| Civil rights - 1795 - 432 pages
...will be so, till nature herself shall change no tint of words can spot thy snowy mantle, or chymic power turn thy sceptre into iron with thee to smile upon him as he eats his crust, the swain is happier than his monarch, from whose court thou art exiled. Gracious heaven ! grant me but health,... | |
| English instructor - English literature - 1801 - 272 pages
...be so , till nature herself shall change — no tint of words can spot thy snowy mantle , or chvmic power turn thy sceptre into iron with thee to smile upon him as he eats his crust , the swain is happier than his monarch , from whose court thou art exiled. Gracious Heaven ! grant me but health... | |
| Laurence Sterne - British - 1802 - 284 pages
...will be so, till NATURE herself shall change — no tint of words can spot thy snowy mautle, or chymic power turn thy sceptre into iron — with thee to smile upon him as he eats his crust, the swain is happier than his monarch, from whose court thou art exiled — Gracious heaven! cried I, kneeling down... | |
| William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...be so , till nature herself shall change — no tint of words can spot thy snowy mantle , or chymic power turn thy sceptre into iron — with thee to smile upon him as he eats his crust, the swain is happier than his monarch, from whose court thou art exiled. Gracious Heaven ! grant me but health ,... | |
| Laurence Sterne - English literature - 1805 - 430 pages
...will be so, till NATURE herself shall change no tint of words can spot thy snowy ' mantle, or chymic power turn thy sceptre into iron • •with thee...smile upon him as he eats his crust, the swain is happier than his monarch, from whose court thou art exiled Gracious heaven ! cried I, kneeling down... | |
| Sydney Melmoth - English prose literature - 1805 - 368 pages
...will be so, till Nature herself shall change — no tint of words can spot thy snowy mantle, or chymic power turn thy sceptre into iron — with thee to smile upon him as he eats his crust, the swain is happier than his monarch, from whose court thou art exiled. — Gracious Heaven ! cried I, kneeling... | |
| William Enfield - Elocution - 1808 - 434 pages
...will be so, till nature herself shall change no tint of words can spot thy snowy mantle, or chymic power turn thy sceptre into iron with thee to smile upon him as he eats his crust, the swain is happier tha-i his monarch, from whose court thou art exiled. Gracious Heaten '. grant me but health,... | |
| Laurence Sterne - English literature - 1810 - 292 pages
...will be so, till Nature herself shall change — no tint of words can spot thy snowy mantle, or chymic power turn thy sceptre into iron with thee to smile upon him as he eats his crust, the swain is happier than his monarch, from whose court thou art exiled. Gracious Heaven! cried I, kneeling down... | |
| Benjamin West - Engraving - 1820 - 70 pages
...will be so, till Nature herself shall change no tint of words can spot thy snowy mantle, or chymic power turn thy sceptre into iron with thee to smile upon him as he eats his crust, the swain is happier than his monarch, from whose court thou art exiled Gracious Heaven ! cried I, kneeling down... | |
| Abner Alden - English language - 1814 - 222 pages
...be so, till nature herself shall change — no tint of words can spot thy snowy mantle, or chymick power turn thy sceptre into iron — with thee, to smile upon him as he eats his crust, the swain is happier than his monarch, from whose court thou art exiled. Gracious Heaven ! grant me but health,... | |
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