Quotations from the British Poets: Being a Pocket Dictionary of Their Most Admired PassagesR.W. Pomeroy, 1825 - 288 strán (strany) |
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Strana 7
... wise ; His pride in Reas'niug , not in Acting , lies . ACTION . Springs of Lost . Pope . Nor will life's stream for observation stay : It hurries all too fast to mark their way ; In vain sedate reflections we would make , When half our ...
... wise ; His pride in Reas'niug , not in Acting , lies . ACTION . Springs of Lost . Pope . Nor will life's stream for observation stay : It hurries all too fast to mark their way ; In vain sedate reflections we would make , When half our ...
Strana 13
... severe , and beard of formal cut , Full of wise saws and modern instances , And so he plays his part . The sixth age shifts Into the lean and slipper'd pantaloon ; B With spectacles on nose , and pouch on side ; AGES . 13.
... severe , and beard of formal cut , Full of wise saws and modern instances , And so he plays his part . The sixth age shifts Into the lean and slipper'd pantaloon ; B With spectacles on nose , and pouch on side ; AGES . 13.
Strana 14
... ! that saunter of the town ! Call it diversion , and the pill goes down ; Fools grin on fools ; and Stoic - like support , Without one sigh , the pleasures of a court . Courts can give nothing to the wise and good , 14 AMUSEMENTS .
... ! that saunter of the town ! Call it diversion , and the pill goes down ; Fools grin on fools ; and Stoic - like support , Without one sigh , the pleasures of a court . Courts can give nothing to the wise and good , 14 AMUSEMENTS .
Strana 15
... wise and good , But scorn of pomp , and love of solitude . High stations tumult , but not bliss , create : None think the great unhappy , but the great . Fools gaze and envy : envy darts a sting , Which makes a swain as wretched as a ...
... wise and good , But scorn of pomp , and love of solitude . High stations tumult , but not bliss , create : None think the great unhappy , but the great . Fools gaze and envy : envy darts a sting , Which makes a swain as wretched as a ...
Strana 22
... wise to know , And keenly felt the friendly glow , And softer flame , But thoughtless follies laid him low , And stained his name . Reader , attend - whether thy soul Soars fancy's flights beyond the pole , Or darkling grubs this eartly ...
... wise to know , And keenly felt the friendly glow , And softer flame , But thoughtless follies laid him low , And stained his name . Reader , attend - whether thy soul Soars fancy's flights beyond the pole , Or darkling grubs this eartly ...
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