| W. Plees - 1824 - 424 pages
...several places, the contiguous meadows are liable to be overflowed by equinoctial tides ; for here " The broad ocean leans against the land ; '' And sedulous to stop the coming tide," the wary inhabitants " Lift the tall rampire's artificial pride." GOLDSMITH, iurslve waves, has been... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1825 - 600 pages
...draws, Nor weighs the solid worth of self-applause. To men of other minds my faney flies, Embosom'd unmix'd her flame. The band, as fairy oeean leans against the land, And, sedulous to stop the eoming tide, Lift the tall rampire's artifieial... | |
| George Crabb - 1826 - 768 pages
...your thoughtless career?' BLAIR. One is stopped on a journey by the meeting of a friend ; Embosom'd in the deep where Holland lies, Methinks her patient...coming tide, Lift the tall rampire's artificial pride. GOLDSMITH. In a moral application these terms bear a similar analogy ; check nas the import of diminishing... | |
| Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 852 pages
...; In useful craft successfully rcfin'd ; Artful in speech, in action, and in mind. Pope. Embosom'd in the deep where Holland lies, Methinks her patient...coming tide, Lift the tall rampire's artificial pride. Goldsmith. A man will no more carry the artifice of the bar into the common intercourse of society,... | |
| Thomas Willcocks - 1829 - 334 pages
...-. GOLDSMITH. To men of other minds my fancy flies, Emhosom'd in the deep where Holland liesMethinks her patient sons before me stand, Where the broad ocean leans against the land, rain, And sedulous to stop the coming tide, Lift the tall rampire's artificial pride. Onward me thinks,... | |
| Thomas F. Walker - 1830 - 256 pages
...draws, Nor weighs the solid worth of self-applause. To men of other minds my fancy flies Embosom'd in the deep where Holland lies. Methinks her patient...And, sedulous to stop the coming tide, Lift the tall rampier's artificial pride. Onward, methinks, and diligently slow, The firm, connected bulwark seems... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1830 - 544 pages
...self-applause. To men of other minds my fancy flies, îmbosom'd in the deep where Holland lie«. Vlethinks tus to stop the coming tide, rampire's artificial pride. rthinks, and diligently glow, innected bulwark... | |
| Joseph Emerson - 1832 - 122 pages
...HOLLAND. To men of other minds, my fancy flies, Embosom'd in the deep, where Holland lies. Me thinks, her patient sons before me stand, Where the broad ocean leans against the land; 201 And sedulous to stop the coming tide, Lift the tall rampire's artificial pride. Ojiward, methiuks,... | |
| Anniversary calendar - 1832 - 548 pages
...in or out of fashion, is the measure of knowledge, and the business of the understanding. Mcthinks her patient sons before me stand, Where the broad ocean leans against the land ; The slow canal, the yellow- blossom 'd vale, The willow-tufted bank, the gliding sail, The crowded... | |
| 1834 - 536 pages
...following beautiful lines. MFTHINXS her patient sons before me stand, Where the broad ocean leans againct the land, And, sedulous to stop the coming tide, • Lift the tall rampire s artificial pride. Onward, methinks, and diligently slow, The firm-connected bulwark seems... | |
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