| Thomas Boyles Murray - 1853 - Liczba stron: 306
...cannot be said to hang heavy on hand in Pitcairn's Island. " How various his employments whom the world Calls idle, and who justly in return Esteems that...occupation who has these] Will he be idle who has much t' enjoy? A life all turbulence and noise may seem To him that leads it, wise, and to be praised ;... | |
| William Cowper - 1853 - Liczba stron: 796
...hare that had a friend.* * See the note at lhe did, fi How various his employments, whom the world Calls idle ; and who justly in return Esteems that...too ! Friends, books, a garden, and perhaps his pen, 353 Delightful industry enjoy'd at home, And nature in her cultivated trim Dress'd to his taste, inviting... | |
| Our life - 1865 - Liczba stron: 234
...when this old ring was new ! RETIREMENT FROM THE WORLD. How various his employments whom the world Calls idle ; and who justly in return Esteems that...a garden, and perhaps his pen, Delightful industry enjoyed at home, And Nature, in her cultivated trim Dressed to his taste, inviting him abroad — Can... | |
| John Bartlett - 1865 - Liczba stron: 504
...empty wells, And growing old in drawing nothing up.* Ibid. How various his employments whom the world Calls idle ; and who justly in return Esteems that busy world an idler too ! Ibid. Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too. Ibid. * " He has spent all his life in letting down... | |
| Henry George Bohn - 1867 - Liczba stron: 752
...oftenest sacrifice are favoured least. Coteper, Task, I.409. How various his employments, whom the world Calls idle ; and who justly, in return, Esteems that busy world an idler too ! Cowper, Task, in. 352. By nature's laws, immutable and just, Enjoyment stops where indolence begins... | |
| 1867 - Liczba stron: 332
...retirement, for want of employment. " To such I would recommend a page of the amiable Cowper, who "says — ' Friends, books, a garden, and, perhaps, his pen, Delightful industry, enjoy'd at home, Can he, want occupation who has these?' " For my own part, I have them all except the garden, and that... | |
| Treasury - 1869 - Liczba stron: 474
...trying to draw them up again." — Memoirs of Sydney Smith. How various his employments whom the world Calls idle ; and who justly in return Esteems that busy world an idler too ! Book iii. The Garden. Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too. ibid. I burn to set the imprisoned... | |
| John Talwin Shewell - 1870 - Liczba stron: 500
...a wandering muse, And constant occupation without care. How various his employments whom the world Calls idle, and who, justly in return, Esteems that...a garden, and perhaps his pen, Delightful industry enjoyed at home ; And nature, in her cultivated trim, Dressed to his taste, inviting him abroad, —... | |
| William Cowper - 1870 - Liczba stron: 574
...signing say, " I knew at least one hare that had a friend." How various his employments whom the unrll Calls idle ; and who justly in return Esteems that...idler too ! Friends, books, a garden, and perhaps hia pen, Delightful industry enjoy'd at home, And Nature, in her cultivated trim Dress'd to his taste,... | |
| simpkim marshall & co - 1871 - Liczba stron: 460
...subjects. Indeed, as the poet has well expressed it :— " How various his employment whom the world Calls idle, and who justly, in return, Esteems that busy world an idler too ! Friends, book, a garden, Dressed to his taste, inviting them abroad ; Can he want occupation who has these?"... | |
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