 | William Cowper - 1786 - Počet stránok 756
...deceived. Great crimes alarm the confcience, but fhe fleep While thoughtful man is plaufibly amufed. Defend me therefore common fenfe, fay I, From reveries...Twere well could you permit the world to live As the world pleafes. What's the world to you ? Much, I was born of woman, and drew milk As fweet as charity... | |
 | William Cowper - 1787 - Počet stránok 230
...learn'J It this be learning, moft of all deceiv'd. Great crimes alarm the confcience, but fhe'fleeps While thoughtful man is plaufibly amus'd. Defend me...impending brows, 'Twere well could you permit the world to Jive As the world pleafes. What's- the world to you ? Much. I was born of woman, and drew milk As fweet... | |
 | William Cowper - 1787 - Počet stránok 346
...fay I, From reveries fo airy, from the toil Of dropping buckets into empty wells, And growing old.in drawing nothing up ? 'Twere well, fays one fage erudite,...overbuilt with moft impending brows; 'Twere well, could yon permit the world to live As the world pleafes. What's the world to you ? Much. I was born of woman,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1788 - Počet stránok 376
...plaufibly amus'd. Defend me therefore, common fenfe, fay I, From reveries fo airy, from the toil Of Of dropping buckets into empty wells, And growing...'Twere well, could you permit the world to live As the world pleafes. What's the world to you ? Much. I was born of woman, and drew milk, As fweet as charity,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1793 - Počet stránok 384
...me, therefore, common fenfe, fay I, From -reveries fo airy, from the toil r BOOK HI. THE GARDEN. IOI Of dropping buckets into empty wells, And growing...'Twere well, could you permit the world to live As the world pleafes. What's the world to you ? — Much. I was born of woman, and drew miik, As fweet as... | |
 | William Cowper - 1800 - Počet stránok 394
...deceiv'd. Great crimes alarm the confcience, but it fleeps While thoughtful man is plaufibly amns'd. Defend me, therefore, common fenfe, fay I, From reveries...'Twere well, could you permit the world to live As the world pleafes. What's the world to you ? — Much. I was born of woman, and drew milk, As fweet as... | |
 | William Cowper - 1800 - Počet stránok 364
...deceiv'd. Great crimes alarm the confcience, but it fleeps While thoughtful man is plaulibly amui'd. Defend me, therefore, common fenfe, fay I, From reveries...up! 'Twere well, fays one fage erudite, profound, BOOK III. THEOAltDEN. 7J And overbuilt with moft impending brows, 'Twere well, could you permit the... | |
 | William Cowper - 1800 - Počet stránok 438
...While thoughtful man is plausibly amus'd. Defend me, therefore, common sense, say I, From reveries so airy, from the toil Of dropping buckets into empty...And growing old in drawing nothing up ! 'Twere well, says one sage erudite, profound, Terribly arch'd and aquiline his nose, And overbuilt with most impending... | |
 | William Cowper - 1801 - Počet stránok 280
...While thoughtful man is plausibly amus'd. Defend me, therefore, common sense, say I, From reveries so airy, from the toil Of dropping buckets into empty wells, And growing old in drawing nothing up ! God never meant that man should scale the heav'ns By strides of human wisdom. In his works, Though... | |
 | William Cowper - 1802 - Počet stránok 364
...deceived. Great crimes alarm the confcience, but it fieeps, While thoughtful man is pluufibly atrmfed. Defend me therefore common fenfe, fay I, From reveries...up ! 'Twere well, fays one fage erudite, profound, f Terribly arched and aquiline his nofe, An<l overbuilt with moft impending brows, Twcre well, could... | |
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Defend me therefore, common sense, say I, From reveries so airy, from the toil Of dropping buckets into empty wells, And growing old in drawing nothing up... 
