 | Richard Hurd, William Mason - 1757 - 88 pages
...arid lets grow her wings, That in the various buftle of refort Were all too ruffled, and fometimes impair'd. On which Dr. Warburton has the following...was " always his way when he imitated) improved it." Bear me, fome Gods ! oh, quickly bear me hence To wholefome Solitude, the nurfe of Senfe ; Where Contemplation... | |
 | SEVERAL HANDS - 1758 - 724 pages
...fca'.hcrs, and lets grow her wings, That in die various bullie of refort Were all too ruffled, and fometimes impair'd. * On which Dr. Warburton has the following...always his «' way when he imitated) improved it." Ecar me, fome God ! oh, quick'y bear me hence To who'e.'omc Solitude, the nutic-of Senfe ; Where Contemplation... | |
 | Horace - 1766 - 288 pages
...feathers, and lets grow her wings, That in the various buftle of refort Were all too ruffled, and fometimes impair'd. On which Dr. Warburton has the following note. " Mr. Pope has imitated this f< thought and (as was always his way when. " he imitated) improved it. . . . ^BWr.toe, feme God* !... | |
 | John Bell - 1788 - 628 pages
...sweet retired Solitude, Where with her best nurse Contemplation She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. 380 He that has light within his own clear breast May sit i' th' center, and enjoy bright day i But... | |
 | Henry Kett - 1805 - 432 pages
...sweet retired solitude, Where with her best nurse Contemplation, She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort, Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impaired," Par. Lost. And Warton describes the advance of Evening: " While Evening veil'd in shadows... | |
 | John Milton - 1807 - 434 pages
...retired Solitude, Where with her best nurse, Contemplation, She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. 380 He that has light within his own clear breast May sit i' th' center, and enjoy bright day : But... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1807 - 728 pages
...may, when Wisdom herself is forced often in sweet retired Solitude To plume her feathers, and let grow her wings, That in the various bustle of Resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. It is a foolish thing that without Money one cannot either live as one pleases, or where and with whom... | |
 | 1807 - 592 pages
...sweet retired solitude, Where with her best nurse Contemplation She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all too raffled, and sometimes impair'd. " The effects of the objects of taste upon the human mind," says Mr.... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 348 pages
...retired solitude : Where, with her best nurse, Contemplation, She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd : He that has light within his own clear breast, May sit o' th' centre, and enjoy bright day : But... | |
 | 1810 - 202 pages
...retired Solitude, Where with her best nurse, Contemplation, She plumes her Feathers, and lets grow her wings, That in the various Bustle of Resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. Proceeding through a continuation of the same Shrubbery, (which appears to grow on rocky ground,) after... | |
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May plume her feathers and let grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd... 
