| William Hazlitt - 1845 - 512 páginas
...no wit, Receives no praise; but, though her lot be such, (Toilsome and indigent) she renders much; Just knows, and knows no more, her Bible true— A...sparkling eyes Her title to a treasure in the skies. O happy peasant! Oh unhappy bard ! His the mere tinsel, hers the rich reward; He prais'd, perhaps,... | |
| 1879 - 826 páginas
...by nature fit, Has little understanding and no wit : She knows, and knows no more, her /''••'i'. true, A truth the brilliant Frenchman never knew :...sparkling eyes Her title to a treasure in the skies. O happy peasant ! O unhappy bard ! His the mere tinsel, hers the rich reward ; He praised, perhaps,... | |
| 1845 - 440 páginas
...Cowper sung : — 1 She knows, and knows no more, her Bible trne ; A truth the brilliant Fit* nchmau never knew ; And in that charter reads, with sparkling eyes, Her title to a treasure in the skies.' This thought is humbling in the extreme to him who plumes himself on his genius and attainments. The... | |
| 1845 - 864 páginas
...nothing in comparison of her of whom the pious Cowper sung : — . 1 She know«, and knows no morn, her Bible true ; A truth the brilliant Frenchman never...; And in that charter reads, with sparkling eyes, Zlfrr title to a treasure in the skies.' This thought is humbling in the extreme to him who plumes... | |
| Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 páginas
...wit, Receives no praise ; but though her lot be such, (Toilsome and indigent,) she renders much ;3 Just knows, and knows no more, her Bible true — A truth the brilliant Frenchman4 never knew ; And in that charter reads, with sparkling eyes, Her title to a treasure in... | |
| John Hill Burton - 1846 - 510 páginas
...no wit; Receives no praise—but, though her lot be such, Toilsome and indigent, she renders much; Just knows, and knows no more, her Bible true— A...sparkling eyes, Her title to a treasure in the skies. Oh, happy peasant! oh, unhappy bard! His the mere tinsel, hers the rich reward; He, praised, perhaps,... | |
| David Stow - 1846 - 562 páginas
...at her own door, Pillow and bobbins all her little store. Just knows, and knows no more, her Bible's true— A truth the brilliant Frenchman * never knew...sparkling eyes. Her title to a treasure in the skies." * Voltaire. 71. llcmemhor that mere Christian knowledge in the head does not morally elevate—practical... | |
| William Lee - 1846 - 106 páginas
...and pocket light. She for her humble sphere by nature fit, //<ts little understanding, and no wit ; Just knows, and knows no more, her Bible true, A truth the brilliant Frenchman never knew ; And in that Record reads with sparkling eyes Her title to a treasure in the skies. Oh, happy peasant ! oh, unhappy... | |
| Noble Butler - 1846 - 276 páginas
...this maxim, " Know thyself." All men must suffer the common lot, " Dust to dust, ashes to ashes." She knows, and knows no more, her Bible true — A truth the brilliant Frenchman never knew. — Cowper. He resolved never to waste a moment of time — a resolution which he never forgot. Some... | |
| Noble Butler - 1846 - 268 páginas
...this maxim, " Know thyself." All men must suffer the common lot, " Dust to dust, ashes to ashes." Sho knows, and knows no more, her Bible true — A truth the brilliant Frenchman never kuew. — Cowper. He resolved never to waste a moment of time — a resolution which he never forgot.... | |
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