Pleas'd with a rattle, tickled with a straw ; Some livelier plaything gives his youth delight, A little louder, but as empty quite ; Scarfs, garters, gold, amuse his riper stage, And beads and pray'r-books are the toys of age : Pleas'd with this bauble... Der Mensch, ein philosophisches Gedicht - Seite 23von Alexander Pope - 1772 - 351 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| William Stebbing - 1913 - 424 Seiten
...his riper stage ; And beads and prayer-books are the toys of age ; Pleas' d with this bauble still, as that before, Till tir'd he sleeps, and life's poor play is o'er.8 Disposition and circumstances inclined him to unmask and mock at weaknesses. But there was genius... | |
| Ernest Rhys - 1921 - 434 Seiten
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| David Burns - 1921 - 492 Seiten
...amuse his riper stage, And beads and prayer-books are the toys of age, Pleas'd with this bauble still, as that before, Till tir'd he sleeps, and life's poor play is o'er." POPE. IT may be laid down as axiomatic that once an object has come into equilibrium with its environment,... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1926 - 306 Seiten
...riper stage, And beads and pray'r-books are the toys of age : a/So Pleas'd with this bauble still, as that before; 'Till tir'd he sleeps, and Life's...is o'er. Meanwhile Opinion gilds with varying rays Those painted clouds that beautify our days; Each want of happiness by Hope supply 'd, t&s And each... | |
| David Nichol Smith - 1926 - 744 Seiten
...amuse his riper stage, And beads and pray'r-books are the toys of age : Pleas'd with this bauble still, as that before ; 'Till tir'd he sleeps, and Life's poor play is o'er. An Essay on Man, ii, 1733, 1743 F( ~2 >OR Forms of Government let fools contest ; Whate'er is best... | |
| George Philip Krapp - 1927 - 594 Seiten
...amuse his riper stage, And beads and pray'r-books are the toys of age : Pleas'd with this bauble still, as that before ; 'Till tir'd he sleeps, and Life's poor play is o'er. Writing of this kind is a delight, not by reason of the profundity or the great emotional displacement... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1929 - 526 Seiten
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| David Burns - 1929 - 638 Seiten
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| 1932 - 1210 Seiten
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