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A Bibliographical Account of the Principal Works Relating to English Topography - Page 1420
by William Upcott - 1818
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The Methodist Magazine, Volume 6

1823 - 494 pages
...yourself, and with him exclaim, "0 blest retirement! friend to life's decline, Retreats from vice * How blest is he who crowns, in shades like these, A youth of labour with an age of ease." Beware of Pope. He enchants you with his flowing numbers, while he poisons you with his pernicious...
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The steam-boat companion, from Queenhithe to Richmond, and on to Hampton ...

Steam boat companion - 1824 - 228 pages
...350 feet. " O blest retirement! friend to life's decline, Retreats from care that never must be mine. How blest is he who crowns in shades like these A youth of labour with an age of ease ? Who quits a world where strong temptations try, And since 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly." And...
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The American Monthly Magazine, Volume 1

1824 - 596 pages
...,1Mar,i. O blest retirement ! friend to life's decline, Retreats from care that never must he mine, How blest is he who crowns in shades like these, A youth of labour with an age of ease, Who quits a world where strong temptations try, And, since 'tis hard to combat learns to fly. For him...
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Select British Poets, Or, New Elegant Extracts from Chaucer to the Present ...

William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 pages
...at last. O blest retirement, friend to life's decline, Retreats from care that never must be mine, {:/ ; Who quits a world where strong temptations try, And, since 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly ! For...
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The Poetical Works of John Milton ...

John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...bless'd retirement, friend to life's decline, Retreat from cares, that never must be mine, How bless'd is he who crowns, in shades like these, A youth of labour with an age of ease ; Who quits a world where strong temptations try, And. since 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly ! For...
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A Philosophical Inquiry Into the Source of the Pleasures Derived from Tragic ...

Martin M'Dermot, Martin MacDermot - 1824 - 430 pages
...blest retirement, friend to life's decline, Retreats from care, that never must be mine, How blest 1s he, who crowns, in shades like these, A youth of labour with an age of ease ; Who quits a world when strong temptations try, And since 'tis bard to combat, learns to fly. For...
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Poetry

Vicesimus Knox - 1825 - 426 pages
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The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith: Miscellaneous poems. The good ...

Oliver Goldsmith - 1825 - 476 pages
...at last. O blest retirement, friend to life's decline, Retreats from care, that never must be mine, How blest is he who crowns, in shades like these, A youth of labour with an age of ease ; Who quits a world where strong temptations try, And, since 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly ! For...
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Sequel to the English Reader: Or, Elegant Selections in Prose and Poetry ...

Lindley Murray - 1825 - 310 pages
...retirement, friend to life's decline, Retreat from care, tliat never roust be mine » How blest is be, who crowns, in shades like these, A youth of labour with an age of ease ; Who quits a world where strong temptations try, And, since 'tis hard to combat, learns to &y ! For...
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Schriften, Volume 6

Friedrich von Matthisson - 1825 - 382 pages
...einem CatmonífíCcn 3onfalíe ftyfiefen. xxvi. fig ft * U te * ЯН «е ( fe 1805. How blest is be , who crowns in shades like these , A youth of labour with an age of ease ! • GOLDSMITH. S(uf ote 9lad)tt<$t »ont ипдЮЛКфеп ЙЗетбшфг bed gútfien von JDeffou,...
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