| Thomas Taylor - 1833 - 512 páginas
...the heart of every Englishman ; but in his most masterly production, the Task, he thus sings — ' "Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting...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, therefore, still,... | |
| Thomas Taylor - 1833 - 354 páginas
...the heart of every Englishman ; but in his most masterly production, the Task, he thus sings — " "Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting...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, therefore, still,... | |
| Samuel Hanson Cox - 1833 - 710 páginas
...sorry, sly, and often simulating creature in the form of man. 'Tis liberty alone that gives the flowed ^Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume ; And we...faculties ; impedes Their progress in the road of science ;, bhnds The eyesight of discovery ; and begets, In those that snffer it, a sordid mind, Bestial, a... | |
| 1850 - 772 páginas
...suld think Fredome uiar to pry Be Than ull the gold in warld that is." COWPER. " 'Tis Liberty nlone that gives the flower Of fleeting life, its lustre...All constraint Except what wisdom lays on evil men, IH evil ; hurts the faculties, impedes Their progress in the road of science, blinds The eyesight of... | |
| William Cowper - 1835 - 620 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...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 therefore still, blameworthy... | |
| 1835 - 440 páginas
...the heart of every Englishman ; but in his most masterly production, the Task, he thus sings — " "Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume j And we are weeds without it. All constraint Except what wisdom lays on evil men, Is eyu : hurls the... | |
| William Cowper - 1835 - 448 páginas
...Afric's torrid clime, or India's fiercest heat. Table Talk. 'Tis liberty alone, that gives the flow'r Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume ; And we are weeds without it. Task, book v. His depressive malady and the source of its cure : I was a stricken deer, that left the... | |
| William Cowper - 1835 - 446 páginas
...tric's torrid clime, or India's fiercest beat. Table Talk. 'Tis liberty alone, that gives the flow'r Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume ; And we are weeds without it. Task, book v. His depressive malady and the source of its cure : I was a stricken deer, that left the... | |
| William Cowper - 1835 - 406 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...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 therefore still, blameworthy... | |
| Frederick Freeman - 1836 - 380 páginas
...Freedom alone will not elevate the blacks. CONVERSATION XVII. " "Pis liberty alone that gives the flow'r Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume ; And we are...blinds The eye-sight of discovery : and begets In those who suffer it, a sordid mind, Bestial, a meagre intellect, unfit To be the tenant of man's noble form."... | |
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