| Thomas H. Williams - 1804 - 202 páginas
...must in consequence too often prevail. Had Cowper visited Culbone, he would not have exclaimed, " O for a lodge in some vast wilderness, " Some boundless...contiguity of shade, " Where rumour of oppression might never reach " My ear." He might here have found a solitude independent of a desert, and an uninterrupted... | |
| William Cowper - 1806 - 300 páginas
...consequent evils,' ascribed, as to its prmcipal emise, to 'the want of discipline in the universities. • OH for a lodge in some vast wilderness. Some boundless contiguity of shade, \Yhere rumour of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war, Might never reach me more.... | |
| Anne Bannerman - 1807 - 250 páginas
...Hist. Amer. vol. it. NOTE i, p. 61. " O ! for a lodge, where Peace might love to dwell," tifc. O ! for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade! ' NOTEj, p. 67. SONNETS FROM PETRARCH, Sec. Cowper'i TatJct I, p. 69. Alma felice, che sovente torni,... | |
| Thomas Clarkson - 1807 - 486 páginas
...situation^ or with expressions of disgust at the wicked-? ness, for these little creatures. '•' 0 for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade, \Vhere rumour of oppression and deceit^ (5f unsuccessful or successful war, Might never reach me more... | |
| Thomas Erskine Baron Erskine - 1810 - 464 páginas
...contented under them. Let England be secure, and I am sure no ambition of mine shall ever disturb her. I should rather say, if I were once disengaged from the duties which bind me to iny profession, " Oh! for a lodge in some vast wilderness, " Sonie boundless contiguity of shadei "... | |
| William Cowper - 1810 - 212 páginas
...to its principal cause, to the M ant of discipline in the unirersitie*. BOOK II. THE TIME-PIECE. \}H for a lodge in some vast -wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade, Where rumor of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war, Might never reach me more. My ear... | |
| Increase Cooke - 1811 - 428 páginas
...his servant sun. SECTION II. Indignant Sentiments on National Prejudices and Hatred; arid on Slavery. OH for a lodge in some vast wilderness, . , • • Some boundless contiguity of shade, Of unsuccessful or successful war, Where rumour of oppression and deceit, My soul is sick with every... | |
| Conduct, George Nicholson - 1819 - 282 páginas
...worthy the most glorious period of ancient wisdom!" But he cannot join with Cowper, in crying, " 0 for a lodge in some vast wilderness, " some boundless contiguity of shade !" A little cot would form his heart's desire, , a summer garden and a winter's fire ; a small retreat.... | |
| Charles Richson - 1820 - 98 páginas
...shining. talents for action. Indignant Sentiments on National Prejudices and . . hatred : and on Slavery. OH, for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade, Where rumor of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war. vMight never reach me more ! My... | |
| Mary Ann Kelty - 1821 - 402 páginas
...tears and lacerates the heart of its fellow. Justly, indeed, did the suffering poet exclaim : — " Oh, for a lodge in some vast wilderness, " Some boundless...of shade, " Where rumour of oppression and deceit *' Might never reach me more." and truly has he told us that " There is no flesh in man's obdurate... | |
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