| Edward Gibbon - 1898 - 364 sayfa
...Perhaps the golden mediocrity of my fortune has contributed to fortify my application.1 The present is a fleeting moment, the past is no more, and our prospect of futurity is dark and doubtful. This 20 day may possibly be my last ; but the laws of probability, so true in general so fallacious... | |
| Annie Barnett - 1900 - 1060 sayfa
...Perhaps the golden mediocrity of my fortune has contributed to fortify my application. The present is a fleeting moment, the past is no more ; and our prospect of futurity is dark and doubtful. This day may possibly be my last ; but the laws of probability, so true in general, so fallacious in... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1900 - 398 sayfa
...Perhaps the golden mediocrity of my fortune 3 has contributed to fortify my application. The present is a fleeting moment, the past is no more ; and our prospect of futurity is dark and doubtful. This day may potribly be my last : but the laws of probability, so true in general, so fallacious in... | |
| Estelle Davenport Adams - 1902 - 316 sayfa
...is a clear conscience, unsullied by the reproach or remembrance of an unworthy action.3 The present is a fleeting moment, the past is no more, and our prospect of futurity is dark and doubtful. 1 From letter written to Arthur Young about same period. This day may poss1bly be my last : but the... | |
| 1881 - 862 sayfa
...these sober delights. Here are the reflections of the sage upon the end of his own life. " The present is a fleeting moment, the past is no more, and our prospect of futurity is dark and doubtful. This day may possibly be my last ; but the laws of probability, so true in general, so fallacious in... | |
| William George Waters - 1906 - 342 sayfa
...Perhaps the golden mediocrity of my fortune has contributed to fortify my application. The present is a fleeting moment, the past is no more ; and our prospect of futurity is dark and doubtful. This day may possibly be my last : but the laws of probability, so true in general, so fallacious in... | |
| Sir Spencer Walpole - 1907 - 394 sayfa
...since my income is superior to my expence, and my expence is equal to my wishes. . . . The present is a fleeting moment : the past is no more : and our prospect of futurity is dark and doubtful. This day may possibly be my last : but the laws of probability, so true in general, so fallacious in... | |
| Raymond Macdonald Alden - 1911 - 744 sayfa
...wishes I have never entertained any serious thoughts of a matrimonial connection? . . . The present is a fleeting moment, the past is no more, and our prospect of futurity is dark and doubtful. This day may possibly be my last ; but the laws of probability, so true in general, so fallacious in... | |
| Raymond Macdonald Alden - 1911 - 754 sayfa
...wishes I have never entertained any serious thoughts of a matrimonial connection? . . . The present is a fleeting moment, the past is no more, and our prospect of futurity is dark and doubtful. This day may possibly be my last; but the laws of probability, so true in general, so fallacious in... | |
| Raymond Macdonald Alden - 1911 - 752 sayfa
...wishes I have never entertained any serious thoughts of a matrimonial connection? . . . The present is a fleeting moment, the past is no more, and our prospect of futurity is dark and doubtful. This day may possibly be my last ; but the laws of probability, so true in general, so fallacious in... | |
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