... methinks it should suggest to me some reflection or other on it. And perhaps it may not be an improper one to compare the difference betwixt these two kinds of flowers to the disparity which I have often observed betwixt the fates of those young ladies... The Tuftonian - Page 1801901Full view - About this book
| Theology - 636 pages
...is joy in heaven over one sinner that reptnteth.' — Henry Martyn." BOSEB AMD TULIPS. — It is BO uncommon a thing to see tulips last till roses come...suggest to me some reflection or other on it. And perhaps it may not be an improper one to compare the difference betwixt these two kinds of flowers... | |
| Robert Boyle - 1848 - 454 pages
...sight of Roses and Tulips growing near one another. 'finiS so uncommon a thing to see Tulips last 1 till Roses come to be blown, that the seeing them...suggest to me some Reflection or other on it. And perhaps it * 2 Kings vi. 16. may not be an improper one, to compare the difference betwixt these two... | |
| Arethusa Hall - Readers - 1851 - 422 pages
...Meditations on a Broomstick." REFLECTIONS UPON THE SIGHT OF ROSES AND TULIPS GROWING NEAR ONE ANOTHER. IT is so uncommon a thing to see tulips last till...suggest to me some reflection or other on it. And perhaps it may not be an improper one, to compare the difference betwixt these two kinds of flowers... | |
| Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - Authors, English - 1876 - 870 pages
...it is in less danger to be blown out. Upon the Sight of Roses and Tulips gnntiing near one another. that, Being a thing immortal as itself? It waves...I '11 follow it. Hor. What if it tempt you toward perhaps it may not be an improper one to compare the différence betwixt these two kinds of flowers... | |
| Robert Chambers - American literature - 1880 - 842 pages
...another. It is so uncommon a thing to sec tulips last till roses come to be blown, that the Beeing them in this garden grow together, as it deserves my notice, so methinks it BhouM suggest to me some reflection or other on it. And perhaps it may not be an improper one to compare... | |
| Edmund Gosse - English literature - 1889 - 440 pages
...Robert Boyle, is that famous passage in which he speaks of seeing tulips and roses bloom together : "It is so uncommon a thing to see tulips last till...suggest to me some reflection or other on it. And perhaps it may not be an improper one to compare the difference betwixt these two kinds of flowers... | |
| Edmund Gosse - English literature - 1889 - 462 pages
...Robert Boyle, is that famous passage in which he speaks of seeing tulips and roses bloom together : " It is so uncommon a thing to see tulips last till...this garden grow together, as it deserves my notice, sc methinks it should suggest to me some reflection or other on it. And perhaps it may not be an improper... | |
| Edmund Gosse - English literature - 1889 - 454 pages
...of Robert Boyle, ,nat famous passage in which he speaks of seeing tulips and roses bloom together: " It is so uncommon a thing to see tulips last till...this garden grow together, as it deserves my notice, sc methinks it should suggest to me some reflection or other on it. And perhapt it may not be an improper... | |
| Edmund Gosse - English literature - 1891 - 440 pages
...Robert Boyle, is that famous passage in which he speaks of seeing tulips and roses bloom together : " It is so uncommon a thing to see tulips last till...suggest to me some reflection or other on it. And perhaps it may not be an improper one to compare the difference betwixt these two kinds of flowers... | |
| Edmund Gosse - English literature - 1891 - 460 pages
...which he speaks of seeing tulips and roses bloom together : "It is to uncommon a thing to see tnlips last till roses come to be blown, that the seeing...this garden grow together, as it deserves my notice, sc methinks it should suggest to me some reflection or other on it. And perhaps it may not be an improper... | |
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