| William Cowper - 1800 - 438 páginas
...fear, strong only to destroy. 'Tis liberty alone that gives the flow'r Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume; And we are weeds without it. All constraint,...progress in the road of science; blinds The eyesight of discov'ry ; and begets, In those that suffer it, a sordid mind Bestial, a meagre intellect, unfit To... | |
| William Cowper - 1802 - 350 páginas
...fear, strong only to destroy. 'Tis liberty alone that gives the flow'r Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume ; And we are weeds without it. All constraint,...progress in the road of science ; blinds The eyesight of discov'ry ; and begets, In those that suffer it, a sordid mind. Bestial, a meagre intellect, unfit... | |
| 1802 - 302 páginas
...fear, strong only to destroy. 445 'Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume ; And we are weeds without it. All constraint,...on evil men, Is evil ; hurts the faculties, impedes 450 Their progress in the road of science ; blinds The eyesight of discovery ; and begets, In those... | |
| 1801 - 432 páginas
...the purest devotion :— • . 'Tis Liberty alone that gives the flow'r Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume, And we are weeds without it. All constraint,...in the road of science — blinds The eye-sight of discov'ry — and begets In those that suffer it, a sordid mind, Bestial — a meagre intellect —... | |
| John Mitchell - 1805 - 260 páginas
...comfort of mankind, Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume, 101 And we are weeds without it. All constraint, Except...In those that suffer it, a sordid mind, Bestial, a meagre intellect, unfit To be the tenant of man's noble form*. Nevertheless, in politics, (as in some... | |
| Sir John Carr - 1805 - 526 páginas
...of freedom. Her sagacious mind taught her to know, what Cowper has so exquisitely described, that " all constraint Except what wisdom lays on evil men,...eye-sight of discovery ; and begets In those that softer it, a sordid mind Bestial, a meagre intellect, unfit To be the tenant of man's noble form."... | |
| Sir John Carr - 1805 - 320 páginas
...freedom. Her sagacious mind taught her to know, what Cowper has so exquisitely described, that • all constraint Except what wisdom lays on evil men,...Their progress in the road of science; blinds The eye sight of discovery ; and begets In those that suffer it, a sordid mind Bestial, a meagre intellect,... | |
| William Cowper - 1806 - 234 páginas
...fear, strong only to destroy. 'Tis liberty alone, that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume ; And we are weeds without it. All constraint,...begets In those that suffer it a sordid mind Bestial, a meagre intellect, unfit 'o be the tenant of man's noble form. Thee therefore still, blame-worthy as... | |
| William Cowper - 1806 - 300 páginas
...constrain^. Except \vha-t wisdom lays oh -evil men,. -.-.. .. ..- .: ,-• ItfO THE TASK. BCOK VIs evil: hurts the faculties, impedes Their progress...In those- that suffer it a sordid mind Bestial, a meagre intellect, unfit To be the tenant of man's noble formThee therefore still, blame-worthy as thou... | |
| 1806 - 408 páginas
...Recommendation of (COPPER.) 'Tis Liberty alone that gives the flow'r. •Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume, And we are weeds without it. All constraint, Except what wisdom lays on evil men, ., ' >n \if JseviJ; hurts the faculties, impedes • •••! tf-vrr.'l Their progress in the road... | |
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