 | Horace - 1776 - 282 pages
...great " original." You remember thefe lines of Milton in his Comus : Wifdom's felf Oft feeks to fvveet retired Solitude ; Where, with her beft nurfe, Contemplation,...wings, . , That, in the various buftle of refort, ., _. Were all too ruffled, and. fometimes impair'd. On which Bp. Warburton has the following note... | |
 | 1777 - 380 pages
...wifdom's felt ' Oft feeks to fweet retired folitude ; ' Where, with her beft nurfe, Contemplation, 4 She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, ' That in the various buftle of refoft ' Were all too ruffled, and fometimes impair'd. 4 He that has light within his own clear breaft,... | |
 | Henry Mackenzie - 1783 - 340 pages
...enjoyments connected with rural retirement. And Wifdom's felf Oft feeks the fweet retired folitude, Where, with her beft nurfe, Contemplation, She plumes...her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That, in the hurtling hurry of refort, Were all too ruffled, and fometimes impair'd. As thefe difpofitions and fentiments... | |
 | John Milton - 1785 - 698 pages
...8.^.363. "Lays cities *' FLAT." Again, B. ii. 222. Of beauty. Oft feeks to fweet retired folitude, Where with her beft nurfe contemplation She plumes...wings, That in the various buftle of refort Were all to ruffled, and fometimes impair'd. 380 He that has light within his own clear breaft May fit i'th'... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1785 - 456 pages
...the sense of altogether (which Mr. Warton has judiciously restored) is used in the same context, " She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, " That in the various bustle of resort " Were ail-to ruffled " In North's Plutarch is a passage which will confirm the observation... | |
 | John Bell - 1788 - 628 pages
...flat sea sunk. And Wisdom's self 37? Oft seeks to 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... | |
 | John Milton - 1791 - 668 pages
...fun and moon, "Were in the flat fea funk. And Wifdom's felf 375 Oft feeks to fweet retired folitude, Where with her beft nurfe Contemplation She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, 373. Virtue could fee, &c.] So in Shakefpeare, as Mr. Steevens obferves to me, ROM. JUL. Lovers can... | |
 | John Bell - 1791 - 294 pages
...flat sea sunk; and Wisdom's self " Oft' seeks to 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 50 " Were allto ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. " He, that has light within his own... | |
 | John Milton, John Dalton - 1791 - 498 pages
...flat sea sunk ; and Wisdom's self " Oft' seeks to 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 50 " Were allto ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. " He, that has light within his own... | |
 | 1794 - 540 pages
...retired unnoticed pleafures of erudition and fcience. Wifdom's felf Oft fecks to fweet retired folitude, Where with her beft nurfe, contemplation, She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings ; Which in the various buftle of refort Were all .too ruffled and fometimes impaired. MILTON'S COMUS.... | |
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Wisdom's self Oft seeks to 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. He that has light within... 
