 Thus men go wrong with an ingenious skill ; Bend the straight rule to their own crooked will ; And with a clear and shining lamp supplied, First put it out, then take it for a guide.  Poems - Strana 48podľa William Cowper - 1803 - Počet stránok 363Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
 | William Cowper - 1786 - Počet stránok 756
...fkill, Bend the ftrait rule to their own crooked will, And with a clear and fhining lamp fupplied, Firft put it out, then take it for .a guide. Halting on crutches of unequal fize, Che leg by truth fupported, one by lies, They fidle to the goal with aukward pace, Secure of... | |
 | William Cowper - 1787 - Počet stránok 334
...J3c»i-.l the ftraight rule to their own crooked will, And with a clear and fhining lamp fupplied, Firft put it out, then take it for a guide. Halting on crutches of unequal fize, One leg by truth fupported, one by lies, They fidlc to the goal with auk ward pace, Secure of... | |
 | William Cowper - 1788 - Počet stránok 380
...Bend the ftraight rule to their own crooked will, And with a clear and fhining lamp fupplied, Firft put it out, then take it for a guide. ' Halting on crutches of unequal fize, One leg by truth fupported, one by lies, They fidle to the goal with awkward pace, Secure of... | |
 | William Cowper - 1793 - Počet stránok 378
...Bend the ftraight rule to their own crooked will ; And, with a clear and fhining lamp fupplied, Firft put it out, then take it for a guide. Halting on crutches of unequal fize ; One leg by truth fupported, one by lies; They fidle to the goal with awkward pace, Secure of... | |
 | William Cowper - 1801 - Počet stránok 280
...wind. Thus men go wrong with an ingenious skill ; Bend the straight rule to their own crooked will ; And, with a clear and shining lamp supplied, First...those again. The mind and conduct mutually imprint stamp their image in each other's mints Each, sire and dam of an infernal race, Begetting and conceiving... | |
 | William Cowper - 1805 - Počet stránok 362
...Bend the ftraight rule to their own crooked will ; And with a clear and mining lamp fupplied> Firft put it out, then take it for a guide, Halting on crutches of unequal fi/.e, One leg by truth fupported, one by lies ; They fidle to the goal with awkward pace, Secure of... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - Počet stránok 316
...wind. Thus men go wrong with an ingenious skill; Bend the straight rule to their own crooked will; And with a clear and shining lamp supplied, First...take it for a guide. Halting on crutches of unequal size1, One leg by truth supported, one by lies; They sidle to the goal with awkward pace, Secure of... | |
 | James Lackington - 1808 - Počet stránok 200
...be) at once, not only eradicated the remains of Methodism, but also nearly the whole of Christianity. Faults in the life, breed errors in the brain, And...those again ; The mind and conduct, mutually imprint, Anil stamp their image on each other's mint. COWPEH. After the heterogeneous example of John Buncle,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1810 - Počet stránok 390
...wind. Thus men go wrong with an ingenious skill ; Bend the straight rule to their own crooked will ; And with a clear and shining lamp supplied, First...— but to lose the race. Faults in the life breed errours in the brain, And these reciprocally those again. The mind and conduct mutually imprint And... | |
 | William Cowper - 1810 - Počet stránok 422
...wind. Thus men go wrong with an ingenious skill ; Bend the straight rule to their own crooked will ; And with a clear and shining lamp supplied, First...— but to lose the race. Faults in the life breed errours in the brain, And these reciprocally those again. The mind and conduct mutually imprint And... | |
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