 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 impaired. He that has light within...  Tremaine: Or, The Man of Refinement - Pagina 220door Robert Plumer Ward - 1825Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | William Shakespeare - 1785 - 456 pagina’s
...the sense of altogether (which Mr. Warton has judiciously restored) is used in the same context, " She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, " That in the various bustle of resort " Were ail-to ruffled " In North's Plutarch is a passage which will confirm the observation above : " setting... | |
 | John Bell - 1788 - 628 pagina’s
...ova radiant light, though sun and moon Were in the flat sea sunk. And Wisdom's self 37? Oft seeks to sweet retired Solitude, Where with her best nurse...various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. 380 He that has light within his own clear breast May sit i' th' center, and enjoy... | |
 | John Milton, John Dalton - 1791 - 498 pagina’s
...own radiant light tho' 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 wings, " That in the various bustle of resort 50 " Were allto ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. " He, that has light within his own clear breast,... | |
 | John Bell - 1791 - 294 pagina’s
...own radiant light tho' 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 wings, " That in the various bustle of resort 50 " Were allto ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. " He, that has light within his own clear breast,... | |
 | 1797 - 468 pagina’s
...own radiant light, tho' 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 wings, " That in the various bustle of resort 50 " Were all to ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. " He, that has light within his own clear breast,... | |
 | John Milton, Thomas Warton - 1799 - 148 pagina’s
...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 wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were ail-to ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. He, that has light within his own clear breast, May sit i'... | |
 | Henry Kett - 1805 - 432 pagina’s
...oar, To bid his gentle spirit rest." Milton thus personifies Wisdorn, " Wisdom's self Oft seels to sweet retired solitude, Where with her best nurse...various bustle of resort, Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impaired," Par. Lost. And Warton describes the advance of Evening: " While Evening veil'd... | |
 | Henry Kett - 1805 - 422 pagina’s
...sweet retired solitude, Where with her best nurse Contemplation, She plumes her feathers, and lets gram her wings, That in the various bustle of resort, Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impaired," Par. Lost. And Warton describes the advance of Evening: " While Evening veil'd... | |
 | John Milton - 1807 - 434 pagina’s
...her own radiant light, tliough sun and moon Were in the flat sea sunk. And Wisdom'* self Oft seeks to sweet retired Solitude, Where with her best nurse,...various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. 380 He that has light within his own clear breast May sit i' th' center, and enjoy... | |
 | 1807 - 592 pagina’s
...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...That in the various bustle of resort Were all too raffled, and sometimes impair'd. " The effects of the objects of taste upon the human mind," says Mr.... | |
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