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" tis madness to defer: Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time; Year after year it steals, till all are fled, And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of... "
The Works of the Author of the Night-thoughts: In Four Volumes - Page 18
by Edward Young - 1762
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A series of sermons and lectures on important subjects

John Nelson (Primitive Methodist preacher.) - Sermons, English - 1830 - 454 pages
...till wisdom is push'd out of life, Procrastination is the thief of time ; Year after year, it steals, till all are fled, And, to the mercies of a moment, leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene. If not so frequent, would not this be strange .*• That 'tis so...
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The Academical Reader: Comprising Selections from the Most Admired Authors ...

John J. Harrod - Readers - 1832 - 338 pages
...till wisdom is push'd out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time. Year after year it steals, till all are fled; And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene. 2. Of man's miraculous mistakes, this bears The palm " That all...
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Sermons

James Yonge - Sermons, English - 1832 - 594 pages
...you get into a habit of delay. " Procrastination is the thief of time ; " Year after year it steals, 'till all are fled ; " And to the mercies of a moment leaves " The vast concerns of an eternal state." When Paul '•' preached of righteousness, temperance, and judgment...
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The philosophic alphabet, with an explanation of its principles; to which is ...

George Edmonds (of Birmingham.) - English language - 1832 - 122 pages
...till wisdom is push-d out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time. Year after year it steals, till all are fled ; And, to the mercies of a moment, leaves The vast concerns of eternal scene. Of man-s miraculous mistakes this bears The palm, — " That all men...
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Extracts from Young's Night thoughts, with observations upon them

Edward Young, William Danby - 1832 - 306 pages
...our conduct too often proves that " Procrastination is the thief of time ; Year after year it steals, till all are fled; And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene." We are told that " God will have mercy on whom he will have mercy;"...
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The Harbinger of the Millenium: With an Appendix

William Cogswell - Christian life - 1833 - 368 pages
...till wisdom is push'd out of life,— Procrastination is the thief of time, Year after year it steals till all are fled, And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene." Let them be entreated, then, by the thunders of Sinai and the persuasions...
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The English Orator: a Selection of Pieces for Reading & Recitation

James Hedderwick - Oratory - 1833 - 232 pages
...till wisdom is push'd out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time. Year after year it steals, till all are fled; And to the mercies of a moment, leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene. Of man's miraculous mistakes, this bears The palm, " That all men...
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The Poetical Works of Edward Young, Volume 1

Edward Young - Fore-edge painting - 1834 - 370 pages
...till wisdom is push'd out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time ; Year after year it steals, till all are fled, And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene. If not so frequent, would not this be strange ? That 'tis so frequent,...
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A Collection, in Prose and Verse, for the Use of Schools

Andrew Thomson - Readers - 1835 - 302 pages
...till wisdom is push'd out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time. Year after year it steals, till all are fled ; And to the mercies of a moment, leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scent Of man's miraculous mistakes, this bears The palm, That all men are...
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The Elocutionist: Consisting of Declamations and Readings in Prose and ...

Jonathan Barber - Oratory - 1836 - 404 pages
...till wisdom is pushed out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time ;. Year alter year it steals, till all are fled, And to the mercies of a moment, leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene. If not so frequent, would not this be strange ? That 'tis so trequent;...
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