 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1880 - 394 стор.
...recuperation is completed he will wake without an alarum. There is a well-known couplet by the great lawyer Sir Edward Coke :— " Six hours in sleep, in law's grave study six, Four spent in prayer, the rest on Nature fix." This was " capped " by Sir William Jones : — " Seven hours... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1880 - 640 стор.
...from some old Latin lines ; the other is original. The former runs thus : " Six hours to sleep, to law's grave study six, Four spend in prayer, the rest on nature fix." " Eathcr," says Sir William Jones, " Six hours to law, to soothing slumbers seven, Ten to the world... | |
 | George Black (M.D.) - 1881 - 870 стор.
...to excess. Lord Chief Justice Coke has laid down a rule for sleep in the following couplet : — " Six hours in sleep, in law's grave study six, Four spend in prayer, the rest on nature fix." This has been somewhat modified by Sir William Jones : — " Six hours to law, to soothing slumber... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1881 - 738 стор.
...the Devil smil'd, for it put him in mind Of Cnin and his brother Abel. Coleridge, Devil's TVaU.; iv. Six hours in sleep, in law's grave study six, Four spend in prayer, the rest on nature fix. Lines quoted in Latin by Sir Edward Coke. Seven hours to law, to soothing slumber seven, Ten to the... | |
 | Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, Anna Lydia Ward - 1882 - 926 стор.
...short, 'tis Nature's fault alone; Where he succeeds, the merit's all hi¿> own. t. Jiosciad. Line 1025. Sir EDWARD COKE. Six hours in sleep, in law's grave...six, Four spend in prayer, the rest on nature fix. «. Lines (juoted in Latin. COLERIDGE. Clothing the palpable and familiar, r. Ttie Death of Waltcnxlein.... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1882 - 526 стор.
...division of time he suggests in the couplet which he improved from Sir Edward Coke. Coke wrote : — " Six hours in sleep, in law's grave study six, Four spend in prayer, the rest on nature fix." Sir William Jones laid down a wiser rule : — " Seven hours to law, to soothing slumber seven, Ten... | |
 | Jehiel Keeler Hoyt - 1882 - 914 стор.
...fault alone; Where he succeeds, the merit's all his own. t. Hosciad. Line 1025. Sir EDWAKD Сокв. . HTPOCKIST. The veil Spun from til. «. Lines Quoted in Latin. COLERIDGE. Clothing the palpable and familiar, r. The Death of Wallenstein.... | |
 | 1883 - 502 стор.
...Full on thy bloom.1' Burnt. " Final Ruin fiercely drives Her ploughshare o'er creation." Young. 60. " Six hours in sleep, in law's grave study six, Four spend in prayer, the rest on nature fix." Sir Ed. Coke. *' Seven hours to law, to soothing slumber seven, Ten to the world allot, and all to... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1885 - 916 стор.
...translated from some old Latin lines; the other is original. The former runs thus: " Sis hours to sleep, to is forced, after the experience of centuries, to admit that he has says Sir William Jones, " Six hours to law, to soathing slumbers snvon, Ten to the world allot, and... | |
 | Lady Isabel Burton, Justin Huntly McCarthy - 1887 - 528 стор.
...following occurs, " written in India on a small piece of paper":— Sir Edward Coke " Six hours to sleep, in law's grave study six ! Four spend in prayer, — the rest on Heaven fix ! " Rather : " Seven hours to law, to soothing slumber seven ; Ten to the world allot, and... | |
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Six hours to sleep, to law's grave study six, Four spend in prayer, the rest on nature fix. 
