From city-din to deep retreats, to banks And streams Aonian, and, with free consent, Did'st place me happy at Apollo's side. I speak not now, on more important themes Intent, of common benefits... Life and works of William Cowper - Strana 207podľa William Cowper - 1836Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
| British essayists - 1802 - Počet stránok 304
...either past or to come: to which the ingenious Mr. Cowley alludes in his description of heaven : " Nothing is there to come, and nothing past, But an eternal now does always last." ' For my own part, I look upon these propositions as words that have no ideas annexed to them; and... | |
| 1803 - Počet stránok 342
...is cither past or to come : to which the ingenious Mr. Cowley alludes in his description of heaven. Nothing is there to come, and nothing past, But an eternal Now does always last. For my own part, I look upon these propositions as words that have no ideas annexed to them ; and think... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1804 - Počet stránok 498
...is either past or to come ; to which the ingenious Mr. Cowley alludes in his description of heaven. Nothing is there to come, and nothing past; But an eternal NOW does always last. For my own part, I look upon these propositions as words that have no ideas annexed to them ; and think... | |
| Abraham Cowley - 1809 - Počet stránok 322
...; On no smooth sphere the restless seasons slide, No circling motion doth swift time divide ; 3(i0 Nothing is there to come, and nothing past, But an eternal Now does always last. There sits th' Almighty, First of all, and End ; Whom nothing but himself can comprehend ; Who with... | |
| William Cowper - 1815 - Počet stránok 434
...gentle Muse, My Father ! for thou never bad'st me tread The beaten path, and broad, that leads right on To opulence, nor did'st condemn thy son To the insipid clamours of the bar, To laws voluminous, and ili observ'd ; But, wishing to enrich me more, to fill My mind with treasure, letl'st me far away From... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1819 - Počet stránok 298
...is either past or to come: to which the ingenious Mr. Cowley alludes, in his description of heaven ; Nothing is there to come, and nothing past, But an eternal NOW does always last. For my own part, I look upon these propositions as words that have no ideas annexed to them ; and think... | |
| Alexander Jamieson - 1820 - Počet stránok 388
...Explain upon a thing till all men douht it ; And write ahout it, Goddess, and ahout itf . 4 Example " Nothing is there to come, and nothing past, But an eternal now does always last.*" Anali/sis. What an insatiahle thirst hath this hastard philosophy for ahsurdity and contradiction !... | |
| British poets - 1822 - Počet stránok 312
...there ; On no smooth sphere the restless seasons slide, No circling motion doth swift time divide ; Nothing is there to come, and nothing past, But an eternal Now does always last. There sits the' Almighty, First of all, and End ; Whom nothing but himself can comprehend ; Who with... | |
| William Hayley - 1823 - Počet stránok 506
...translated by Cowper: " Thou never bad'st me tread The beaten path, and broad, that leads right on To opulence ; nor didst condemn thy son To the insipid...clamours of the bar : To laws voluminous, and ill observed ; But wishing to enrich me more, to fill My mind with treasure, led'st me far away From city... | |
| 1823 - Počet stránok 272
...translated by Cowper, — — Thou never bud'st me tread . The beaten path and broad, that leads right on To opulence ; nor didst condemn thy son To the insipid clamours of the bar, To laws voluminous and ill-observ'd : But, wishing to enrich me more, to fill . • My mind with treasure, led'st me far away... | |
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