 | William MacPherson (M. A.) - 1908 - Страниц: 108
...sentences of the essay are characteristic : " We all of us complain of the shortness of time, saith Seneca, and yet have much more than we know what to do with. Our lives, says he, are spent either in doing nothing at all, or in doing nothing to the purpose, or in doing... | |
 | George Philip Krapp - 1908 - Страниц: 300
...special characteristic. The prepositions in the sentence, We all 0} us complain of the shortness oj time and yet have much more than we know what to do with, are parsed as follows : Oj is a simple partitive preposition, its object is us, and it unites the phrase... | |
 | 1911 - Страниц: 458
...complain of the shortness of time, and yet have more than we know what to do with. Our lives are spent either in doing nothing at all, or in doing nothing to the purpose, or in doing nothing that we ought to do; we are always complaining that our days are few,... | |
 | 1912 - Страниц: 332
...except of contemptible things, or in contemptible people. — BROOKS. We all complain of the shortness of time, and yet have much more than we know what to do with. Our lives are spent, either in doing nothing at all, or in doing nothing to the purpose, or in doing nothing that... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1915 - Страниц: 464
...diem, q-uam minimum credula postero. HOR. WE all of us complain of the shortness of time, saith Seneca, and yet have much more than we know what to do with. " Our lives," says he, " are spent either in doing nothing at all, or in doing nothing to the purpose, or in doing... | |
 | William Armstrong Fairburn - 1917 - Страниц: 268
...complain of the shortness of time, and yet we have more than we know what to do with. Our lives are spent either in doing nothing at all, or in doing nothing to the purpose, or in doing nothing that we ought to do. We are always complaining that our days are few and... | |
 | David Sinclair Burleson - 1919 - Страниц: 330
...Though the mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding small. 6. Our lives are often spent either in doing nothing at all or in doing nothing to the purpose. (2) Choose between the two arrangements and give a reason for your choice: 1. (a) It was not... | |
 | Dublin city, univ - 1865 - Страниц: 348
...time, saith Seneca, and yet llave much more than we know what to do with. Our lives, says he, are spent either in doing nothing at all, or in doing nothing to the purpose, or in doing nothing that we ought to do. We are always complaining our days are few, and acting... | |
 | David Sinclair Burleson - 1925 - Страниц: 440
...Though the mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding small. 6. Our lives are often spent either in doing nothing at all or in doing nothing to the purpose. (2) Choose between the two arrangements and give a reason for your choice : 1. (a) It was... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1926 - Страниц: 40
...quam minimum credula postero. —Horace. all of us complain of the Shortness of Time, saith Seneca, and yet have much more than we know what to do with. Our Lives, says he, are spent either in doing nothing at all, or in doing nothing to the purpose, or in doing... | |
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WE all of us complain of the shortness of time, saith Seneca, and yet have much more than we know what to do with. Our lives, says he, are spent either in doing nothing at all, or in doing nothing to the purpose, or in doing nothing that we ought to do.... 
