| Henry Phillips - 1829 - 398 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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,... | |
| 1832 - 438 Seiten
...wayward passion ! " For 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, Might be too ruffled, and sometimes impaired.'' MILTON'S COMUS. Imploring that protective... | |
| John Henry Hobart (bp. of New York.) - 1833 - 446 Seiten
...elegantly tells us that ' Wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude, Whore 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.' I should have preferred for my retreat, however, that season... | |
| John Henry Hobart, William Berrian - 1833 - 444 Seiten
...elegantly tells us that « 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.' I should have preferred for my retreat, however that season... | |
| Plato - 1834 - 482 Seiten
...and unshackled mind. Wisdom's self Oft seeks to ewcct retired solitude ; Where, with her host nurse, Contemplation, She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That in the various bustîe of resort Were ail-to ruffled, and sometimes ini[wlretl. He that has light within his own Hear... | |
| 1835 - 292 Seiten
...hospitably received. 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 Where all too ruffled, and sometimes impaired. Probably the imagination of the poet... | |
| 1835 - 496 Seiten
...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 bustles of resort, Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impaired. He that has light within his own clear... | |
| South - 1835 - 300 Seiten
...hospitably received. 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 Where all too ruffled, and sometimes impaired. Probably the imagination of the poet... | |
| John McVickar - 1836 - 528 Seiten
...elegantly tells us that " 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." I should have preferred for my retreat, however, that season... | |
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