 | 1792 - 822 trang
...life is fhort. My friends would comfort me with the ide.i of a name, they fay I mall leave behind me j and they tell me I have lived long enough to nature and to glory. But what will fame be toan Ephemera who no longer exilU .' and what will become of all hiitory in the eighteenth hour, when... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1793 - 324 trang
...is fhort ! My friend would comfort me with *' the idea of a name, they fay, I fhall leave be" hind me ; and they tell me I have lived long " enough to...who no longer " exifts ? and what will become of all hiftory in " the eighteenth hour, when the world itfelf, " even the whole Moulin Joly, mail come to... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1793 - 282 trang
...long, and life is ftiort ! " My friends would comfort me with " the idea of a name, they fay, I (halt " leave behind me ; and they tell me I " have lived...But what will fame be to " an ephemera who no longer cxifts ? *' and what will become of all hiftory in " the eighteenth hour, when the world " itfelf,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1806 - 590 trang
...is long, and life is short! My friends would comfort me with the idea of a name, they say, I shall leave behind me ; and they tell me, I have lived long...But what will fame be to an ephemera, who no longer exists ? and what will become of all history in the eighteenth hour, when the world itself, even the... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1806 - 586 trang
...friends would comfort me with the idea of a name, they say, I shall leave behind me; and they tell me, 1 have lived long enough to nature and to glory. But what will fame be to an ephemera, who no longer exists ? and what will become of all history in the eighteenth hour, when the world itself, even the... | |
 | Manual - 1809 - 324 trang
...long and life is short ! My friends " would comfort me with the idea of a name, " they say I shall leave behind me ; and they " tell me I have lived...nature and " to glory. But what will fame be to an ephe" mera who no longer exists ? and what will be" come of all history in the eighteenth hour, " when... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1811 - 190 trang
...is long and life is short ! My friends would comfort me with the idea of a name, they say, I shall leave behind me ; and they tell me I have lived long...But what will fame be to an Ephemera; who no longer exists ? and what will become of all history in the eighteenth hour, when the world itself, even the... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1811 - 196 trang
...is long and life is short ! My friends would comfort me with the idea of a name, they say, I shall leave behind me ; and they tell me I have lived long...to nature and to glory. But what will fame be to an Ephemeras who no longer exists ? and what will become of all history in the eighteenth hoar, when the... | |
 | Joseph Taylor - 1817 - 266 trang
...is long, and life is short ! My friends would comfort me with the idea of a name, they say I shall leave behind me, and they tell me I have lived long...But what will fame be to an Ephemera who no longer exists ? And what will become of all history in the eighteenth hour, when the world itself, even the... | |
 | Hwiding - 1817 - 412 trang
...and life is ,,short ! My friends would comfort me ,;wilh the idea of a name, they say, I* ., shall leave behind me ; and they tell " ,,me I have lived long enough to nature s. ..1,;! to glory, • But what will fame be ' ,,to an ephemera who no longer exists? ,,and what will... | |
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Our present race of ephemerae will in a course of minutes become corrupt, like those of other and older bushes, and consequently as wretched : and in philosophy how small our progress ! Alas ! art is long, and life is short ! My friends would comfort... 
