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" Unanxious for ourselves, and only wish As duteous sons, our fathers were more wise. At thirty man suspects himself a fool ; Knows it at forty, and reforms his plan ; At fifty chides his infamous delay, Pushes his prudent purpose to resolve; In all the... "
Fifth Book of Lessons for the Use of the Irish National Schools - Page 377
1836 - 406 pages
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Retrospective Review, Volume 14

Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - 1826 - 384 pages
...care and circumspection. He may, moreover, possibly have agreed by anticipation with the poet : — " At thirty, man suspects himself a fool ; Knows it at forty, and reforms his plan." We doubt, however, whether Cornelius was exactly one of these self-condemning philosophers, who either...
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The English Reader, Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Best ...

Lindley Murray - 1826 - 224 pages
...and only wish, In full content we sometimes nobly rest, As duteous sons, our fatheis were more wise. At thirty, man suspects himself a fool; Knows it at forty, and reforms his plan; Pushes his prudent purpose to resolve; At fifty, chides his infamous delay; Resolves, and re-resolves,...
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Much Instruction from Little Reading: Or, Extracts from Some of the Most ...

1827 - 290 pages
...nobly rest, Unanxious for ourselves ; and only wish, As duteous sons, our fathers were more wise : At thirty, man suspects himself a fool ; Knows it...thinks himself immortal : All men think all men mortal, but themselves ; Themselves, when some alarming shock of fate Strikes through their wounded hearts...
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Specimens of sacred and serious poetry, from Chaucer to the present day ...

John Johnstone - 1827 - 596 pages
...sometimes nobly rest, Unanxious for ourselves, and only wish, As duteous sons, our fathers were more wise. At thirty man suspects himself a fool; Knows it at...same. And why ? because he thinks himself immortal. AH men think all men mortal but themselves; Themselves, when some alarming shock of Fate Strikes through...
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English Reader, Or Pieces in Prose and Poetry

Lindley Murray - 1827 - 308 pages
...And that through ev'ry stage. When young, indjeedj In full content, we sometimes nobly rest, Unanxkms for ourselves; and only wish, As duteous sons, our...infamous delay; Pushes his prudent purpose to resolve; . t. In all the magnanimity of thought, ;-. Resolves, and re-resolves, then dies the same. 4. And whj...
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THE ENGLISH READER

Lindley Murray - 1827 - 262 pages
...nobly rest, Unanxious for ourselves ; and only wish, As duteous sons, our father's were more wise-. At thirty, man suspects himself a fool ; Knows it...thought, Resolves, and re-resolves, then dies the same. 4 And why ? Because he thinks himself immortal. All men think all men mortal, but themselves ; Themselves,...
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The English Reader, Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry: From the Best Writers ...

Lindley Murray - 1827 - 262 pages
...sometimes nobly rest, Unanxious for ourselves ; and only wish, As duteous sons, our fathers were more wise. At thirty, man suspects himself a fool ; Knows it...; In all the magnanimity of thought, Resolves, and re-resolres, then dies the same. 4 And why ? Because bethinks himself immortal. All men think all men...
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Saint Jospeh Medical Herald, Volumes 47-48

1928 - 732 pages
...himself a fool; Knows it at 40, and reforms his plan; At 50 chides his infamous delay, Pushes liis prudent purpose to resolve; In all the magnanimity...thought. Resolves and re-resolves; then dies the same. — Edward Young. devised by the Lilly Scientific and Research Staff. Each ingredient used in the manufacture...
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The Scottish Law Review and Reports of Cases in the Sheriff Courts ..., Volume 7

1891 - 754 pages
...his lay advisers as the outcome of their friendliness rather than the product of their intelligence. At thirty man suspects himself a 'fool, Knows it at forty, and reforms his plan. But it takes ten years to get from thirty to forty, and often longer if we judge by the test contained...
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Improvement Era: 1889, Volume 3, Issue 1

1900 - 498 pages
...steals, till all aro fled, And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal state. At thirty, man suspects himself a fool; Knows it at...thought, Resolves, and re-resolves, then dies the same." INSTRUCTIONS TO MISSIONARIES. REPORTED BY THOMAS HULL, GENERAL SECRETARY YMMIA [The remarks which follow...
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