 | Kenelm Henry Digby - 1854 - 626 pagina’s
...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." " Da sapient! occasionem," says the unerring text, "et addetur illi sapientia." Such was one of the... | |
 | Book - 1854 - 496 pagina’s
...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 his own clear breast, May sit i' the centre, and enjoy bright day : But he,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1854 - 358 pagina’s
...luxuries ; where, "with her best nurse, Contemplation," the mind " Can plume her feathers, and let grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impaired." It was our first duty to point out Mr. Kean's excellences to the public, and we did so with... | |
 | Cyclopaedia, Henry Gardiner Adams - 1854 - 762 pagina’s
...retired solitude; Where, with her best nurse — contemplation — She plumes her feathers, and lets go her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all too muffled, and sometimes impaired. Milton. All is best, though we oft doubt What the unsearchable dispose... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1855 - 612 pagina’s
...retired solitude ; Where, with her best nurse, eontemplation, She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. Milson. The silent heart whieh grief assails, Treads soft and lonesome o'er the vales, Sries daisies... | |
 | 1855 - 514 pagina’s
...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. Again : suppose the fecundity of the earth to continue as at present, but the fecundity of... | |
 | John Dennis - 1855 - 256 pagina’s
...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." The chapel is very ancient, but the date of its construction is unknown. In 1290, Sir Walter... | |
 | Henry Reed - 1855 - 424 pagina’s
...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 his own clear breast May sit in the centre, and enjoy bright day."... | |
 | John Milton - 1855 - 644 pagina’s
...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 his own clear breast May sit i' the centre, and enjoy bright day;... | |
 | Henry Reed - 1857 - 424 pagina’s
...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 his own clear breast May sit in the centre, and enjoy bright day." — We... | |
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May plume her feathers and let grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd... 
