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" Knows it at forty, and reforms his plan ; At fifty chides his infamous delay, Pushes his prudent purpose to resolve; In all the magnanimity of thought Resolves, and re-resolves; then dies the same. And why? because he thinks himself immortal, All men... "
Encyclopædia metropolitana; or, Universal dictionary of knowledge, ed. by E ... - Page 245
by Encyclopaedia - 1845
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Bell's Edition, Volumes 87-88

John Bell - 1796 - 470 pages
...4:0 In all the magnanimity of thought Kesolves, and re-resolves ; then dies the same. Strikes thro« their wounded hearts the sudden dread : But their hearts wounded, like the wour.ded air, Soon close ; where past the shaft no trace is found. As from the wing no srar the sky...
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Night Thoughts

Edward Young - 1798 - 432 pages
...thought Resolves; and re-resolves; then dies the same. And why? Because he thinks himself immortal. All men think all men mortal, but themselves; Themselves, when some alarming shock of fate 425 Strikes thro' their wounded hearts the sudden dread; But their hearts wounded, like the wounded...
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A Rhetorical Grammar: In which the Common Improprieties in Reading and ...

John Walker - 1801 - 424 pages
...intelligible. The same may be observed of the word themselves in the second line of the following passage; All men think all men mortal but themselves : Themselves,...Strikes through their wounded hearts the sudden dread. The following passage will afford an instance of the necessity of adopting the other inflexion on a...
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Night Thoughts, on Life, Death, and Immortality

Edward Young - 1802 - 412 pages
...thought Resolves; and re-resolves ; then dies the same. And why? Because he thinks himself immortal. All men think all men mortal, but Themselves ; Themselves, when some alarming shock of fate Strikes thro' their wounded hearts the sudden dread; But their hearts wounded, like the wounded air, Soon close...
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Night Thoughts, on Life, Death, and Immortality

Edward Young - 1802 - 416 pages
...thought Resolves; and re-resolves ; then dies the same. And why? Because he thinks himself immortal. All men think all men mortal, but Themselves; Themselves, when some alarming shock of fate Strikes thro' their wounded hearts the sudden dread; But their hearts wounded, like the wounded air, Soon close...
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The Works of the Author of The Night-thoughts, Volume 2

Edward Young - 1802 - 416 pages
...thought Resolves; and re-resolves; then dies the same. And why ? Because he thinks himself immortal. All men think all men mortal, but Themselves ; Themselves, when some alarming shock of fate Strikes thro' their wounded hearts the sudden dread; But their hearts wounded, like the wounded air, Soon close;...
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The Works of the Author of The Night-thoughts, Volume 2

Edward Young - 1802 - 402 pages
...thought .; . Resolves; and re-resolves; then dies the same. And why? Because he thinks himself immortal. All men think all men mortal, but Themselves ; Themselves, when some alarming shock of fate Strikes thro' their wounded hearts the sudden dread; But their hearts wounded, like the wounded air, Soon close;...
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The Speaker Or Miscellaneous Pieces Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...thought, Resolves, and re-resolves, then dies the same. And why? Because he thinks himself immortal. All men think all men mortal , but themselves ; Themselves , when some alarming shock of fate Striken thro'their wounded hearts the sudden dread;But their hearts wounded, like the wounded air,...
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The Poetical Works of the Rev. Dr. Edward Young: With the Life of ..., Volume 1

Edward Young - 1805 - 238 pages
...men think all men mortal but themselves; j Themselves, when some alarming shock of fate Strikes thro' their wounded hearts the sudden dread; But their hearts...Soon close ; where past the shaft no trace is found, • ' As from the wing no scar the sky retains, The parted wave no furrow from the keel, | So dies...
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The Complaint, Or, Night Thoughts on Life, Death, and Immortality

Edward Young - 1805 - 284 pages
...tho't Resolves; and re-resolves; then dies the same. And why ? because he thinks himself immortal. All men think all men mortal, but themselves: Themselves, when some alarming shock of fate Strikes thro' their wounded hearts the sudden dread; But their hearts wounded, like the wounded air, Soon close;...
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