 | John Aikin, Lucy Aikin - Critics - 1824 - 500 pages
...Hubbard's Tale :" Full little knowest thou that hast not try'd, What hell it is in suing long to bjde ; To lose good days that might be better spent, To waste long nights in pensi?e discontent ; Tospeed to-day, to be put back to-morrow, To fee.! on hope.-, to pine with fear... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - Culture in literature - 1824 - 538 pages
...poet's querulous verses must not be forgotten — " Full little knowest thou, that hast not try'd " What Hell it is, in suing long to bide." To lose good days — to waste long nights — and as he feelingly exclaims, " To fawn, to crouch, to wait, to ride,... | |
 | Alexander Bailey Richmond - Labor - 1825 - 208 pages
...a quotation from Spencer's Mother Hubbard's Tale. " Full little knowest thou, that hast not tried, What hell it is in suing long to bide ; To lose good...To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow ; To fret thy soul with crosses and with cares ; To eat thy heart through comfortless despairs." While I... | |
 | Alexander Bailey Richmond - 1825 - 208 pages
...a quotation from Spencer's Mother Hubbard's Tale. " Full little knowcst thou, that hast not tried, What hell it is in suing long to bide ; To lose good...To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow ; To fret thy soul with crosses and with cares ; To eat thy heart through comfortless despairs." While I... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1825 - 392 pages
...ten lines without yawning ! " Full little knowest thou that hast not tried, What Hell it is in sueing long to bide ; To lose good days, that might be better...To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow, To fret thy soul with crosses and with cares, To cat thy heart through comfortless despairs, To fawn,... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1825 - 398 pages
...ten lines without yawning! " Full little knowest thou that hast not tried, What Hell it is in sueing long to bide ; To lose good days, that might be better...To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow, To fret thy soul with crosses and with cares, To eat thy heart through comfortless despairs, To fawn,... | |
 | Books - 1825 - 368 pages
...pregnant brevity of expression, which has made the passage one of the most celebrated of his poems. " Full little knowest thou that hast not tride What...waste long nights in pensive discontent} To speed to day, to be put back to morrow ; To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow ; To have thy princes... | |
 | Books - 1825 - 368 pages
...pregnant brevity of expression, which has made the passage one of the most celebrated of his poems. " Full little knowest thou that hast not tride What...waste long nights in pensive discontent} To speed to day, to be put back to morrow ; To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow ; To have thy princes... | |
 | sir Samuel Egerton Brydges (bart.) - 1825 - 340 pages
...litigation, in the most provoking of all attendances. " Full little knowest thou, that hast not tried, What hell it is in suing long to bide ; To lose good...waste long nights in pensive discontent ; To speed to day, to be put back to morrow, To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow ; To have thy prince's... | |
 | Walter Scott - Historical fiction, Scottish - 1825 - 434 pages
...and many a one hath miss'd* Full little knowest thou, that hast not tried, What hell it is, in sueing long to bide : To lose good days, that might be better...spent ; To waste long nights in pensive discontent j To speed to-day, to be put back to-morrow ,• To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow ; To... | |
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Full little knowest thou, that hast not tried, What hell it is in suing long to bide ; To lose good days that might be better spent ; To waste long nights in pensive discontent ; To speed to-day, to be put back to-morrow ; To feed on hope ; to pine with... 
