 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 320 oldal
...flat fea funk. And wifdom's felf 375 Oft fecks to fweet retir'd folitude, Where with her beft nurfe contemplation She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That in the various buftle of refort Were all too ruffled, and fometimes impair'd. 380 He that has light within his own... | |
 | Henry Mackenzie - 1783 - 340 oldal
...rural retirement. And Wifdom's felf Oft feeks the fweet retired folitude, Where, with her beft nurfe, Contemplation, She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That, in the hurtling hurry of refort, Were all too ruffled, and fometimes impair'd. As thefe difpofitions and fentiments... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1785 - 456 oldal
...the sense of altogether (which Mr. Warton has judiciously restored) is used in the same context, " She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, " That in the various bustle of resort " Were ail-to ruffled " In North's Plutarch is a passage which will confirm the observation above : " setting... | |
 | John Milton - 1785 - 698 oldal
...FLAT." Again, B. ii. 222. Of beauty. Oft feeks to fweet retired folitude, Where with her beft nurfe contemplation She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That in the various buftle of refort Were all to ruffled, and fometimes impair'd. 380 He that has light within his own... | |
 | 1787 - 182 oldal
...fecrecy of defert Cell; And Wifdom's felf Oft feeks to fweet retired Solitude, Where with her beft nurfe, Contemplation, She plumes her Feathers, and lets grow her Wings, That in the various Buftle of Refort, Were all too ruffled, and fometimes impair M. after having puffed the Buft of Locke,... | |
 | John Bell - 1788 - 628 oldal
...sun and moon Were in the flat sea sunk. And Wisdom's self 37? Oft seeks to sweet retired Solitude, Where with her best nurse Contemplation She plumes...That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. 380 He that has light within his own clear breast May sit i' th' center,... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 342 oldal
...flat fea funk. And wifdom's felf 375 Oft feeks to fweet retir'd folitude, Where with her beft nurfe contemplation She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That in the various' buftle of refort Were all too ruffled, and fometimes impair'd. 380 He that has light within his own... | |
 | John Bell - 1791 - 294 oldal
...sun and moon " Were in the flat sea sunk; and Wisdom's self " Oft' seeks to sweet retired solitude, " Where with her best nurse, Contemplation, " She plumes...her wings, " That in the various bustle of resort 50 " Were allto ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. " He, that has light within his own clear breast,... | |
 | John Milton, John Dalton - 1791 - 498 oldal
...and moon " Were in the flat sea sunk ; and Wisdom's self " Oft' seeks to sweet retired solitude, " Where with her best nurse, Contemplation, " She plumes...her wings, " That in the various bustle of resort 50 " Were allto ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. " He, that has light within his own clear breast,... | |
 | Gilbert Wakefield - 1796 - 382 oldal
...admirably finifhed : And Wifdom's felf Oft feeks to fweet retired Solitude, Where with her beft nurfe Contemplation, She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That in the various buftle of refort Were aH too ruffled, and fometimes impair'd. The learned prelate, however, inadvertently... | |
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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 impaired. He that has light within... 
