 Young man," said Omar," it is of little use to form plans of life. When I took my first survey of the world, in my twentieth year, having considered the various conditions of mankind, in the hour of solitude I said thus to myself, leaning against a cedar,...  Idler - Page 327by Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823Full view - About this book
 | Lucius Osgood - 1858 - 494 pages
...me the secret of thy conduct, and teach me the plan upon which thy wisdom has huilt thy fortune." 5. "Young man," said Omar, "it is of little use to form...year, having considered the various conditions of manin d, in the hour of solitude I said thus to myself, leaning gainst a cedar which spread its branches... | |
 | Marcius Willson - 1860 - 368 pages
...the secret of thy conduct, and teach me the plan upon which thy wisdom has built thy fortuneV 5. " Young man'," said Omar', " it is of little use to...are allowed to man' ; I have yet fifty remaining. 6. " ' Ten years I will allot to the attainment of knowledge', and ten I will pass in foreign countries'... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1867 - 758 pages
...the secret of thy conduct, and teach me the plan upon which thy wisdom has built thy fortune'." 5. "Young man'," said Omar, "it is of little use to form...years are allowed to man ; I have yet fifty remaining. 6. " ' Ten years I will allot to the attainment of knowledge', and ten I will pass in foreign countries... | |
 | Romulus Magnus Oppman - 1867 - 484 pages
...me the secret of your conduct, and teach me the plan upon which your wisdom has built your fortune". ,,Young man", said Omar, it is of little use to form...in my twentieth year, having considered the various conditioDS of mankind, in the hour of solitude I said thus to myself, leaning against a cedar which... | |
 | Frederick Swartz Jewell - 1867 - 276 pages
...world.—Beaumont and Fletcher. 179. He will find he has no other idea of it, at all.— Locke. 180. " Young man," said Omar, " it is of little use to form plans for life."—Dr. Johnson ;—" is of little use," a neuter verb and a phrase in predicate, equivalent... | |
 | Andrew Comstock, Philip Lawrence - 1808 - 596 pages
...the secret of thy conduct, ' and teach me the plan upon which thy wisdom has built thy fortune." " Young man," said Omar, : " it is of little use to form plans of life. | When I took my firs( suiter of the world, I in my twentieth year, i havinc considtred the various conditions of mankind,... | |
 | 1869 - 514 pages
..."gained power and preserved it," and to seek to learn upon what plan his wisdom had built his fortune. " Young man," said Omar, " it is of little use to form plans of lifs " Then he relates how, in his twentieth year, he had determined to * The Idler, No. 101. spend... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1867 - 498 pages
...the secret of thy conduct, and teach me the plan upon which thy wisdom has built thy fortune'." 5. "Young man',:' said Omar, "it is of little use to form plans of life1. When I took my first survey of the world, in my twentieth year', having considered the various... | |
 | Marcius Willson - 1882 - 558 pages
...the secret of thy conduct, and teach me the plan upon which thy wisdom has built thy fortune." 5. " Young man," said Omar, " it is of little use to form...years are allowed to man; I have yet fifty remaining. 6. " ' Ten years I will allot to the attainment of knowledge, and ten I will pass in foreign countries... | |
 | E.H. Butler & Co - 1853 - 396 pages
...the secret of thy conduct, and teach me the plan upon which thy wisdom has built thy future." 4. " Young man," said Omar, " it is of little use to form...head : ' Seventy years are allowed to man ; I have fifty yet remaining. Ten years I will allot to the attainment of knowledge, and ten I will pass in... | |
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