t depends Not on the number, but the choice of friends. Books should, not business, entertain the light, And sleep, as undisturbed as death, the night. My house a cottage, more Than palace, and should fitting be For all my use, no luxury. My garden painted... The book-lover's enchiridion, thoughts, selected and arranged by Philobiblos ... - Strona 79autor: Book-lover - 1884Pełny widok - Informacje o książce
| Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - Liczba stron: 580
...as death, the night. My house, a cottage more Than palace ; and should fitting be For all my use, no luxury. My garden painted o'er With nature's hand,...art's ; and pleasures yield, Horace might envy in his Sahine field. These unbought sports, this happy state, I would not fear, nor wish my fate ; But boldly... | |
| 1852 - Liczba stron: 874
...as death, the night, My house a cottage more Than palace ; and should fitting be For all my use, no Anchises' line, May thy brimmed waves for this Their full tribute never mi yirM Horace might envy in his Sabine field. Thus would I double my life's fading space ; For he, that... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1853 - Liczba stron: 716
...as death, the night. My house a cottage, more Than palace, and should fitling be For all my use, no luxury. My garden painted o'er With Nature's hand,...race. And in this true delight, These unbought sports, that happy state, I would not fear nor wish my fate, But boldly say each night, To-morrow let my sun... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1853 - Liczba stron: 330
...as death, the night, My house a cottage more Than palace, and should fitting be For all my use, no luxury. My garden painted o'er With Nature's hand,...And in this true delight — These unbought sports, that happy state — I would not fear nor wish my fate, But boldly say each night, To-morrow let my... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1854 - Liczba stron: 322
...the night. ', ' My house a cottage more Than palace ; and should fitting be ' " i For all my use, no luxury. My garden painted o'er With Nature's hand,...delight, These unbought sports, this happy state, ', ! v ' ) I would not fear, nor wish, my fate ; But boldly say each night, To-morrow let my sun his... | |
| Mary Russell Mitford - 1855 - Liczba stron: 580
...as death, the night. My house, a cottage more Than palace ; and should fitting be For all my use, no luxury. My garden painted o'er With nature's hand,...this happy state, I would not fear, nor wish my fate j But boldly say each night, To-morrow let my sun his beams display, Or in clouds hide them — I have... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1856 - Liczba stron: 800
...as death, the night. My house a cottage, more Than palace, and should fitting be For all my use, no luxury. My garden painted o'er With Nature's hand,...might envy in his Sabine field. Thus would I double vny life's fading space, For he that runs it well, twice runs his race. And in this true delight, These... | |
| 1856 - Liczba stron: 400
...as death, the night. My house a cottage, more Than palace, and should fitting be For all my use, no luxury. My garden painted o'er With Nature's hand,...pleasures yield Horace might envy in his Sabine field." Charles James Wright, Esq., banker, Nottingham, son of the distinguished translator of Dante, (who... | |
| Half hours - 1856 - Liczba stron: 676
...as death, the night. My house a cottage, more Than palace, and should fitting be For all my use, no luxury. My garden painted o'er With Nature's hand,...Art's ; and pleasures yield, Horace might envy in his Sabinc field. NI. Thus would I double my life's fading space, For he that runs it well twice runs his... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1848 - Liczba stron: 786
...as dentil, the night. My house a cottnge, more Than palace, and should fitting be For all my use, no luxury. My garden painted o'er With Nature's hand, not art's ; and pleasures yield, Hornce might envy in his Sabine field. Thus would I double my life's fading space, For he that runs... | |
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