 | James Marshall - 1846 - 186 oldal
...every science, with an * Resolutions of 1781, signed by Pitt, &c , in favour of a Reform in Parliament. eye that never winks, and a wing that never tires...muse, from the deep and scrutinizing researches of her Hume to the sweet and simple, out not less pathetic and sublime morality of her Burns— -how from... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1846 - 310 oldal
...and the sturdy credulity of pampered wealth ; cool and ardent, adventurous and persevering ; winging her eagle flight against the blaze of every science, with an eye that never winks, and a wing thai never tires ; crowned as she is with the spoils of every art, and decked with the wreath of every... | |
 | Hugh Gawthrop - 1847 - 184 oldal
...and the sturdy credulity of pampered wealth; cool and ardent; adventurous and persevering; winging her eagle flight against the blaze of every science,...muse, from the deep and scrutinizing researches of her Hume, to the sweet and simple, but not less pathetic and sublime morality of her Burns—how, from... | |
 | John Philpot Curran - 1847 - 662 oldal
...the spiritless acquiescence of submissive poverty, and the sturdy credulity of pampered wealth—cool and ardent—adventurous and persevering—winging...with an eye that never winks, and a wing that never tires—crowned, as she is, with the spoils of every art, and decked with the wreath of every muse,... | |
 | John Alexander - 1847 - 90 oldal
...but deriving courage from adverse circumstances; and ever rising like the eagle, aiming at the sun, " with an eye that never winks, and a wing that never tires!" What love to God, and what love to man, must have mingled in his heart, and glowed there continually,... | |
 | John Pendleton Kennedy - 1849 - 490 oldal
...the brave few, who can " clear the copse at a bound," break over the magic bourne, and stretch away with " an eye that never winks, and a wing that never tires," into new regions and new worlds; who distinguish themselves from the crowd, and rise to glory that... | |
 | John Pendleton Kennedy - 1849 - 492 oldal
...the brave few, who can " clear the copse at a bound," break over the magic bourne, and stretch away with " an eye that never winks, and a wing that never tires," into new regions and new worlds; who distinguish themselves from the crowd, and rise to glory that... | |
 | William Steven - 1849 - 636 oldal
...With all this he must pursue his object with undeviating steadiness and indomitable perseverance—" with an eye that never winks, and a wing that never tires." He who acts in this manner, with a due regard to health, and an humble dependence upon Divine Providence,... | |
 | Charles Phillips - 1850 - 534 oldal
...and the sturdy credulity of pampered wealth — cool and ardent, adventurous and persevering, winging her eagle flight against the blaze of every science,...decked with the wreath of every muse, from the deep and scrutinising researches of her Hume, to the sweet and simple, but not less sublime and pathetic morality... | |
 | Joseph Leech - 1850 - 284 oldal
...height" of the double first class, for the steadiness with which, as Curran said, "they made their eagle flight against the blaze of every science with an eye that never winked, and a wing that never tired." Yet, while one cannot but feel a pride in meeting ever and anon... | |
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Scotland — a nation cast in the happy medium between the spiritless acquiescence of submissive poverty, and the sturdy credulity of pampered wealth ; cool and ardent ; adventurous and persevering ; winging her eagle flight against the blaze of every... 
