 | Mr. Addison - 1795 - 608 sider
...employment becomes a labour, and the ffighteft inconvenience an agony.—The rofes of pleafure feldom laft long enough to adorn the brow of him who plucks them; for they are the only rofes which da not retain their fweetnefs after they have loft their beauty. ARE ( 18 ) A REQUEST TO... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1795 - 594 sider
...employment becomes a labour, and th* ffighteft inconvenience an agony. — The rofes of pleafure feldom laft long enough to adorn the brow of him who plucks them ; for they are the only rofes which do not retain their fweetnefs after they have loft their beauty. AREA REQUEST TO THE DIVINE... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1798 - 362 sider
...employment becomes a labour, and the flighteft inconvenience an agony. The rofes of pleafure feldom laft long enough to adorn the brow of him who plucks them; for they are the only rofes which do not retain their fweetnefs after they have loft their beauty. DUTY OF OLD AGE. A MATERIAL... | |
 | 1799 - 334 sider
...Alas ! he did not reflect that they withered in the very gathering. The rofes of plealure feldom laft long enough to adorn the brow of him who plucks them ; for they are the only rofes which do not retain their fweetnefs afrer they have loft their beauty. The heathen poets often... | |
 | T Nixon - 1806 - 176 sider
...poison is iu every dish. There is a couch which invites us to repose, ljut to slumber upon it is death. The roses of pleasure seldom last long enough to adorn...their sweetness after they have lost their beauty. PROSPERITY AND ADVERSITY. T. HE hope of receiving much spiritual advantage should reconcile us to the... | |
 | 1794 - 802 sider
...reflc.fl' that they withered in the very gathering. The rflfei of pleafure {eldom laft long ejnbugh to adorn the brow of him who plucks them ; for they are the only rofes which do not retain thoir iweetnefs after they have loft their "beauty. The heathen poets often... | |
 | 1794 - 826 sider
...' he did not reflcft that they witherr ed in the very gathering. The rofes of pleafure feldom laft long enough to adorn the brow of him who plucks them ; for thc-y are the only rofes which do not retain their fweetnefs aficr they have loft, their beSuty. The... | |
 | 1809 - 344 sider
...hands of that amiable prelate. "Let us crown ourselves with rose buds before they be withered," suid Solomon's libertine. Alas! he did not reflect, that...and voluptuousness ; lest the season for indulging m them should puss unimproved. The dark and uncertain notions, not to say the absolute disbelief, which... | |
 | John Timbs - 1829 - 354 sider
...the most agreeably in the world, only with her malice. — The Confederacy — Fanbrugh. CCCCLXX1X. \ The roses of pleasure seldom last long enough to adorn the brow of him who plucks them, and tkey are the only roses which do not retain their sweetness after they have lost their beauty.... | |
 | Laconics - 1829 - 358 sider
...company the most agreeably in the world, only with her malice.—The Confederacy—Vanbrugh. CCCCLXXIX. The roses of pleasure seldom last long enough to adorn the brow of him who plucks them, and they are the only roses which do not retain their sweetness after they have lost their beauty.—Blair.... | |
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The roses of pleasure seldom last long enough to adorn the brow of him who plucks them ; for they are the only roses which do not retain their sweetness after they have lost their beauty. 
