 | 1755 - Liczba stron: 262
...when he wrote those beautiful lines ; " And wisdom's self " Oft seeks to such retired solitudes, " Where, with her best nurse, contemplation, " She plumes...feathers, and lets grow her wings, " That, in the various bastle of resort, »' Were ail-to ruffled and sometimes impair'd." This solitary situation of a parish... | |
 | 1814 - Liczba stron: 198
...pensiv» secrecy of desert Cell; And Wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired Solitude, a 3 AVhere with her best nurse, Contemplation, She plumes her Feathers, and lets grow her wing*, That in the various Bustle of Resort Were all too ruffled, ami sometimes impaired'. Proceeding... | |
 | Henry Kett - 1815 - Liczba stron: 598
...perlbnines Wifdom ; " Wifdom's felf Oft fecks to fweet retired folitude, Where with her beft nurfe Contemplation, She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That in the various buftle of refort, Were all too ruffled, and fometimes impaired." ' And Pope, in his Windfor Foreft,... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - Liczba stron: 490
...Virtue would By her own radiant light, though son and moon Were in the flat sea sunk. And Wisdom's rlf Oft Seeks to sweet retired solitude, Where with her...Contemplation, She plumes her feathers and lets grow her wing), That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometime* impair 1. He that hath... | |
 | Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) - 1816 - Liczba stron: 414
...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 sweet retired solitude...with her best nurse, Contemplation, She plumes her feaihtrs, and lets grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all 100 ruffled, and sometimes... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1817 - Liczba stron: 340
...her own radiant light, though sun and moon Were in the flat sea sunk. And Wisdom's self Oft seeks in sweet retired solitude: Where, with her best nurse,...her feathers, and lets grow her wings. That in the variniN bu<tle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes irapair'd : He thai ha* li^ht within his... | |
 | James Ferguson - 1819 - Liczba stron: 348
...Virtue would Were in the flat sea sunk. And Wisdom's self By her own radiant light, though sun and moon Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude: Where, with her...That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd : He that has light within his own clear breast, May sit i' th' centre,... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - Liczba stron: 366
...Virtue would By her own radiant light, though sun and moon Were in the flat sea sunk. And Wisdom's sell' Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude ; -Where, with...Contemplation, She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings,That in the various bustle of resort Were ail-to ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. He, that has... | |
 | 1821 - Liczba stron: 394
...it may, when Wisdom herself is forced often In sweet retired solitude To plume her feathers, and let grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impairM. t It is a foolish thing that without money one cannot either live as... | |
 | James Ferguson - 1819 - Liczba stron: 358
...the ease and indolent enjoyments connected with rural retirement. 'Arid Wisdom's self Oft seeks the sweet retired solitude, Where, with her best nurse Contemplation, She plumes her feathers, ami lets grow her wings, That in the bustling hurry of resort, Were all too ruffled, ami sometimes... | |
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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... 
