 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...  Notes and Queries - Pàgina 1491871Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | John Bell - 1788 - 628 pàgines
...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 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. 380 He that has... | |
 | John Bell - 1791 - 294 pàgines
...sun and moon " Were in the flat sea sunk; 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 50 " Were allto ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. " He, that... | |
 | John Milton, John Dalton - 1791 - 498 pàgines
...and moon " Were in the flat sea sunk ; 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 50 " Were allto ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. " He, that... | |
 | 1797 - 468 pàgines
...sun and moon " Were in the flat sea sunk ; 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 50 " Were all to ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. " He, that... | |
 | John Milton, Thomas Warton - 1799 - 148 pàgines
...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, Contemplation, She plumes 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... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1802 - 260 pàgines
...verses which are employed in describing it ? And Wisdom's self Oft seeks the sweet retired solitude, Where, with her best nurse Contemplation, She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That, in the bustling hurry of resort, Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. As these dispositions... | |
 | British essayists - 1802 - 244 pàgines
...enjoy menis connected with rural retirement. And Wisdom's self Oft seeks the sweet retired solitude, Where, with her best nurse Contemplation, She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That, in tlie bustling hurry of resort, Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. As these dispositions... | |
 | John Brewster - 1802 - 330 pàgines
...XXI. On religious Meditation. —— And wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude ; Wliert, with her best nurse, contemplation, She plumes her feathers and lets grow her wings, That in the various bustles of resort Were * all to ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. MILTON. W HEN... | |
 | Henry Kett - 1805 - 432 pàgines
...spirit rest." Milton thus personifies Wisdorn, " Wisdom's self Oft seels 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," Par. Lost. And... | |
 | Henry Kett - 1805 - 422 pàgines
...spirit rest." Milton thus personifies AVisdom, — " Wisdom's self Oft seeks to 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,"... | |
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