 What man that sees the ever whirling wheel Of Chance, the which all mortal things doth sway, But that thereby doth find and plainly feel, How Mutability in them doth play Her cruel sports to many men's decay.  Kenilworth - Page 184by Walter Scott - 1836Full view - About this book
 | 1905 - 606 pages
...sees the ever-whirling wheel Of Change, the which all mortal things doth sway, But that thereby shall find, and plainly feel How Mutability in them doth play Her cruel sports to many men's decay.* * Canto vi. Stanza i. When 1 bethink me of that speech whileare Of Mutability, and well it way ! Me... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 610 pages
...To be the soverainc. WHAT man that «ees the ever-whirling wheele Of Change, the which all mortall things doth sway, But that thereby doth find, and...plainly feel«, How Mutability in them doth play Her cruell sports to many mens decay ? Which that to all may better yctappeare, 1 will rehearse, that whylome... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - English literature - 1811 - 568 pages
...subjected. ' What man that sees the ever-whirling wheel Of change, the which all mortal things cloth sway, • But that thereby doth find and plainly feel...them doth play Her cruel sports, to many men's decay ?' There are however, as the same poet proceeds to inform us, laws by which mutability herself is regulated... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - English literature - 1811 - 562 pages
...itself, is necessarily subjected. ' What man that sees the ever-whirling wheel Of change, the which all mortal things doth sway, But that thereby doth find and plainly feel How mutability in them dotb play Her cruel sports, to many men's decay ?' There are however, as the same poet proceeds to... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1821 - 608 pages
...find and plainlv iucl, How Mutability iu thi'ui doth piny Her cruel spoits to many men's dicay." ' The elder gentleman had risen from his bench, and...impatience, while the youth, with much earnestness and feel'm; recited these lines. When he had done, the other wrapped himse|l' in his cloak, и:id again... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1835 - 400 pages
...necessarily subjected. " What man that sees the ever-whirling wheel Of change, the which all mortal thins,'* doth sway, But that thereby doth find and plainly...them doth play Her cruel sports to many men's decay ? " There are, however, as the same poet proceeds to inform us, laws by which mutability herself is... | |
 | Walter Scott - Demonology - 1838 - 1198 pages
...the ever-whirling wheel Of change, the which all mortal tilings doth sway, But that thereby dojh iiml and plainly feel How mutability in them doth play Her cruel sports to many men's decay ? " There are, however, as the same poet proceeds to inform us, laws by which mutability herself is... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1841 - 750 pages
...itiitli f.ml anil plainly led, П..« Mutability in iii. in duili i-liiy Her crui'l spurt.- lu nmny men's decay.' " The elder gentleman had risen from his bench, and was pacing the hall with some impati< nee, while the асе outh, г of the Tree of Knowledge refers soli (y to the art clnshing... | |
 | Walter Scott - Historical fiction, Scottish - 1844 - 658 pages
...another dear friend of thy name, 'What man that sees the ever whirling wheel Of Chance, the which all mortal things doth sway ; But that thereby doth find...Mutability in them doth play Her cruel sports to many men's decay.1 " The elder gentleman had risen from his bench, and was pacing the hall with some impatience,... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1845 - 260 pages
...subject of the Canto as follows : — What man that sees the ever-whirling wheel Of Change, the which all mortal things doth sway, But that thereby doth find,...them doth play Her cruel sports to many men's decay ? Which that to all may better yet appear, I will rehearse, that whilome I heard say, How she at first... | |
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