 | William Cowper - 1800 - 438 pages
...rage, Or placemen, all tranquillity and smiles. This folio of four pages, happy work ! | Which not ev'n critics criticise; that holds Inquisitive attention,...busy life, Its fluctuations, and its vast concerns ? Here runs the mountainous and craggy ridge That tempts ambition. On the summit see The seals of office... | |
 | William Cowper - 1801 - 280 pages
...criticise; that holds Inquisitive attention, while I read, Fast bound in -chains of silence, which the fain, Though eloquent themselves, yet fear to break; What...busy life, Its fluctuations, and its vast concerns ? Here runs the mountainous and craggy ridge That tempts ambition. On the summit see The seals of oflice... | |
 | William Cowper - 1802 - 350 pages
...rage, Or placemen, all tranquillity and smiles. This folio of four pages, happy work ! Which not ev'n critics criticise ; that holds Inquisitive attention,...busy life, Its fluctuations, and its vast concerns ? Here runs die mountainous and craggy ridge That tempts ambition* On the summit see The seals of office... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 234 pages
...rage, Or placemen, all tranquillity and smiles. This folio of four pages, happy work ! Which not even critics criticise ; that holds Inquisitive attention,...busy life, Its fluctuations, and its vast concerns ? Here runs the mountainous and craggy ridge, That tempts ambition. On the summit see The seals of... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 300 pages
...read, Fast bound in chains of silence, which the fair, Though eloquent themselves, yet fear to brealy What is it, but a map of busy life, Its fluctuations, and its vast concerns?. •.••'•' Here runs the mountainous and craggy ridge That tempts ambition. On the summit see... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 pages
...attention, while I read, Fast bound in chains of silence, which the fair, ThoughcloqueiHthcmselves, ol must find conceit. I grant, ? Here runs the mountainous and rragtry ridge That tempts ambition. On the summit, sec The seals uf... | |
 | William Cowper - 1810 - 212 pages
...rage, Or placemen, all tranquility and smiles. This folio of four pages, happy work ! V/liich not ev'n critics criticise ; that holds Inquisitive attention,...busy life, Its fluctuations, and its vast concerns ? Here runs the mountainous and craggy ridge That tempts ambition. On the summit, see, The seals of... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1811 - 432 pages
...a bore. THE OJLLA PODRIDA, No. 17, July 7, 1787. No. CXXVI. This folio of four pages, happy work ! What is it, but a map of busy life, Its fluctuations, and its vast concerns. Cow PER. \VnEN I have had the good fortune to light upon any subject which has been relished by the... | |
 | William Cowper - 1817 - 248 pages
...placemen, all tranquillity and smiles. This folio of four pages, happy work ! Which not ev'n crities criticise ; that holds Inquisitive Attention, while...busy life, Its fluctuations, and its vast concerns? Here runs the mountainous and craggy ridge, That tempts Ambition. On the summit see The seals of office... | |
 | William Cowper - 1818 - 448 pages
...feed upon the breathOf patriots, bursting with heroic rage : Or placemen, all tranquillity and smiles. This folio of four pages, happy work ! Which not e'en...busy life, Its fluctuations, and its vast concerns? Here runs the mountainous and craggy ridge That tempts ambition. On the summit see The seals of office... | |
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This folio of four pages, happy work ! Which not e'en critics criticise ; that holds Inquisitive attention, while I read, Fast bound in chains of silence, which the fair, Though eloquent themselves, yet fear to break; What is it, but a map of busy life,... 
