 And 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...  The British Essayists: The Lounger - Página 27por Alexander Chalmers - 1802Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
 | 1807 - 592 páginas
...retreat from the temptations of a city, is no despicable assistant to virtue. Wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude, Where with her best nurse...her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all too raffled, and sometimes impair'd. " The effects of the objects... | |
 | 1810 - 202 páginas
...: Musing Meditation most affects The pensive secrecy of desert Cell; And Wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired Solitude, Where with her best nurse,...her Feathers, and lets grow her wings, That in the various Bustle of Resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. Proceeding through a continuation... | |
 | 1810 - 430 páginas
...: Musing Meditation most affects The pensive secrecy of desert Cell; And Wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired Solitude, Where with her best nurse,...her Feathers, and lets grow her wings, That in the various Bustle of Resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. Proceeding through a continuation... | |
 | John Milton - 1810 - 540 páginas
...her own radiant light, though sun and moon Were in the flat sea sunk. And wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude ; Where, with her best nurse,...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 light within his... | |
 | William Hayley - 1810 - 418 páginas
...her own radiant light, though sun and moon Were in the flat sea sunk. And wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude ; Where, with her best nurse,...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 light within his... | |
 | British drama - 1811 - 624 páginas
...her own radiant light, though sun and moon Were in the flat sea sunk ; and Wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude, Where with her best nurse,...her feathers and lets grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all so ruffled, and sometimes inipair'd. He, that has light within his... | |
 | 1811 - 620 páginas
...her own radiant light, though sun and moon Were in the flat sea sunk ; and Wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude, Where with her best nurse,...her feathers and lets grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all so ruffled, and sometimes impairM. He, that has light within his... | |
 | Richard Hurd (bp. of Worcester.) - 1811 - 374 páginas
...•**-— You remember these lines of Milton in his CODIUS, . , • . > ." ".'. Wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired Solitude, Where, with her best nurse,...and lets grow her wings, . . . • .. That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. . i On which Dr. Warburton has... | |
 | Robert Deverell - 1813 - 634 páginas
...love and promoting chastity (215). Were in the flat sea sunk ; and wisdom's self 37,5 Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude, Where, with her best nurse...her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. 380 He that has light within... | |
 | John Milton - 1813 - 270 páginas
...own radiant light, though Sun and Moon Were in the flat sea sunk. And Wisdom's self 375 Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude; Where, with her best nurse,...her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were ail-to ruffled, and sometimes impaired. 380 He that has light within... | |
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