 Begin, be bold, and venture to be wise: He who defers this work from day to day, Does on a river's bank expecting stay Till the whole stream which stopp'd him should be gone, Which runs, and, as it runs, for ever will run on.  The Works of Samuel Johnson - Page 234by Samuel Johnson - 1816Full view - About this book
 | Abraham Cowley - English essays - 1772 - 228 pages
...at ille " JLabitur, & labetur .in omne volubilis sevum [o], Begin, be bold, and venture to be wife ; He who defers this work from day to day, Does on a river's bank expecting flay, [«] Lib. i. Agric. [a] i Ep. ii. 40. > .A Till the whole ftream, which ftopt him, fhould be... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - English poetry - 1772 - 298 pages
...[z].w [y ] Lib. i. Agric. [«) i Ep. ii. 40. Begin, Begin, be bold, 'and venture to be wile J ••' ' He. who defers this work from day to day,. Does on a river's bank expelling ftay, , Till the whole ftreaiHi which ftopt him, fhould be gone, .. • , That runs, and... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - 1772 - 300 pages
...volubilis aevuin [z]." '5' '• Agric. [z] i Ep. ii. 40. Begin, Begin, be' bold, and venture to be wile. He who defers this work from day to day, Does on a river's bank expefting flay, Till' the whole ftre.am, which ftopt him, fhould , . be gone, That runs, and as it... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1772 - 228 pages
...at ille "" Labitur, & labetur in omne volubilis aevum [«]. Begin, be bold, and venture to be wife ; He who defers this work from day to day, Does on a river's Lank expecting ftay, [«] Lib. i. Agric. [e] I Ep. ii. 40. Till the whole ftream, which ftopt him,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 358 pages
...verfification, which perhaps no other Englifh line can equal : Begin, be bold, and venture to be wife. He who defers this work from day to day, Does on a river's bank expecting ftay Till the whole ftream that ftopp'd him fhall be gone, Which runs, and as it runs, for ever fa... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 418 pages
...i at ille " Labitur, & labetur in omne volubilis aevum J." Begin, be bold, and venture to be wife ; He who defers this work from day to day, Does on a river's bank expefting flay, * Juv. i. 150. f Lib. 1. Agric, JI Ep, ii. 4»' Till the whole ftream, which ftopt... | |
 | David Simpson - 1780 - 628 pages
...Soul renew, And make thy Word my Guide to Heav'n .' Mm HYMN CLXXXIII. be bold, and venture to be wife; He who defers this Work from Day to Day, Does on a Riv.r's Bank expecting ftay Till the whole Stream, which ftopt him, fhould be gone, That runs, and... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1781 - 494 pages
...verfification, which perhaps no other Englim line can equal : Begin, be bold, and venture to be wife. He who defers this work from day to day, Does on a river's bank expecting flay Till the whole flream that ftopp'd him fhall be gone, Which runs, and as it runs, for ever Jhall... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1781 - 498 pages
...verfification, which perhaps no other Englifh line can equal : Begin, be bold, and venture to be wife. He who defers this work from day to day, Does on a river's bank expecling ftay Till the whole flream that ftopp'd him fhall be gone, Which runs, and as it runs, for... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - English literature - 1787 - 472 pages
...Hie • Labitur, & labetur in omnt -voluiilii ovum.* li^x, Begin, be bold, and venture to be wife ; He who defers this work from day to day, Does on a river's bank expecting flay, Till the whole ftrenm, which ftop'd him, fhould be gone, That runs, and as it runs, for ever... | |
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