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" When all is done, (he concludes,) human life is at the greatest and the best but like a froward child, that must be played with and humoured a little to keep it quiet, till it falls asleep, and then the care is over. "
The Olio, Or, Museum of Entertainment - Page 230
1832
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The Works of Sir William Temple Bart,: Complete in Four Volumes ..., Volume 3

William Temple - 1757 - 564 pages
...When all is done, human life is, at the greateft and the beft, but like a froward child, that muft be played with and humoured a little to keep it quiet till it falls afleep, and then the care is over. ESSAY UPON THE ANCIENT AND MODERN LEARNING*. Juvat antiques accedere...
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An History of England: In a Series of Letters from a Nobleman to His Son ...

Oliver Goldsmith - 1788 - 324 pages
...tfhen all li done , human life is , at the greateji and the deft, but like a.froward child, that muft be played with and humoured a little to keep it quiet till it fulls aileep , and then, the care is over. LETTER II. 1 ENTIRELY acquiefce in your fentiments, that...
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Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Review, Volume 63, Part 2

1793 - 720 pages
..., " When ail is done, human life it, • at the befl, but like a froward child, that mult be p ayed with and humoured a little to keep it quiet till it falls afleep, and then the care is over'" It Ihould appear to me that Lord Orrery is the author) fine? I...
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The Monthly Mirror: Reflecting Men and Manners: With Strictures ..., Volume 18

1804 - 452 pages
...offer;—for thfrt life has nothing to recommend it. Sir William Temple, with easy elegance, says " That human life is, at the greatest and the best, but like...child, that must be played with, and humoured a little, till it falls asleep !—and then the care is over." The poetess Sappho imagines, " that to die is...
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The Works of Sir William Temple, Bart: An essay upon the advancement of ...

William Temple - 1814 - 606 pages
...the world, or other men, because they cannot be quiet themselves, though no body hurts them! When all is done, human life is, at the greatest ?. and the...quiet till it falls asleep, and then the care is over. \ AN ESSAY UPON THE ANCIENT AND MODERN LEARNING*. Juvat antiques accederej "antes. WHOEVER converses...
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The Works of Sir William Temple, Bart: To which is Prefixed, the ..., Volume 3

Sir William Temple - 1814 - 580 pages
...world, or other men, because they cannot be quiet themselves, though no body hurts them! [When all is done, human life is, at the greatest and the best,...it quiet till it falls asleep, and then the care is AN ESSAY UPON THE ANCIENT AND MODERN LEARNING*. Juvat antiques accederef antes. WHOEVER converses much...
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Materials for Thinking, Volume 1

William Burdon - 1820 - 1026 pages
...the world, or other men, because they cannot be quiet themselves, tho' nobody hurts them. <' When all is done, human life is, at the greatest and the best,...like a froward child, that must be played with and humored a little to keep it quiet, till it falls asleep, and then the care is over." Ditto, p, 429....
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Memoir of William Burdon [by G. Ensor] Liberality of sentiment. Human ...

William Burdon - 1820 - 460 pages
...the world, or other men, because they cannot be quiet themselves, tho' nobody hurts them. " When all is done, human life is, at the greatest and the best, but like a froward child, that must be played 352 with and humored a little to keep it quiet, till it falls asleep, and then the care is over." i...
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The British Prose Writers: Sir W. Temple's essays

1821 - 384 pages
...the world, or other men, because they cannot be quiet themselves, though nobody hurts them ! When all is done, human life is, at the greatest and the best,...quiet, till it falls asleep, and then the care is over. V. AN ESSAY UPON THE ANCIENT AND MODERN LEARNING.* .limit antiques accederef antes. WHOEVER converses...
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Sir William Temple's Essays, Volumes 1-2

Sir William Temple - 1821 - 390 pages
...the world, or other men, becanse they cannot be quiet themselves, though nobody hurts them ! When all is done, human life is, at the greatest and the best, but like afroward child, that must be j played with and humoured a little to keep it quiet, ' till it falls...
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