| Tobias Merton (pseud) - 1826 - 550 páginas
...the appearance of the river, that there had been much rain ; this put me in mind of Shakspeare, There is a tide in the affairs of man, Which taken at the flood leads oil to fortune. Thought it an omen of my future prosperity. Thomas knocked at my door,... | |
| 1829 - 348 páginas
...the appearance of the river, that there had been much rain ; this put me in mind of Shakspeare, There is a tide in the affairs of man, Which taken at the flood leads on to fortune. Thought it an omen of my future prosperity. Thomas knocked at my door, with... | |
| Henry Lee - 1830 - 210 páginas
...Ledger I'll fair statement make you, And, formally, a sleeping partner take you ! CHAPTER IV. " There is a tide in the affairs of Man " Which taken at the flood leads on to Fortune ?" These lines have been often quoted, and they are produced "now, merely... | |
| Frederick Chamier - 1833 - 250 páginas
...governor of Gibraltar, and we were destined to convey him to his future command, and death-place. "There is a tide in the affairs of man, which taken at the flood, leads on to glory." I had an opportunity of trying the tide in consequence of the following... | |
| 1833 - 434 páginas
...trembled on her lips. Mrs. Grey guessed the cause, and evaded noticing it by repeating — " There is a tide in the affairs of man, Which, taken at the ebb, flows on to fortune." '• That is his carriage," as one stopped at the house ; and her conjecture... | |
| Thomas Thacker - 1834 - 494 páginas
...Cassins the policy of meeting, or not meeting, Octavins Cfiesar and Mark Anthony at Philippi— " There is a tide in the affairs of man, Which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; Omitted, the rest part of their lives Are bound in shallows and in miseries;"... | |
| Canterburiensis pseud - 1838 - 512 páginas
...plans, which he had in view could be brought to maturity. England's immortal bard has said, " there is a tide in the affairs of man, which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;" 8. i now the tide of the Thames had brought to the fishmonger, many a... | |
| Canterburiensis - 1838 - 506 páginas
...plans, which he had in view could be brought to maturity. England's immortal bard has said, " there is a tide in the affairs of man, which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune ;" 3. i now the tide of the Thames had brought to the fishmonger, many a... | |
| 1841 - 600 páginas
...quoters have long been enamoured; but the wisdom of which appears to vanish on examination ; — ' There is a tide in the affairs of man, which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune,' &c. &c. Now it is my belief that there is, in fact, no one particular... | |
| 1849 - 496 páginas
...STUMBLE on the THRESHOLD: a Story of the Day. By MARY MOLESWORTH. 1 vol. post 8vo. 10s. 6d. " There is a tide in the affairs of man, Which, taken at the flood, leads on to Fortune ; Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows and in miseries."—... | |
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