 Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity of noble mind) To scorn delights and live laborious days; But the fair guerdon when we hope to find, And think to burst out into sudden blaze, Comes the blind Fury with th' abhorred...  A Manual of English Literature... - Σελίδα 448των Thomas Arnold - 1876 - 547 σελίδεςΠλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
 | 1825 - 658 σελίδες
...curiosity, or the hope of entertainment. With them no doubt both writers and readers, " Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity...mind) . To scorn delights, and live laborious days :—" And we are always happy when " the fair guerdon" rewards at length their honourable and indefatigable... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1825 - 600 σελίδες
...hair ? Fame is the spur that the elear sp'rit doth raise (That last infirmity of noble mind) To seorn tlunk to burst out into sudden blaze, Comes the blind Fury with th' abhorred shears, And slits the... | |
 | George Clinton - 1825 - 826 σελίδες
...such the disappointments which lie in wait to check the most honorable enterprises ! ' Fame it the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity of noble mind) Tii scorn delights and live laborious days ; But the fair guerdon when we hope to find, And think to... | |
 | John Milton - 1826 - 312 σελίδες
...not better done as others use, To sport with Amaryllis in the shade, Or with the tangles of Nesera's hair? Fame is the spur that the clear spi'rit doth...burst out into sudden blaze, Comes the blind Fury with th' abhorred shears, And slits the thin spun life. But not the praise, Phoebus reply'd, and touch'd... | |
 | 1826 - 644 σελίδες
...undone, whereby a notable mind might be made famous and fortunate.' Thus it is that, ' Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise, (That last...mind,) To scorn delights, and live laborious days.' But leaving the individual adventurer out of the question, the very spirit of enterprize, which such undertakings... | |
 | New elegant extracts - 1827 - 402 σελίδες
...this title. To sport with Amaryllis in the shade, Or with the tangles of Neaera's hair ? Faroe is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity of noble mind) To scorn delights, and UVC laborious days ; But the fair guerdon when we hope to find, And think to burst out into sudden... | |
 | George Clinton - 1828 - 888 σελίδες
...such the disappointments which lie in wait to check the most honorable enterprises ! ' Fame i ? the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity...burst out into sudden blaze, Comes the blind Fury with th' abhorred shears And slits the thin-spun life.' CHAPTER I. THE late Lord Byron was descended from... | |
 | 1828 - 598 σελίδες
...Collingwood — to whom may truly be applied the beautiful lines of our great poet : ' Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity...burst out into sudden blaze, Comes the blind fury with th' abhorred shears, And slits the thin-spun life but not the praise ' we may safely add — for that... | |
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