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...more wise. At thirty, man suspects himself a fc.nl; Knows it at forty, and reformed is plan; .At fifty chides his infamous delay ; Pushes his prudent purpose...thought, Resolves, and re-resolves, then dies the sane. And why p Because he thinks himselt immortal. All men think all men mortal but themselves; Themselves,...

...wise. At thirty, man suspects himself a fool j Knows it at forty, and reforms his plan.. At fifty, chides his infamous delay, Pushes his prudent purpose...; In all the magnanimity of thought Resolves, and resolves ; then dies tHfe same. And why? Because he thinks himself immortal. All men think all men...

...relapse into their previous indolent security, — •' They start, when some alarming awful shock Strikes through their wounded hearts the sudden dread...hearts wounded, like the wounded air, Soon close." The potteries cannot boast of having produced any noted writers, with the exception of Elijah Fenton,...

...more wise. At thirty man suspects himself a fool ; Knows it at forty, and reforms his plan ; At fifty chides his infamous delay, Pushes his prudent purpose...wounded, like the wounded air, Soon close ; where pass'd the shaft, no trace is found . As from the wing no scar the sky retains, The parted wave no...

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...intelligible. The same may be observed of the word themselves in the second line of the following passage: All men think all men mortal but themselves ; Themselves,...Strikes through their wounded hearts the sudden dread. The following passage will afford an instance of the necessity of adopting the other inflexion on a...

...and relapse into their previous indolent security, — " They start, when some alarming awful shock Strikes through their wounded hearts the sudden dread...hearts wounded, like the wounded air, Soon close." The potteries cannot boast of having produced any noted write«, with the exception of Elijah Fenton,...

...more wise. At thirty man suspects himself a fool ; Knows it at forty, and reforms his plan ; At fifty / H08/ GRAY— AD 1716-71. ODE ON A DISTANT PROSPECT OP ETON COLLEGE. Ye distant spires, ye antique towers,...

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