 | John Milton - 1824 - 414 pages
...first he had written the verse thus, Oft seeks to solitary sweet retire. Where with her best nurse Contemplation She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all to ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. sso Examynacyon of A. Askew, p. 24. "... | |
 | 1825 - 628 pages
...retired solitude, Where with her best nurse, Contemplation, 3 Helyot) HUt. des Ordres Monastiques, ti She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impaired. But this kind of seclusion is not to... | |
 | Robert Plumer Ward - 1825 - 366 pages
..." Why wisdom's self, you know, ' Oft seeks a 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 sometime impair'd." "But seriously, it was to recover... | |
 | 1825 - 848 pages
...* ' Why, wisdom's self, you know, ' Oft seeks a 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.' " ' But seriously, it was to recover... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1825 - 600 pages
...the flat sea sunk. And Wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude, Where with her best nurse, here the olive grove of Aeademe, Plato's retirement, where the Attie bird Trills her bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes Impair'd. He that has light within his own elear... | |
 | James Silk Buckingham - 1825 - 638 pages
...retired solitude, AVhere with her best nurse, Contemplation, 3 Hrlynt, Hist. des Ordres Monastiques, ti She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impaired. But this kind of seclusion is not to... | |
 | John Milton - 1826 - 312 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 too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. He that has light within his own clear... | |
 | Henry Dilworth Gilpin - 1827 - 342 pages
...What wisdom is so noble as that " Which 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." The most touching passages to be found... | |
 | Henry Phillips - 1829 - 398 pages
...says — Wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude ; vOL. I. I 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. Camus. The lesser Periwinkle, Vinca... | |
 | Richard Warner - 1830 - 426 pages
...great: — " For Wisdom's self " Oft seeks to such retired solitudes, " Where, with her best nurse, Contemplation, " She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, " That in the various bustle of resort, " Were all to-ruffled, and sometimes impaired. * * In August and September last,... | |
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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... 
