 And Wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude ; Where, with her best nurse, Contemplation, She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. He that has light within...  The Poetical Works of John Milton - Strona 168autor: John Milton - 1852Pełny widok - Informacje o książce
 | William Shakespeare - 1785 - Liczba stron: 456
...the sense of altogether (which Mr. Warton has judiciously restored) is used in the same context, " She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, " That in the various bustle of resort " Were ail-to ruffled " In North's Plutarch is a passage which will confirm the observation above : " setting... | |
 | John Bell - 1788 - Liczba stron: 628
...would By her ova radiant light, though sun and moon Were in the flat sea sunk. And Wisdom's self 37? Oft seeks to sweet retired Solitude, Where with her...her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. 380 He that has light within his own clear breast May sit... | |
 | John Milton, John Dalton - 1791 - Liczba stron: 498
...plight. " Virtue could see to do what Virtue would " By her own radiant light tho' sun and moon " Were in the flat sea sunk ; and Wisdom's self " Oft' seeks...her wings, " That in the various bustle of resort 50 " Were allto ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. " He, that has light within his own clear breast,... | |
 | John Bell - 1791 - Liczba stron: 294
...plight. " Virtue could see to do what Virtue would " By her own radiant light tho' sun and moon " Were in the flat sea sunk; and Wisdom's self " Oft' seeks...her wings, " That in the various bustle of resort 50 " Were allto ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. " He, that has light within his own clear breast,... | |
 | 1804 - Liczba stron: 664
...perhaps, is not impartially just •, will turnish our English readers with no bad motto to this book. " Wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude : Where, with her best nurse, Contemplation, She |>luraes her feathers, lets grow he? wings, . That, in the various bustle of resort, Were, all too... | |
 | 1797 - Liczba stron: 468
..." Virtue could see to do what Virtue would " By her own radiant light, tho' sun and moon " Were in the flat sea sunk ; and Wisdom's self " Oft seeks...her wings, " That in the various bustle of resort 50 " Were all to ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. " He, that has light within his own clear breast,... | |
 | John Milton, Thomas Warton - 1799 - Liczba stron: 148
...plight. Virtue could see to do what Virtue would By her own radiant light, though sun and moon Were in the flat sea sunk. And Wisdom's self Oft seeks to...her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were ail-to ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. He, that has light within his own clear breast, May sit i'... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1802 - Liczba stron: 260
...and character of those verses which are employed in describing it ? And Wisdom's self Oft seeks the sweet retired solitude, Where, with her best nurse...her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That, in the bustling hurry of resort, Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. As these dispositions and sentiments... | |
 | British essayists - 1802 - Liczba stron: 244
...the ease and indolent enjoy menis connected with rural retirement. And Wisdom's self Oft seeks the sweet retired solitude, Where, with her best nurse...plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That, in tlie bustling hurry of resort, Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. As these dispositions... | |
 | John Brewster - 1802 - Liczba stron: 330
...XXI. On religious Meditation. —— And wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude ; Wliert, with her best nurse, contemplation, She plumes her...feathers and lets grow her wings, That in the various bustles of resort Were * all to ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. MILTON. W HEN the mind of man is fully... | |
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