 ... us, and disease and anxiety obstruct our way. We then look back upon our lives with horror, with sorrow, with repentance; and wish, N° 66. THE RAM It Mitt. 40/ but too often vainly wish, that we had not forsaken the ways of virtue. Happy are they,...  The works of Samuel Johnson - Page 407by Samuel Johnson - 1824Full view - About this book
 | English literature - 1803 - 290 pages
...our way. We 1 then look back upon our lives with horror, -with sor' row, with repentance ; and -wish, but too often vainly ' wish, that we had not forsaken...wasted, ' there yet remains one effort to be made : that re' formation is never hopeless, nor sincere endeavours ' ever unassisted ; that the wanderer may at... | |
 | Sydney Melmoth - English prose literature - 1805 - 368 pages
...our way. We " then look back upon our lives with horror, with " sorrow, with repentance ; and wish, but too often " vainly wish, that we had not forsaken...learn " from thy example not to despair, but shall remem" ber, that though the day is past, and their strength " is wasted, there yet remains one effort... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1810 - 262 pages
...our way. We then look back upon our ili'\tt£^ with horror, with sorrow, with repentance ; and wish, but .'too often vainly wish, that we had not forsaken...one effort to be made : that reformation is never hopeJess nor sincere endeavours ever unassisted , that the wanderer may at length return after all... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 388 pages
...obstruct our way. We then look back upon our lives with horror, with sorrow, with repentance ; and wish, but too often vainly wish, that we had not forsaken...one effort to be made ; that reformation is never hopeless,nor sincere endeavors ever unassisted ; that the wanderer may at length return after all his... | |
 | Nicolas Gouin Dufief - Commercial correspondence, Spanish - 1811 - 606 pages
...back upon our lives with horror, with sorrow, with repentance ; and wish, but too often vainly wis , that we had not forsaken the ways of virtue. Happy...from thy example not to despair, but shall remember, though the day is past, and their strength is wasted, there yet remains one effort to be made ; that... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1811 - 346 pages
...obstruct our way. We then look back upon our lives with horror, with sorrow, with repentance ; and wish, but too often vainly wish, that we had not forsaken the ways of virtue. Happy are they, my sdn, who shall learn from thy example not to despair, but shall remember, that though the day is past,... | |
 | Charles Peirce - Textbooks - 1811 - 266 pages
...obstruct our way. We then look back upon our live* with horror, with sorrow, with . repentance ; and wish, but -too often vainly wish, that we had not forsaken the ways of virtue. Happy are they, my .,011, who shall learn from thy example, not to despair ; but shaft: remember, that, though the day... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1812 - 378 pages
...obstruct our way. We then look back upon our lives with horror, with sorrow, with repentance: and wish, but too often vainly wish, that we had not forsaken...shall remember, that, though the day is past, and iheir strength is wasted, there yet remains one effort to be made : that reformation is never hopeless,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1813 - 276 pages
...lives with horrour, with sorrow,, with repentanee; and wish; but too often vainly wish, that we had m'l forsaken the ways of virtue. Happy are they, my son,...remember, that, though the day is past, and their strength b wasted, there yet remains one effort to be made: tlmtrefur. mat ion is never hopeless, nor sineere... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1814 - 424 pages
...our way. We then look back upon our lives with horror, with sorrow, •with repentance ; and wish, but too often vainly wish,, that we had not forsaken...who shall learn from thy example not to despair, but shal} remember, that though the day is past, and their strength is wasted, there yet remains one •effort... | |
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