 | William George Waters - 1906 - 342 էջ
...the past is no more ; and our prospect of futurity is dark and doubtful. This day may possibly be my last : but the laws of probability, so true in general,...nature, who fixes our moral happiness to the mature season in which our passions are supposed to be calmed, our desires fulfilled, our ambition satisfied,... | |
 | Sir Spencer Walpole - 1907 - 394 էջ
...the past is no more : and our prospect of futurity is dark and doubtful. This day may possibly be my last : but the laws of probability, so true in general, so fallacious in particular, still allow me about fifteen years." It was not, however, to be. Symptoms of the disease to which he was ultimately... | |
 | Sir William Robertson Nicoll - 1910 - 358 էջ
...conclusion of his Autobiography, gives his thoughts on the experience which never arrived for him : " I shall soon enter into the period which, as the most...nature, who fixes our moral happiness to the mature season, in which our passions are supposed to be calmed, our duties fulfilled, ambition satisfied,... | |
 | Raymond Macdonald Alden - 1911 - 752 էջ
...the past is no more, and our prospect of futurity is dark and doubtful. This day may possibly be my last ; but the laws of probability, so true in general,...His choice is approved by the eloquent historian of nature,1 who fixes our moral happiness to the mature season in which our passions are supposed to be... | |
 | Raymond Macdonald Alden - 1911 - 744 էջ
...the past is no more, and our prospect of futurity is dark and doubtful. This day may possibly be my last ; but the laws of probability, so true in general,...His choice is approved by the eloquent historian of nature,1 who fixes our moral happiness to the mature season in which our passions are supposed to be... | |
 | Raymond Macdonald Alden - 1911 - 754 էջ
...the past is no more, and our prospect of futurity is dark and doubtful. This day may possibly be my last; but the laws of probability, so true in general,...His choice is approved by the eloquent historian of nature,1 who fixes our moral happiness to the mature season in which our passions are supposed to be... | |
 | Annie Barnett, Lucy Dale - 1911 - 488 էջ
...common success. Perhaps the golden mediocrity of my fortune has contributed to fortify my application. sage Fontenelle. His choice is approved by the eloquent...nature, who fixes our moral happiness to the mature season in which our passions are supposed to be calmed, our duties fulfilled, our ambition satisfied,... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - 1911 - 664 էջ
...the past is no more ; and our prospect of futurity is dark and doubtful. This day may possibly be my last ; but the laws of probability, so true in general, so fallacious in particular, still allow me about fifteen years. I shall soon enter into the period which, as the most agreeable of his long... | |
 | George Saintsbury - 1912 - 516 էջ
...the past is no more ; and our prospect of futurity is dark and doubtful. This day may possibly be my last ; but the laws of probability, so true in general, so fallacious 1 Gibbon's everlasting irony is assisted by rhythm, if it can hardly be said to form a part thereof.... | |
 | Claude Moore Fuess - 1914 - 372 էջ
...past is no more ; 5 and our prospect of futurity is dark and doubtful. This day may possibly be my last ; but the laws of probability, so true in general, so fallacious in particular, still allow me about fifteen years. I shall soon enter into the period which, as the most agreeable of his long... | |
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I shall soon enter into the period which, as the most agreeable of his long life, was selected by the judgment and experience of the sage Fontenelle. His choice is approved by the eloquent historian of nature, who fixes our moral happiness to the mature... 
