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Σελίδα 25
... from the crowd By wealth or dignity , who dwells fecure Where man , by nature fierce , has laid afide His fierceness , having learnt , though flow to learn , VOL . II . C The The manners and the arts of civil life . His I. 25 THE SOFA .
... from the crowd By wealth or dignity , who dwells fecure Where man , by nature fierce , has laid afide His fierceness , having learnt , though flow to learn , VOL . II . C The The manners and the arts of civil life . His I. 25 THE SOFA .
Σελίδα 26
William Cowper. The manners and the arts of civil life . His wants , indeed , are many ; but fupply Is obvious ; placed within the easy reach Of temp'rate wishes and industrious hands . Here virtue thrives as in her proper foil ; Not ...
William Cowper. The manners and the arts of civil life . His wants , indeed , are many ; but fupply Is obvious ; placed within the easy reach Of temp'rate wishes and industrious hands . Here virtue thrives as in her proper foil ; Not ...
Σελίδα 27
... manners , victims of luxurious ease . These therefore I can pity , placed remote From all that science traces , art invents , Or inspiration teaches ; and inclofed In boundlefs oceans never to be paff'd By navigators uninformed as they ...
... manners , victims of luxurious ease . These therefore I can pity , placed remote From all that science traces , art invents , Or inspiration teaches ; and inclofed In boundlefs oceans never to be paff'd By navigators uninformed as they ...
Σελίδα 46
... manners may be found , Shall be constrain'd to love thee . Though thy clime Be fickle , and thy year , most part , deform'd I would not yet exchange thy fullen skies And fields without a flower , for warmer France With all her vines ...
... manners may be found , Shall be constrain'd to love thee . Though thy clime Be fickle , and thy year , most part , deform'd I would not yet exchange thy fullen skies And fields without a flower , for warmer France With all her vines ...
Σελίδα 53
... manners vain , In conversation frivolous , in dress Extreme , at once rapacious and profufe , Frequent in park , with lady at his fide , Ambling and prattling fcandal as he goes , But rare at home , and never at his books , Or with his ...
... manners vain , In conversation frivolous , in dress Extreme , at once rapacious and profufe , Frequent in park , with lady at his fide , Ambling and prattling fcandal as he goes , But rare at home , and never at his books , Or with his ...
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Σελίδα 245 - JOHN GILPIN was a citizen Of credit and renown: A train-band captain eke was he Of famous London town. John Gilpin's spouse said to her dear, " Though wedded we have been These twice ten tedious years, yet we No holiday have seen. "To-morrow is our wedding-day, And we will then repair Unto the Bell at Edmonton All in a chaise and pair.
Σελίδα 255 - The youth did ride, and soon did meet John coming back amain, Whom in a trice he tried to stop By catching at his rein. But not performing what he meant, And gladly would have done, The frighted steed he frighted more, And made him faster run.
Σελίδα 167 - Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have ofttimes no connexion. Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men, Wisdom in minds attentive to their own.
Σελίδα 44 - Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May feel it too. Affectionate in look, And tender in address, as well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men.
Σελίδα 247 - For saddle-tree scarce reached had he, His journey to begin, When, turning round his head, he saw Three customers come in. So down he came ; for loss of time, Although it grieved him sore, Yet loss of pence, full well he knew, Would trouble him much more.
Σελίδα 196 - One song employs all nations ; and all cry, " Worthy the Lamb, for He was slain for us ! " The dwellers in the vales and on the rocks Shout to each other, and the mountain tops From distant mountains catch the flying joy, Till, nation after nation taught the strain, Earth rolls the rapturous hosanna round.
Σελίδα 255 - And thus unto the youth she said That drove them to the Bell, This shall be yours when you bring back My husband safe and well. The youth did ride, and soon did meet John coming back amain, Whom in a trice he tried to stop By catching at his rein.
Σελίδα 249 - So fair and softly, John he cried, But John he cried in vain; That trot became a gallop soon, In spite of curb and rein.
Σελίδα 248 - And keep it safe and sound. Each bottle had a curling ear, Through which the belt he drew, And hung a bottle on each side, To make his balance true. Then over all, that he might be Equipped from top to toe, His long red cloak, well brushed and neat, He manfully did throw.
Σελίδα 154 - Their blood is shed In confirmation of the noblest claim, Our claim to feed upon immortal truth, To walk with God, to be divinely free, To soar, and to anticipate the skies.