| John Milton - 1824 - عدد الصفحات: 414
...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. " Hath not he moche nede of... | |
| British anthology - 1824 - عدد الصفحات: 460
...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 breast, May sit i' the... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1824 - عدد الصفحات: 414
...breathing-space to muse on indifferent matters, where Contemplation " May plume her feathers and let grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd/' that I absent myself from the town for awhile, without feeling at a loss the moment I am... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1824 - عدد الصفحات: 1062
...to sweet retired solitude, Where with her best nurse Contemplation She plumes her feathers, and tets be blest : The soul, uneasy, and confin'd from home, Rests and expatiates in a life to c impair'd. He that has light within his own clear breast May sit i' th' centre, and enjoy bright day... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1824 - عدد الصفحات: 692
...prepare himself for still further exertions, when his mind was enabled " To plume her feathers, and let grow her wings. That, in the various bustle of resort, Were all too ruffled and sometimes impair'd." This short but tranquil portion of his life he * Vide vol. iii. p. 321. has himself feelingly... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1824 - عدد الصفحات: 414
...breathing-space to muse on indifferent matters, where Contemplation " May plume her feathers and let grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd/' that I absent myself from the town for awhile, without feeling at a loss the moment I am... | |
| Alexander Pope, William Roscoe - 1824 - عدد الصفحات: 694
...prepare himself for still further exertions, when his mind was enabled " To plume her feathers, and let grow her wings, That, in the various bustle of resort, Were all too ruffled and sometimes impair'd." This short but tranquil portion of his life he * Vide vol. iii. p. 321. has himself feelingly... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1825 - عدد الصفحات: 600
...sunk. And Wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude, Where with her best nurse, Contemplation, grove of Aeademe, Plato's retirement, where the Attie...thiek-warbled notes the summer long ; There flowery Impair'd. He that has light within his own elear breast May sit i' th' eentre, and enjoy bright day... | |
| 1825 - عدد الصفحات: 848
...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...bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impair' d.' " ' But seriously, it was to recover the bent of my mind — I may even say of my virtue... | |
| Robert Plumer Ward - 1825 - عدد الصفحات: 366
...self, you know, ' Oft seeks a sweet retired solitude, * Where, with her best nurse, Contemplation, * She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings,...various bustle of resort ' Were all too ruffled, and sometime impair'd." "But seriously, it was to recover the bent of my mind — I may even say of my... | |
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