 | 1800 - 452 pagina’s
...devoid of affection for them, pleafures beyond expreffion will be derived from in Delightful talk ! to rear the tender thought ; To teach the young idea how to flioot, And pour the frefli inftrufiion o'er the mind. THOMSON. But you may fay, that, not having yourfelf... | |
 | 1800 - 490 pagina’s
...presumptuous. If so, his humility is edifying. OMICRON. THE PRECEPTOR. No. HI. • Delightful task ! to rear the tender thought, * To teach the young idea how to shoot, To pour.tlie fresti instruction o'er the mind, To breathe ih'cnliv'mng spirit, and to fix The... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 542 pagina’s
...Then infant Rcafon grows apace, and calls For the kind hand of an alTiduous care. Delightful talk ! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to (hoot, 1 150 , To pour the frefh inttrutUon o*er the mind, To breathe th' cnliv'ning fpirit, and to... | |
 | Hannah More - 1800 - 96 pagina’s
...A PASTORAL DRAMA FOR YOUNG LADIES. SEARCH AFTER HAPPINESS A PASTORAL DRAMA. THE TWELFTH EDITION. " To rear the tender thought, " To teach the young idea how to (hoot, " To pour riWfedh iuihui'hou o'er |4»»mind, " To breathe th'enliv'ning fpirit, and to fix... | |
 | John Baillie - 1801 - 642 pagina’s
...properly cherifhed, burtl forth with energy and luftre on the ftage of human affairs ' Or, as the poet Delightful tafk ; to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to (hoot, To pour the frefti inftnuftion o'er the mind, To breathe th* enlivening fpirit, and to fix The... | |
 | 1850 - 376 pagina’s
...which duties they have now entered ? W ould they be less capable of engaging in the " delightful task, to rear the tender thought — to teach the young idea how to shoot," &c. ? Would you imitate their success? Then follow their example. R. FISH. Г ~ — L . . ---... | |
 | William Jay - 1801 - 46 pagina’s
...her infant daughter — to view from the window the manly exploits of her boy— " Delightful talk, to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to (hoot, 5 " To pour the frefh inftrudlion o'er the mind, " To breathe th'enlivening fpirit, and to fix... | |
 | James Thomson - 1802 - 344 pagina’s
...Then infant reason grows apace, and calls For the kind hand of an assiduous care. Delightful task! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot, To pour the fresh instruction o'er the mind, To breathe th'enlivening spirit, and to fix The... | |
 | James Thomson - 1802 - 320 pagina’s
...Then infant reason grows apace, and calls For the kind hand of an assiduous care. Delightful task ! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot, To pour the fresh instruction o'er the mind, To breathe th' enliv'ning spirit, and to fix The... | |
 | James Thomson, Patrick Murdoch - 1802 - 368 pagina’s
...Then infant reason grows apace, and calls For the kind hand of an assiduous care. Delightful task ! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot, To pour the fresh instruction o'er the mind, To breathe th' enlivening spirit, and to fix The... | |
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