 | James Boaden - 1831 - 402 стор.
...wonder'd at, because he dropt no sooner. Fate seem'd to wind him up for four score years, Yet freely ran he on ten winters more ; Till, like a clock worn...time, The wheels of weary life, at last, stood still." The student in expressive harmony will find the last line, in particular, possessed of imitative exactness... | |
 | Robley Dunglison - 1832 - 572 стор.
...resuscitation in sudden death, whilst it would be the height of absurdity to have recourse to them where, "Like a clock worn out with eating time, The wheels of weary life at last stand still." The renovation could only be effected by the substitution of new, for the worn out, machinery.... | |
 | John Fanning Watson - 1833 - 336 стор.
...those instances of grandevity, which have occasionally occurred among us, — of those with whom, " Like a clock worn out with eating time The wheels of weary life at last stood still !" 1 727. This year dies Grace Townsend, aged ninetyeight years, well known among the first settlers,... | |
 | John Fanning Watson - 1833 - 350 стор.
...those instances of grandevity, which have occasionally occurred among us, — of those with whom, " Like a clock worn out with eating time The wheels of weary life at last stood still !" 1727. This year dies Grace Townsend, aged ninetyeight years, well known among the first settlers,... | |
 | Alexander Young - 1838 - 728 стор.
...because he dropped no sooner. Fate seemed to wind him up for fourscore years ; Tet freshly ran he on two winters more : Till, like a clock worn out with eating...time, The wheels of weary life at last stood still." * See the Preface to Serjeant Talfourd's Ion, which has been most unaccountably omitted in both the... | |
 | John Warner Barber - 1839 - 666 стор.
...E'er wonder'd at why he no sooner dropt ; Fate seem'd to wind him up for fourscore years, Yet restless ran he on ten winters more, Till, like a clock worn...time, The wheels of weary life at last stood still. In memory of Mr. Benjamin Day, who died Feb. 26th, 1816, aged 90 years and 8 months. He was distinguished... | |
 | 1839 - 568 стор.
...because he dropped no sooner. Fate seemed to wind him up for fourscore years, Yet freshly ran he on two winters more .Till, like a clock worn out with eating...time, The wheels of weary life at last stood still." ART. VI. — NEW COMMERCIAL FIELD. Travels in South-Eastern Asia, embracing Hindustan, Malaya, Siam,... | |
 | George Burges - 1840 - 212 стор.
...phrase : " Of no distemper, of no blast he died, But fell like autumn fruit that mellow'd long : E'en wonder'd at, because he dropt no sooner. Fate seem'd...Till, like a clock, worn out with eating time, The nheels ofneary life at last stood still!" P. 144. ti jUtv TOIVVV rovr' iirv^tipovv \tytiv, ¿iç tyw... | |
 | James Bennett - 1840 - 494 стор.
...because he dropp'd no sooner. Fate seem'd to wind him up for fourscore years, Yet freely ran he out ten winters more, Till, like a clock worn out with...Time, The wheels of weary life at last stood still." Dryden's CEdipus, ON the first day of the year 1836, at the patriarchal age of 90, William Wakeman,... | |
 | John Warner Barber - 1840 - 672 стор.
...E'er wonder'd at why he no sooner dropt ; Fate seem'd to wind him up for fourscore years, Yet restless ran he on ten winters more. Till, like a clock worn out with eating lime, The wheels of weary life at last stood still. In memory of Mr. Benjamin Day, who died Feb. 26th,... | |
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Of no distemper, of no blast he died, But fell like autumn fruit that mellowed long; Even wondered at, because he dropt no sooner. Fate seemed to wind him up for fourscore years ; Yet freshly ran he on ten winters more : Till, like a clock worn out with... 
