 | Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths - 1764 - 600 pages
...fubmiffive, vain ; Though grave, yet trifling, zealous, yet untrue, And £ven in penance planning fins anew. All evils here contaminate the mind, ' That...opulence departed, leaves behind ; For wealth was theirs, nor far remov'd the date, When commerce proudly flourifh'd through the Hate J At her command the palace... | |
 | John Bell - 1789 - 396 pages
...sense alone bestows, And sensual bliss is all the nation knows. In florid beauty groves and fields appear, Man seems the only growth that dwindles here....Though grave, yet trifling, zealous, yet untrue, And ev'n in pennance planning sins anew. j3t All evils here contaminate the mind, That opulence departed... | |
 | John Bell - 1789 - 202 pages
...sense alone bestows, And sensual bliss is all the nation knows. In florid beauty groves and fields appear, Man seems the only growth that dwindles here....reign, Though poor, luxurious, though submissive, vnin, Though grave, yet trifling, zealous, yet untrue, And ev'n in pennance planning sins anew. All... | |
 | John Bell - 1789 - 416 pages
...bestows, And sensual bliss is all the nation knows. In florid beauty groves and fields appear, Man teems the only growth that dwindles here. Contrasted faults...reign, Though poor, luxurious, though submissive, v;iin, Though grave, yet trifling, zealous, yet untrue, And ev'n in pennance planning sins anew. All... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1791 - 966 pages
...fubmiHive,vain; Though grave, yet trifling; zealous, yet untrue ; And e'en in penance planning fins anew. All evils here contaminate the mind, That opulence...departed leaves behind ; For wealth was theirs, not far rcmov'd the date, When commerce proudly flourifli'd through the At her command the palace learn 'cl... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1791 - 206 pages
...here. Contrafted faults through all his manners reign : Though poor, luxurious; though fubnriffive, vain ; Though grave, yet trifling ; zealous, yet untrue ; And even in penance planning fins anew. All evils here contaminate the mind, That. opulence departed leaves behind ; For wealth... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1792 - 308 pages
...fubmiffive, vain :. Though grave, yet triffing; zealous, yet untrue; And, even in penance, planning fms anew. All evils here contaminate the mind, • That...opulence departed leaves behind : For wealth was theirs ; nor far remov'd the date, When Commerce proudly flourifti'd through the ftatt . At her command the... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1794 - 124 pages
...fubmifllve, vain — Tho' grave, yet trifling — zealous, yet untrue— And even in penance planning fins a-new. All evils here contaminate the mind That opulence departed leaves behind ; For wealth was their's — not far remov'd the date When commerce proudly flourifli'd thro' the Itate ; At her command... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1800 - 192 pages
...sense alone bestows, And sensual bliss is all the nation knows. In florid beauty groves and fields appear, Man seems the only growth that dwindles here....Though grave, yet trifling; zealous, yet untrue; And e'en in penance planning sins anew. All evils here contaminate the mind, That opulence departed leaves... | |
 | 1802 - 502 pages
...here. Contrafted faults through all their manners reign, Though poor, luxurious ; though fubmiffive, vain ; Though grave, yet trifling ; zealous, yet untrue ; And even in penance planning fins anew, All evils here contaminate the mind, That opulence departed, leaves behind ; For wealth... | |
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While sea-born gales their gelid wings expand To winnow fragrance round the smiling land. But small the bliss that sense alone bestows; And sensual bliss is all the nation knows. In florid beauty groves and fields appear, Man seems the only growth that... 
