 | 1804 - 452 頁
...offer;—for thfrt life has nothing to recommend it. Sir William Temple, with easy elegance, says " That human life is, at the greatest and the best, but like a froward child, that must be played with, and humoured a little, till it falls asleep !—and then the care is over." The poetess Sappho... | |
 | Sir William Temple - 1814 - 580 頁
...and do not trouble the world, or other men, because they cannot be quiet themselves, though no body hurts them! [When all is done, human life is, at the...best, but like a froward child, that must be played with and humoured a little to keep it quiet till it falls asleep, and then the care is AN ESSAY UPON... | |
 | 1821 - 384 頁
...innocent ; and do not trouble the world, or other men, because they cannot be quiet themselves, though nobody hurts them ! When all is done, human life is,...best, but like a froward child, that must be played with and humoured a little to keep it quiet, till it falls asleep, and then the care is over. V. AN... | |
 | Sir William Temple - 1821 - 390 頁
...innocent ; and do not trouble the world, or other men, becanse they cannot be quiet themselves, though nobody hurts them ! When all is done, human life is, at the greatest and the best, but like afroward child, that must be j played with and humoured a little to keep it quiet, ' till it falls... | |
 | John Timbs - 1829 - 354 頁
...should be the cause of laughter; but well may one thing breed two together. — Sir P. Sidney. cxxiy. When all is done, human life is, at the greatest and...best, but like a froward child, that must be played with, and humoured a little to keep it quiet, till it falls asleep, and then the care is over. —... | |
 | Laconics - 1829 - 352 頁
...should be the cause of laughter; but well may one thing breed two together.—Sir P. Sidney. CXXIV. When all is done, human life is, at the greatest and...best, but like a froward child, that must be played with, and humoured a little to keep it quiet, till it falls asleep, and then the care is over.—Sir... | |
 | Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - 1832 - 228 頁
...till we are dead—or of making laws and speeches which, when dead, the world hastens to forget. " When all is done, human life is at the greatest and...best but like a froward child, that must be played with and humoured a little to keep it quiet till it falls asleep, and then the care is over."* * Sir... | |
 | 1832 - 524 頁
...of honour and humanity." Sir Wiiliam thus concludes one of his philosophic essays : — "When this is done, human life is, at the greatest and the best, but like a froward child, that must be played with and humoured a little to keep it quiet till it falls asleep, and then the care is over." His garden... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1833 - 308 頁
...because they cannot be quiet themselves, though nobody hurts them." " When all is done (he concludes), human life is at the greatest and the best but like a froward child, that must be played with, and humoured a little, to keep it quiet, till it falls asleep, and then the care is over." BARBARA... | |
 | Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - 1835 - 382 頁
...till we are dead — or of making laws and speeches, which, when dead, the world hastens to forget. " When all is done, human life is at the greatest and...best but like a froward child, that must be played with and humoured a little to keep it quiet till it falls asleep, and then the care is over." * * Sir... | |
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When all is done, human life is, at the greatest and the best, but like a froward child, that must be played with and humoured a little to keep it quiet till it falls asleep, and then the care is over. 
