 | William Cowper - 1786 - 756 pàgines
...plaufibly amufed. Defend me therefore common fenfe, fay I, From reveries fo airy, from the toil Of dropping buckets into empty wells, And growing old in drawing nothing up ! 'Twere well, fays one fage erudite, profound, Terribly arch'd and aquiline his nofe, And overbuilt... | |
 | William Cowper - 1787 - 230 pàgines
...plaufibly amus'd. Defend me therefore, common fenfe, fay I, . From reveries fo airy, from the toil Of dropping buckets into empty wells, . And growing old in drawing nothing up ! 'Twere well, fays one fage erudite, profound, Terribly arch'd and aquiline his nofe, And overbuilt... | |
 | William Cowper - 1788 - 376 pàgines
...plaufibly amus'd. Defend me therefore, common fenfe, fay I, From reveries fo airy, from the toil Of Of dropping buckets into empty wells, And growing old in drawing nothing up ! 'Twere well, fays one fage erudite, profound, Terribly arch'd and aquiline his nofe, And overbuilt... | |
 | William Cowper - 1790 - 300 pàgines
...plaufibly amus'd. Defend me therefore, common fenfe,fay I, From reveries fo airy, From the toil Of dropping buckets into empty wells, And growing old in drawing nothing up ? 'Twere well, fays one fage erudite, profound, Terribly arch'd and aquiline his nofe, And overbuilt... | |
 | William Cowper - 1793 - 384 pàgines
...therefore, common fenfe, fay I, From -reveries fo airy, from the toil r BOOK HI. THE GARDEN. IOI Of dropping buckets into empty wells, And growing old in drawing nothing up ! 'Twere well, fays one fage erudite, profound, Terribly arch'd and aquiline his nofe, And overbuilt... | |
 | William Cowper - 1800 - 438 pàgines
...plausibly amus'd. Defend me, therefore, common sense, say I, From reveries so airy, from the toil Of dropping buckets into empty wells, And growing old in drawing nothing up ! 'Twere well, says one sage erudite, profound, Terribly arch'd and aquiline his nose, And overbuilt... | |
 | William Cowper - 1800 - 364 pàgines
...plaulibly amui'd. Defend me, therefore, common fenfe, fay I, From reveries fo airy, from the toil Of dropping buckets into empty wells, And growing old in drawing nothing up! 'Twere well, fays one fage erudite, profound, BOOK III. THEOAltDEN. 7J And overbuilt with moft impending... | |
 | William Cowper - 1801 - 280 pàgines
...plausibly amus'd. Defend me, therefore, common sense, say I, From reveries so airy, from the toil Of dropping buckets into empty wells, And growing old in drawing nothing up ! God never meant that man should scale the heav'ns By strides of human wisdom. In his works, Though... | |
 | 1812 - 954 pàgines
...adhering to the *' broken cistern* " of human wisdom, are contented with the barren occupation »' Of dropping buckets into empty wells, And growing old in drawing nothing up." Those,also, who afe acquainted with the powerful fascination of the classical authors, will feel how... | |
 | 1802 - 302 pàgines
...plausibly amus'd. Defend me, therefore, common sense, say I, From reveries so airy, from the toil Of dropping buckets into empty wells, And growing old in drawing nothing up ! 190 'Twere well, says one sage erudite, profound, Terribly arch'd and aquiline his nose, And overbuilt... | |
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Defend me therefore, common sense, say I, From reveries so airy, from the toil Of dropping buckets into empty wells, And growing old in drawing nothing up... 
