 | 1841 - 226 páginas
...toil ; While sea-born gales their gelid wings expand, To winnow fragrance round the smiling land. " But small the bliss that sense alone bestows, And...knows. In florid beauty groves and fields appear, Man M:CIIH the only growth that dwindles here. Contrasted faults thro' all his manners reign ; Though poor,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1842 - 446 páginas
...planter's toil ; While sea-born gales their gelid wings expand, To winnow fragrance round the smiling land. But small the bliss that sense alone bestows, And...Though grave, yet trifling; zealous, yet untrue, And e'en in penance planning sins anew. All evils here contaminate the mind, That opulence departed leaves... | |
 | 1842 - 712 páginas
...summer evenings are replete with the seeds of mortality. As in the smiling but malarial plains of Italy, "In florid beauty, groves and fields appear, Man seems the only growth that dwindles here." "Death here," says Macculloch, 1842.] [Nov. speaking of malaria in Italy, " walks hand in hand with... | |
 | Readings - 1843 - 466 páginas
...planter's toil;' While sea-born gales their gelid wings expand, To winnow fragrance round the smiling land. But small the bliss that sense alone bestows, And...appear, Man seems the only growth that dwindles here. Yet, still the loss of health is here supplied By arts, the splendid wrecks of former pride: From these... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 páginas
...toil ; While sea-born gales their gelid wings expand, To winnow fragrance round the smiling land. Hut ound, And M even in penance planning sins anew. All evils here contaminate the mind, That opulence departed leaves... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 páginas
...While sea-born gales their gelid wings expand, ¡"'I To winnow fragrance round tie smiling land. ¡"i/. e@ . m^quil Man seems the only growth that dwindles here, • l-nA Contrasted faults through all his manners... | |
 | Charles Smith (rector of Newton, Suffolk.) - 1844 - 212 páginas
...inevitable effects. In no unkind spirit the poet Goldsmith paints these waters near their source : " Contrasted faults through all his manners reign :...Though grave, yet trifling ; zealous, yet untrue ; And even in penance, planning sins anew." THE TRAVELLER. But what if this attrition be terror only and... | |
 | John Wilson - 1844 - 142 páginas
...strict not severe. — False delicacy is affectation not politeness. Contrasted faults through all their manners reign; Though poor luxurious ; though submissive...Though grave yet trifling ; zealous yet untrue ; And even in penance planning sins anew. Virtue is of intrinsic value and good desert and of indispensable... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1845 - 550 páginas
...winnow fragrance round the smiling land. But small the bliss that sense alone bestows, And sensual bitss is all the nation knows. In florid beauty groves and...Though grave, yet trifling; zealous, yet untrue; And e'en in penance planning sins anew. All evils here contaminate the mind, That opulence deported Iraves... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1845 - 456 páginas
...appreciate the man rather than the merit ; but posterity will regard the merit rather than the man. 8. Contrasted faults through all his manners reign, Though...Though grave, yet trifling ; zealous, yet untrue, And e'en in penance planning sins anew. The student may now write a list of subjects in pairs, which can... | |
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But small the bliss that sense alone bestows, And sensual bliss is all the nation knows. In florid beauty groves and fields appear, Man seems the only growth that dwindles here. Contrasted faults through all his manners reign; Though poor, luxurious;... 
