days are few, and acting... | |
 | 1828 - 844 páginas
...what to do with. Our lives are spent either in doing nothing at all, or doing nothing to the purpose, or in doing nothing that we ought to do. We are always complaining our days are few, and acting as though there would be no end of them." A contemporary political writer makes the following... | |
 | 846 páginas
...what to do with. Our lives are spent either in doing nothing at all, or doing nothing to the purpose, or in doing nothing that we ought to do. We are always complaining oar days are few, and acting as though there would be no end of them." not th« eyei of Ms victim,... | |
 | 1828 - 394 páginas
...time, saith Seneca, and yet have much more than we know what to do with. Our lives, says he, are spent, either in doing nothing at all, or in doing nothing to the purpose, or in doing nothing that we ought to do. We are always complaining our days are few, and acting... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1828 - 432 páginas
...owe, saith Seneca, and yet have mdch more than we know what to do with. Our lives, says be, are spent either in doing nothing at all, or in doing nothing to the purpose, or in doing nothing that we ought to do. We are always complaining our days are few, and acting... | |
 | William Brittainham Lacey - 1828 - 308 páginas
...pause but one in a sentence, and the falling slide at the end of it. Our lives, says Seneca, consist either in doing nothing at all, or in doing nothing to the purpose, or in doing nothing that we ought to do. 11. When negation is opposed to affirmation, the... | |
 | John Timbs - 1829 - 354 páginas
...of the shortness of time, and yet have much more than we know what to do with. Our lives are spent either in doing nothing at all, or in doing nothing to the purpose, or in doing nothing that we ought to do; we are always complaining our days are few, and acting... | |
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WE all of us complain of the Shortness of Time, saith Seneca, and yet have much more than we know what to do with. Our Lives, says he, are spent either in doing nothing at all, or in doing nothing to the purpose, or in doing nothing that we ought to do:... 
