 | Sir Egerton Brydges - 1821 - 504 psl.
...as cited by the same benevolent and fervid Biographer. (**) I Many are the sayings of the wise , In ancient and in modern books enroll'd , Extolling patience...truest fortitude : And to the bearing well of all calamitiei , All chances incident to man's frail life, Consolatories writ With studied argument , and... | |
 | 1829 - 606 psl.
...felicity. And who that has ever sought, has failed to obtain it ? " Many are the sayings of the wise In ancient and in modern books enroll'd, Extolling patience as the truest fortitude. But with the afflicted in his pang* their sound Little prevails, or rather seems a tune, Harsh, and... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1835 - 324 psl.
...felicity. And who that has ever sought, has failed to obtain it? " Many are the sayings of the wise, In ancient and in modern books enroll'd, Extolling patience as the truest fortitude. TJ But with I In: afflicted, in his pangs, their sound Little prevails, or rather seems a tune, Harsh... | |
 | 1844 - 500 psl.
...the Comforter " very nigh unto them, even in their hearts." " Many are the sayings of the wise, In ancient and in modern books enroll'd. Extolling patience as the truest fortitude ; But with the afflicted in his pangs, their sound Little prevails ; or rather seems a tune Harsh,... | |
 | Henry B. Michard - 1860 - 134 psl.
...are directed against us by the malice or enmity of others: — Many are the sayings of the wise, In ancient and in modern books enroll'd, Extolling patience as the truest fortitude. The extraordinary condition of the human mind, and that inexplicable knot of contradiction, by which,... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1863 - 502 psl.
...prescribed, and all the aidances given by religion may be necessary for him. Vain of themselves may be — The sayings of the wise la ancient and in modern books enroll'd Unless he feel within Some source of consolation from above, Secret refreshings, that repair his strength,... | |
 | John Milton - 1886 - 630 psl.
...speedy death, The close of all my miseries, and the balm. CHOR. Many are the sayings of the wise, In ancient and in modern books enroll'd, Extolling patience as the truest fortitude ; > Atiik.ii arwaya spells Uiia word " medciiial."— And to the bearing well of all calamities. All... | |
 | John Milton - 1988 - 244 psl.
...death, The close of all my miseries, and the balm. CHORUS Many are the sayings of the wise In antient and in modern books enroll'd; Extolling Patience as the truest fortitude; And to the hearing well of all calamities, All chances incident to mans frail life Consolatories writ With studied... | |
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Many are the sayings of the wise, In ancient and in modern books enroll'd, Extolling patience as the truest fortitude... 