Poems,J. Johnson, 1803 - 363 sider |
Inni boken
Resultat 1-5 av 23
Side 28
... wisdom , proves a school , in which he learns Sly circumvention , unrelenting hate , Mean felf - attachment , and scarce aught befide . Thus fare the shivering natives of the north , And thus the rangers of the western world , Where it ...
... wisdom , proves a school , in which he learns Sly circumvention , unrelenting hate , Mean felf - attachment , and scarce aught befide . Thus fare the shivering natives of the north , And thus the rangers of the western world , Where it ...
Side 62
... wisdom short Of man's occafions , when in him refide Grace , knowledge , comfort - an unfathomed ftore ! How oft , when Paul has served us with a text , Has Epictetus , Plato , Tully , preached ! Men 62 BOOK IL . THF TAK .
... wisdom short Of man's occafions , when in him refide Grace , knowledge , comfort - an unfathomed ftore ! How oft , when Paul has served us with a text , Has Epictetus , Plato , Tully , preached ! Men 62 BOOK IL . THF TAK .
Side 73
... wisdom's fake ; Nor can example hurt them : what they fee Of vice in others but enhancing more The charms of virtue in their juft esteem . * Ben'et Coll . Cambridge , If fuch escape contagion , and emerge Pure from fo BOOK LI . 73 THE ...
... wisdom's fake ; Nor can example hurt them : what they fee Of vice in others but enhancing more The charms of virtue in their juft esteem . * Ben'et Coll . Cambridge , If fuch escape contagion , and emerge Pure from fo BOOK LI . 73 THE ...
Side 81
... wisdom , when the fault Is obftinate , and cure beyond our reach . Domestic happiness , thou only bliss Of Paradise , that haft furvived the fall ! Though few now taste thee unimpaired and pure , Or tafting long enjoy thee ! too infirm ...
... wisdom , when the fault Is obftinate , and cure beyond our reach . Domestic happiness , thou only bliss Of Paradise , that haft furvived the fall ! Though few now taste thee unimpaired and pure , Or tafting long enjoy thee ! too infirm ...
Side 86
... who fwears That he will judge the earth , and call the fool To a fharp reckoning , that has lived in vain ; And when I weigh this seeming wisdom well , And prove it in the infallible refult heart So hollow 86 BOOK III . THE TASK .
... who fwears That he will judge the earth , and call the fool To a fharp reckoning , that has lived in vain ; And when I weigh this seeming wisdom well , And prove it in the infallible refult heart So hollow 86 BOOK III . THE TASK .
Andre utgaver - Vis alle
Poems: The task, a poem, ... to which are added, by the same author, an ... William Cowper Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1785 |
Vanlige uttrykk og setninger
againſt aſk Becauſe beneath beſt boaſt cauſe charms cloſe courſe dæmons defigned diftant dream earth eaſe Elfe eſcape ev'n facred fafe fame faſhion fear fecure feed feek feel feem fhade fhall fhines fhould fhow fide figh fight filent fince firſt flaves fleep flowers fome foon foul ftill ftream fuch fweet grace happineſs heart heaven himſelf honour houſe itſelf juft juſt laft laſt leaſt lefs loft meaſure mind moft moſt mufic muft muſt nature Nebaioth never o'er once paſs peace pleaſe pleaſure praiſe purpoſe raiſed reaſon reft ſcene ſchools ſee ſeems ſeen ſerve ſhall ſhe ſhow ſkies ſkill ſmall ſmile ſome ſpare ſpeak ſpirit ſport ſpread ſtands ſtate ſtill ſuch ſupplied ſweet taſk taſte thee their's themſelves theſe thine thofe thoſe thou art thouſand truth uſe virtue wafte whofe whoſe wiſdom wiſhed worth