 | Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 954 trang
...up in the water; not sinking: in a figurative Sense, within view ; in motion. There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which, taken at the Hood, leads on to fortune; Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are... | |
 | Stephen Jones, Charles Molloy Westmacott - 1808 - 456 trang
...established adage, " Good luck was not a perfume," and citc4 the Poet to prove, that " There is a Tide in the affairs of men, Which, taken at the Hood,- leads on to fortune." After a variety of wipes from the company, and the charming air of " Water Parted" from Madame Ctl-ni,... | |
 | 1823 - 404 trang
...To. make one's harvest." — We say, " To make hay whilst the sun shines." " There is a tide in the affairs of men, " Which, taken at the Hood, leads on to fortune ; *' Omitted, all the voyage ef their life " Is bound in shallows and in miseries. " On such a full... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1825 - 936 trang
...: The enemy Increaseth every day, We, at the heiglit, are ready to decline. There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which, taken at the Hood, leads on to fortune ; Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows, and in miseries. On such a full sea are... | |
 | Andrew Steedman - 1895 - 402 trang
...head and heart of a free and educated peasantry. The great Poet has said, ' There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which taken at the Hood leads on to fortune ;' and every man of observation must see that in this Colony the ' tide' has turned in our favour ;... | |
 | 1839 - 656 trang
...ribons, feathers, gold lace, or morocco belts. It is true that she is partial to gentlemen of tlio army, and is, therefore, anxious that I should obtain...Shakspeare says, ' There is a tide in the affairs of men, which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune.'" " Do you mean to say," asked the cornet,... | |
 | James Fenimore Cooper - 1854 - 490 trang
...I felt the most relieved or pained by the certainty of this fact. CHAP. IV. There is a tide in the affairs of men. Which, taken at the Hood, leads on to fortune ; Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows, and in miseries. On such a full sea are... | |
 | Thomas Buckley Smith - 1858 - 310 trang
...his circumstance allows, Does well — acts nobly ; — angels could no more. There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which, taken at the Hood, leads on to fortune : Omitted, all the voyage of their lives Is bound in shallows and in miseries. What stronger breast-plate... | |
 | William Dalton - 1862 - 436 trang
...fitting establishment of his own. CHAPTER XV. FESTIVAL OF THE INUNDATION'S. " TUEUE is a. tide in the affairs of men, which taken at the Hood leads on to fortune." Phaulcon's flood-tide was the defeat of the Moors ; for so popular did that make him with the people,... | |
 | Connecticut Medical Society - 1863 - 428 trang
...visions of a bright and promising future ; and the Doctor was ready to exclaim, " Tliero i> a tide in the affairs of men, Which taken at the Hood leads on to fortune ;" when, to his surprise and disappointment, he was told that Dr. Abijah Ladd of Tolland wag also about... | |
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There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which, taken at the Hood, leads on to fortune ; Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows, and in miseries. 
