 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 410 σελίδες
...of a rill, Sate upon a flowery bed, With my hand beneath my head ; While ftray'd my eyes o'er Towy's flood,, Over mead, and over wood, From houfe to houfe,...And groves, and grottoes where I lay, . And viftoes fhooting beams of day i Wide.and wider fbreads the vale; As circles on a fmooth canal i The mountains... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 362 σελίδες
...hand beneath my head ; -While ft ray M my eyes o'er Towy's flood, Over mead, and over wood, From houic to houfe, from hill to hill, Till Contemplation had...And leave his brooks .and meads behind, And groves, ^md grottoes where I lay, .And viftoes fhooting beams of day.i Wide and wider fpreads the vale; As... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 702 σελίδες
...wood, From houfe to hqufe, .from hill to hill, Till Contemplation had her fill. About his chequer' d fides I wind, And leave his brooks and meads behind,...And groves, and grottoes where I lay, -. And viftoes fhooting beams of day i Wide and wider fpreads the vale ; As circles on a fmooth canal i The mountains... | |
 | 1782 - 516 σελίδες
...of a rill, Sat upon a flow'ry bed, With my hand beneath my head, While ftray'd my eyes o'er Towy's flood, Over mead and over wood, From houfe to houfe,...And groves and grottoes, where I lay, And viftoes fhooting beams of day.. Wide and wider fpreads the vale. As circles on a fmooth canal : The mountains... | |
 | 1805 - 538 σελίδες
...obfcure. To this paflage fucceed Ionic lines, entirely new, and on the whole fufficiently beautiful ¡ — About his chequer'd fides I wind, And leave his brooks...behind ; And groves and grottoes where I lay, And viltas (booting beams of day. Wide, and wider Ipreads the vale, As circles on a fmooth canal : The... | |
 | William Enfield - 1785 - 460 σελίδες
...of a rill, Sate upon a flow'ry bed, With my hand beneath my head ; While ftray'd my eyes o'er Towy's flood, Over mead, and over wood, From houfe to houfe,...mooting beams of day : Wide and wider fpreads the vale ;' As circles on a fmooth canal ; The mountains round, unhappy fate ! Sooner or later, of all height,... | |
 | John Scott, John Hoole - 1785 - 492 σελίδες
...a rill, Sat Sat upon a flowery bed, With my hand beneath my head ; Whilejlray'd my eyes o'er Towy's flood, Over mead and over wood, From houfe to houfe,...from hill to hill, Till contemplation had her fill. The author now agreeably defcribes the circumftance of afcendinga hill, with the confequent gradual... | |
 | John Scott, John Hoole - 1785 - 544 σελίδες
...couplets, ' Still the profpett, wider, &c.' are fo extent! ve, that they approach to the true fublime : About his chequer'd fides I wind, And leave his brooks and meads behind, And groves and grottos where I lay, viftas flooting beams of day : G 3 Wid« Wide and wider fpreads the vale ; Like... | |
 | 1786 - 828 σελίδες
...profpcct, wider," &c. are fo extenJive, that they approach to the true f ublime : About his chcquer'd fides I wind, And leave his brooks and meads behind, And groves and grottos where I lay, And viitas_/b><i/;«f beams of day : Wide and wider fpreads the valt ; Like circles... | |
 | Johann Joachim Eschenaburg - 1789 - 484 σελίδες
...fountain of a rill, Sate upon a flow'ry bed With my hand beneath my head ; And ftray'd my eyes o'er Towy's flood, Over mead, and over wood, From houfe to houfe...wind, ,And leave his brooks and meads behind, And leave his brooks And viftoes fhooting beams of day: Wider and wider fpreads the vale ; As circles on... | |
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Wide and wider spreads the vale, As circles on a smooth canal ; The mountains round, unhappy fate! Sooner or later, of all height, Withdraw their summits from the skies... 
