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" It would have been but ill spoken by Methusalem in the nine hundred sixtyninth year of his life; so far it is from us, who have not time enough to attain to the utmost perfection of any part of any science, to have cause to complain that we are forced... "
The American Almanac and Repository of Useful Knowledge for the Year - Page 102
1837
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Select Works, Volume 2

Abraham Cowley - 1772 - 228 pages
...the other all the works of God and nature under his confideration. There is no faying fliocks me fo much as that which I hear very often, " that a man does not know how to pafs his time." It would have been but ill fpoken by Methufalem in the nine hundred fixty-ninth year...
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A Bill to Enable John Dickins, of Leaton in the County of Stafford, Esq; to ...

Great Britain. Parliament - 1772 - 300 pages
...the other all the works of God and nature, -under his confideration. There is no faying fhocks me fo much as that which I hear very often, " that a man does not know how to pafs his time." It would have been but ill fpoken by Methufalem in the nine hundred fixty-ninth year...
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Select Works of Mr. A. Cowley

Abraham Cowley - English essays - 1772 - 228 pages
...the other all the works of God and nature under his confideration. There is no faying fhocks me fo much as that which I hear very often, '* that a man does rot know how to pafs his time." It would have been but ill fpoken by Methufalem in the nine hundred...
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Cowley. Denham. Milton. Butler. Rochester. Roscommon. Otway. Waller. Pomfret ...

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1800 - 842 pages
...all the works of God Inature, under his conlideration. There is no faying (hocks me fo much as that I hear very often, " That a man does not know how to pafs his time." It have been but ill-fpoken by Methufalem in the nine hundred fixty-hinth year of i...
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The Elements of English Composition: Containing Practical Instructions for ...

David Irving - English language - 1803 - 266 pages
...other all the .\vorks of God and nature under his confidera^ tion. There is no faying Uiocfcs me fo much as that which: I hear very often, ; That .a man does not know how:tQ paf* Iti.s time. 'Twould have been but. ill fpoken by M»thufa< lem. in the nine .hundred fixty...
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The Works of Abraham Cowley, Volume 3

Abraham Cowley - English literature - 1806 - 290 pages
...part of the affairs of one nation, the other all the works of God and nature, under his consideration. There is no saying shocks me so much as that which...know how to pass his time." It would have been but ill-spoken by Methusalem in the nine hundred sixty-ninth year of his life; so far it is from us, who...
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No Cross, No Crown: A Discourse Shewing the Nature and Discipline of the ...

William Penn - Christian life - 1807 - 394 pages
...part of the affairs of one nation, the other all the works of God and nature under his consideration. There is no saying shocks me so much, as that which I hear very often, " That a man doth not know how to pass his time." " It would have been but ill spoken of Methuselah, in the nine...
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A Manual of Essays: Selected from Various Authors

Manual - Essays - 1809 - 288 pages
...part of the affairs of one nation, the other all the works of God and nature, under his consideration. No saying shocks me so much as that which I hear very...would have been but ill spoken by Methusalem in the uiiie hundred and sixty-ninth year of his life; so far it is from us, who have not time enough to attain...
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The Works of Mr. A. Cowley: In Prose and Verse, Volume 3

Abraham Cowley - 1809 - 286 pages
...part of the affairs of one nation, the other all the works of God and nature, under his consideration. There is no saying shocks me so much as that which...know how to pass his time." It would have been but ill-spoken by Methusalem in the nine hundred sixty-ninth year of his life; so far it is from us, who...
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Cowley, Denham, Milton

Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 560 pages
...part of the affairs of one union, the other all the works of God and nature, under his consideration. There is no saying shocks me so much as that which I hear very often, " That a man docs not know how to pass his time." It would have been but ill-spoken by Meihusalem in the nine hundred...
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