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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... "
A New Pocket Companion for Oxford: Or, Guide Through the University ... - Page 128
1787 - 152 pages
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The Eclectic review. vol. 1-New [8th], Volume 3, Part 1

1807 - 592 pages
...despicable assistant to virtue. 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 raffled, and sometimes impair'd. " The effects of the objects of taste...
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The poetical works of John Milton, with the life of the author ..., Volumes 3-4

John Milton - 1807 - 434 pages
...the flat sea sunk. And Wisdom'* 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. 380 He that has light within his own...
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Cowper's Milton [the poetical works, with life, notes and tr. by W. Cowper ...

John Milton - 1810 - 540 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 Were ail-to ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. He, that has light within his own clear...
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A pocket companion for Oxford. [Entitled] A new pocket companion ..., Volume 3

1810 - 202 pages
...secrecy of desert Cell; 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 Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. Proceeding through a continuation of...
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A New Pocket Companion for Oxford, Or Guide Through the University: With an ...

1810 - 430 pages
...secrecy of desert Cell; 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 Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. Proceeding through a continuation of...
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Paradise regained. An account of Cowper's writings, relating to Milton. A ...

William Hayley - 1810 - 418 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 Were ail-to ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. He, that has light within his own clear...
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Cowley, Denham, Milton

Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 560 pages
...Wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude ; 376 Where, with her best nurse, Contemplation, ibe plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That in the various bnstle of resort Were ail-to ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. Fie that has light within his own clear...
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The Modern British Drama: In Five Volumes, Volume 2

1811 - 620 pages
...the 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 Were all so ruffled, and sometimes impairM. He, that has light within his own clear...
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The modern British drama, Volume 2

British drama - 1811 - 624 pages
...the 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 Were all so ruffled, and sometimes inipair'd. He, that has light within his own clear...
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The works of Richard Hurd, Volume 2

Richard Hurd (bp. of Worcester.) - 1811 - 374 pages
.... , • . > ." ".'. 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. . i On which Dr. Warburton has the following...
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