| 1803 - 434 pages
...philosopheu 1 contemplates two or three hours every day over a 1 sun-dial ; and is true to the dial As the dial to the sun, Although it be not shone upon. 1 Our younger students are content to carry their spe1 dilations as yet no farther than bowling greens,... | |
| 1803 - 420 pages
...philosopher ' contemplates two or three hours every clay over a ' sun-dial ; and is true to the dial As the dial to the sun, Although it be not shone upon. Our younger students are content to carry their speculations as yet no farther than bowling-greens,... | |
| Samuel Butler - 1805 - 440 pages
...fate of war run down, 170 Their duty never was defeated, Nor t'rem their oaths and faith retreated ; For loyalty is still the same, Whether it win or lose the game ; True as the dial to the sun, 175 Although it be not shin'd upon. But when these brethren in evil, Their adversaries, and the Devil,... | |
| 1806 - 312 pages
...horrouf o'er ' the woods." FRIENDSHIP. HUDIBRAS beautifully tells us, that a sin* cere friend is " True as the dial to the sun, " Although it be not shone upon." And another observer of life very philosophically says, " A false friend is like the shadow on a sun-dial,... | |
| 1807 - 570 pages
...perhaps be applied with, more emphatic propriety than to any other in the history of these kingdoms : Loyalty is still the same Whether it win or lose the...; True as the dial to the sun, Although it be not shincd upon L We cannot refuse ourselves the pleasure of transcribing a passage, which exhibits in... | |
| James Boswell - 1807 - 532 pages
...might receive, we should still have the consolation being like Butler's steady and generous Royalist, " True as the dial to the sun, " Although it be not shone upon." We were well entertained and very happy at Dr. Nowell's, where was a very agreeable company; and we... | |
| James Boswell - 1807 - 562 pages
...^receive, we should still have the consolation of being like Butler's -steady and generous Royalist, " True as the dial to the sun, " Although it be not shone upon." We were well entertained and very happy at Dr. NowelPs, where was a very agreeable company ; and we... | |
| Samuel Butler, Thomas Park - 1808 - 506 pages
...the fate of war rnn down, Their dnty never was defeated, Nor from their oaths and faith retreated . For loyalty is still the same, Whether it win or lose the game ; Trne as the dial to I he snn, Althongh it be not shin'd npon. Bnt when these Brethren in evil, Their... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 654 pages
...the fate of war run down, Their duty never was defeated, Nor from their oaths and faith retreated; 0}kv P nk F Uё2 V sliin'd upon. Sut when these brethren in evil, Their adversaries, and the Devil, Bezau tmce more to... | |
| Laetitia Matilda Hawkins - 1811 - 428 pages
...allude to in •" Iludibras, would have answered every purpose : :- '- ' Tor ' For loyalty is still thef same, Whether it win or lose the game ; True as the dial to the sun, Altho' it be not shone upon *.' The subjugation under which she had been reared, tending rather to... | |
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