| Walter Scott - English fiction - 1822 - 370 pages
...many a one hath miss'd ! Full little knowest thou, that hast not tried, What hell it is, in sueing long to bide : To lose good days, that might be better...on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow ; To have thy Prince's grace, yet want her Peers', To have thy asking, yet wait many years ; To fret thy soul with... | |
| Walter Scott - English fiction - 1822 - 296 pages
...many a one hath miss'd ! Full little knowest thou, that hast not tried, What hell it is, in sueing long to bide : To lose good days, that might be better...pensive discontent; To speed to-day, to be put back to morrow; To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow; To have thy prince's grace, yet want her... | |
| British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 356 pages
...tride, What hell it is, in suing long to bide : To lose good dayes, that might be better spent ; To wast long nights in pensive discontent ; To speed to-day,...put back to-morrow ; To feed on hope, to pine with feare and sorrow ; To have thy Princes grace, yet want her Peeres ; To have thy asking, yet waite manie... | |
| Walter Scott - English fiction - 1822 - 378 pages
...to-day, to be put back to-morrow ; To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow ; To have thy Prince's grace, yet want her Peers', To have thy asking, yet wait many years ; To fret thy soul with crosses and with cares — To eat thy heart through comfortless despairs. To fawn,... | |
| Great Britain. Parliament - Great Britain - 1824 - 830 pages
...Spencer, would not appear an exaggeration : — " Full little knowest thou that hast not tried, What hell it is in suing long to bide ; To lose good days...on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow ; To have thy prince's grace, yet wantherpeers; To have thy asking, yet wait many years ; To fret thy soul with crosses... | |
| Maria Edgeworth - 1822 - 452 pages
...ten lines without yawning ! " Full little knowest thou that hast not tried, What Hell it is iu sueing long to bide. To lose good days, that might be better...To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow, To fret thy sold with crosses and with cares, To eat thy heart through comfortless despairs, To fawn,... | |
| Maria Edgeworth - 1824 - 412 pages
...lines without yawning ! ' Full little knowest thou that hast not tried,. What Hell it is in sueing long to bide; To lose good days, that might be better spent, To waste long nights in pensiv* discontent, To speed to -clay, to be put back to-morrow, To feed on hope, to pine with fear... | |
| John Aikin, Lucy Aikin - Critics - 1824 - 500 pages
...Hubbard's Tale :" Full little knowest thou that hast not try'd, What hell it is in suing long to bjde ; To lose good days that might be better spent, To waste long nights in pensi?e discontent ; Tospeed to-day, to be put back to-morrow, To fee.! on hope.-, to pine with fear... | |
| Alexander Bailey Richmond - Labor - 1825 - 208 pages
...quotation from Spencer's Mother Hubbard's Tale. " Full little knowest thou, that hast not tried, What hell it is in suing long to bide ; To lose good days...To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow ; To fret thy soul with crosses and with cares ; To eat thy heart through comfortless despairs." While I... | |
| Alexander Bailey Richmond - 1825 - 208 pages
...quotation from Spencer's Mother Hubbard's Tale. " Full little knowcst thou, that hast not tried, What hell it is in suing long to bide ; To lose good days...To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow ; To fret thy soul with crosses and with cares ; To eat thy heart through comfortless despairs." While I... | |
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