...antiquaries are accused of finding delight—speculations, the investigation of which is likened by Cowper to the toil Of dropping buckets into empty wells, And growing old in drawing nothing up. With all our respect for antiquaries and their studies, we must admit that there are amongst them men...

...are accused of finding delight—speculations, the investigation of which is likened by Cowj>er to the toil Of dropping buckets into empty wells, And growing old in drawing nothing up. With all our respect for antiquaries and their studies, we must admit that there are amongst them men...

...While thoughtful man is plausibly amused, Defend me therefore, common eense, say I, From reveries so f youth. Religion ' what treasure untold Resides in that heavenly word ! More precious than sil ! 'Twcre well, says one sage erudite, profound, Terribly arched, and aquiline his nose, And overbuilt...

...While thoughtful man is plausibly amused, 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 ! 'Twcrc well, says one sage erudite, profound, Terribly arched, and aquiline his nose, And overbuilt...

...in a quotation from Cowper. " Yes," said he, " since then, in the language of the poet, I have been, Dropping buckets into empty wells, And growing old in drawing nothing up." By this time it had become late. I wished to leave him, and rras endeavouring to devise some plan by...

...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 over built with most impending...

...spiritual nakedness, you have been ^^fiyed in the robe of your Redeemer's righteousness; or, to '• Of dropping buckets into empty wells, And growing old in drawing nothing up." * °ti have happily forsaken the broken cisterns which can hold Water, and have betaken yourself to...

...well-known lines : 'DtpiKB me, therefore, common sense, say I, From reveries eo airy ; from the toll Of dropping buckets into empty wells, And growing old In drawing nothing upl' Among the original translations in the book is the following, versified from a prose fable, but...

...some sets of men, brings too forcibly to our minds the language of the poet— " To wear out life In dropping buckets into empty wells, And growing old in drawing nothing up." We are always afraid of being misunderstood, and therefore throw in a word of caution here, as though...

...While thoughtful man is plausibly amused. 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...