| Timothy East - 1817 - 246 páginas
...of more consequence to your felicity than you are aware. " .. ': i' is •»--• " "Tis Friendship gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume, And "We are weeds without it." fi If you are so favoured as to find one, whose prevailing habits and dispositions are congenial with... | |
| William Cowper - 1818 - 448 páginas
...prerogative can please) As dreadful as the Manicheau god, Adored through fear, strong only to destroy. "I'is liberty alone, that gives the flower Of fleeting life...faculties, impedes Their progress in the road of science ; blind* The eyesight of discovery ; and begets, In those that suffer it, a sordid mind Bestial, a... | |
| William Cowper - 1819 - 306 páginas
...Manichean god. Ador'd through fear, strong only to destroy. Tis liberty alone that gives the flow'r ') Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume; And we are...and begets, In those that suffer it, a sordid mind, Bestial, a meagre intellect, unfit To be the tenant of man's noble form. Thee threfore still, blame-worthy... | |
| Henry Marie Brackenridge - 1819 - 390 páginas
...is fastened are burst, he will suddenly rise with ease to the natural standard of his character. " Tis liberty alone, that gives the flower Of fleeting...lustre and perfume, And we are weeds without it." Our enemies in Europe are still in the habit, in spite of the proofs we have given, both in peace and... | |
| Abraham John Valpy - 1819 - 644 páginas
...flower Of fleeting life its lustre uml perfume; '' , And we arc weeds without it. All constraint c¡.. Except what wisdom lays on evil men, Is evil ; hurts the faculties, impedes Their progrett in the road of Science ; blinds The eye-sight of discovery ; and hrgttt Jn them that suffer... | |
| Abraham John Valpy - 1820 - 644 páginas
...superstition seemed very prevalent in some towns ; the professors of the art kept regular shops. 'Tis liberly alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre...blinds The eye-sight of discovery ; and begets In them that suffer it a sordid mind Bestial, a meagre intellect, unfit To be the tenant of man's noble... | |
| William Cowper - 1869 - 306 páginas
...Manichean god, Ador'd through fear, strong only to destroy. 'Tis liberty alone, that gives the flow'r Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume ; And we are...progress in the road of science ; blinds The eyesight a( Discovery ; and begets, 11 In those that s ifflr it, a sordid mind, Bestial, a meager intellect,... | |
| William Cowper - 1821 - 556 páginas
...prerogative can please) As dreadful as the Manichean god, Adored through fear, strong only to destroy. 'Tis liberty alone, that gives the flower Of fleeting...eye-sight of discovery ; and begets, In those that softer it, a sordid mind Bestial, a meagre intellect, unfit To be the tenant of man's noble form. Thee... | |
| John Aikin - 1821 - 278 páginas
...through fear, strong only to destroy. 'T is liberty alone, that gives the flow'r Of fleeting life it's lustre and perfume ; And we are weeds without it....progress in the road of science ; blinds The eyesight of Discov'ry ; and begets, In those that suffer it, a sordid mind, Bestial, a meagre intellect, unfit... | |
| William Cowper - 1821 - 246 páginas
...prerogative can please) As dreadful as the Manichean god. Adored through fear, strong only to destroy. 'Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting...constraint, Except what wisdom lays, on evil men, Is evil : butts the faculties, impedes N 3 Their progress in the road of science; blinds The eyesight of Discovery;... | |
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