 | William Cowper - 1800 - Liczba stron: 438
...despis'dp^all* • Seek and obtain, and often find unsought ? ' Tell me — and I will tell thee what is truth. O, friendly to the best pursuits of man* Friendly...virtue, and to peace, Domestic life in rural leisure pass'd!nv.)ri !,:,„,,!-• Few know thy value, and few taste thy sweets; Though many boast thy favours,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1802 - Liczba stron: 350
...all, Seek and obtain, and often find unsought ? Tell me — and I will tell thee what is truth. 0, friendly to the best pursuits of man, Friendly to...and to peace, Domestic life in rural leisure pass'd ! Few know thy value, and few taste thy sweets ; Though many boast thy favours, and affect To understand... | |
 | 1802 - Liczba stron: 302
...unsought ? Tell me — and I will tell thee what is truth. O, friendly to the best pursuits of man, 293 Friendly to thought, to virtue, and to peace, Domestic life in rural leisure pass'd ! Few know thy value, and few taste thy sweets ; Though many boast thy favours, and affeS To understand... | |
 | Thomas H. Williams - 1804 - Liczba stron: 202
...seldom fail to tranquilise the perturbations of worldly anxiety, and renovate the dormant affections. ' O ! friendly to the best pursuits of man, Friendly...and to peace, Domestic life in rural leisure pass'd ! Few know thy value, and few taste thy sweets." COWFER. The road immediately beyond Weston-mill presents,... | |
 | Thomas Clarkson - 1806 - Liczba stron: 406
...power. The poet Cowper, in his contemplation of a country life, speaks forcibly on this subject. " O friendly to the best pursuits of man, Friendly to...and to peace, Domestic life, in rural leisure pass'd ! Few know thy value, and few taste thy sweets ; Though many boast thy favours, and affect To understand... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - Liczba stron: 234
...of all, Seek and obtain, and often find unsought ? Tell me — and I will tell thee what is truth. O friendly to the best pursuits of man, Friendly to...virtue, and to peace, Domestic life in rural leisure passed ! Few know thy value, and few taste thy sweets ; Though many boast thy favours, and affect To... | |
 | Thomas Clarkson - 1806 - Liczba stron: 480
...power. The poet Cow per, in his Contemplation of a Country Life, speaks forcibly . on this subject : " O friendly to the best pursuits of man, Friendly to...virtue, and to peace, Domestic life, in rural leisure passed ! Few know thy value, and few taste thy sweets, . Though many boast thy favours, and affect... | |
 | Johann Georg Zimmermann - 1808 - Liczba stron: 430
...virtuous feel within walls of clay, and under roofs of humble thatch, you are, in comparison, poor indeed. O, friendly to the best pursuits of man, Friendly...and to peace, Domestic life in rural leisure pass'd! Few know thy value, and few taste tliy tweets, Though many boast thy f-ivours, and alert To understand... | |
 | William Cowper - 1810 - Liczba stron: 212
...of all, Seek and obtain, and often find unsought ? Tell me. ...and I will tell thee what is truth. O, friendly to the best pursuits of man, Friendly...and to peace, Domestic life in rural leisure pass'd ! Few know thy value, and few taste thy sweets ; Though many boast thy favors, and affect To understand... | |
 | William Cowper - 1810 - Liczba stron: 404
...despis'd of all, Seek and obtain, and often find unsought? Tell me — and I will tell thee what is truth. O friendly to the best pursuits of man, Friendly to...thought, to virtue, and to peace, Domestic life in rural pleasure pass'd ! Few know thy value, and few taste thy sweets; Though many boast thy favours, and... | |
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O friendly to the best pursuits of man, Friendly to thought, to virtue, and to peace... 
