 | Sir John Carr - Baltic Sea - 1805 - 526 pages
...Bernstoff, in gratitude for their liberation : 'Tis liberty alone that gives the flow'r Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume ; And we are weeds without...advocates present, who wore embroidered capes and blue silk gowns. The laws of Denmark, with an exception to the forest laws, are simple and wholesome, and... | |
 | Sir John Carr - Denmark - 1806 - 342 pages
...Bernstoff, iu gratitude for their liberation : 'Tis liberty alone that gives the flow'er Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume ; And we are weeds without...advocates present, who wore embroidered capes and b!ue silk gowns. The laws of Denmark, with an exception to the forest laws, are simple and wholesome,... | |
 | Noble Butler - English language - 1846 - 272 pages
...trees. b Rule xii., Bem. 7. c Rule xii., Rem. 3. ^Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume ; And we are weeds without it. — Cowper. RULE X. They are flown, Beautiful fictions of our fathers, woven In Superstition's web when Time was... | |
 | 1848 - 614 pages
...is the kingdom of heaven," RELIGIOUS LIBERTY. " Tig liberty alone, that gives the flow'r Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume | And we are weeds without it.' — Cowper. LIBERTY may be considered as of two kinds, civil and religious. The discussion of the nature and claims... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - Quotations, English - 1855 - 610 pages
...presage of the good they seek. Cowpsr's Tusk. 'T is liberty alone that gives the flow'r Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume, And we are weeds without it. « , „, , Cowper si ask. The widow'd Indian, when her lord expires, Mounts the dread pile, and braves the funeral fires... | |
 | Holy thoughts - 1882 - 744 pages
...themselves. — MILTON. Liberty. —Life Benefited by "Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume ; And we are weeds without it — COWPER. Liberty.— Our The liberty of the sons of God is a holy and amiable captivity to the Spirit The will... | |
 | Lydia Hoyt Farmer - 1888 - 622 pages
...Comments upon the Visit of La Fayette to America. " 'Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume ; And we are weeds without it." — COWPER. interesting ceremony took place at Washington a day or two before the departure of the Nation's Guest.... | |
 | Louis Klopsch - Quotations, English - 1896 - 382 pages
...liberty at the same time. — THOMAS JEFFERSON. 'Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life, its lustre and perfume ; And we are weeds without it. — CowPER. The love of liberty that is not a real principle of dutiful behavior to authority is as hypocritical... | |
 | Bryan Dale - 1906 - 230 pages
...to von Spaen.) COMMITTAL TO THE TOWER, 1677. " 'Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume, And we are weeds without it." — COWPER. When the Declaration of Indulgence was annulled, in consequence of the opposition of the House of Commons,... | |
 | Quotations, English - 1913 - 264 pages
...liberty la worth a whole eternity in bondage. 'Tis liberty alone that gives the flow'r Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume, And we are weeds without it. Cowper: Task. — The wish, which ages have not yet subdued In man, to have no master save his mood. Byron:... | |
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Bernstoff, in gratitude for their liberation : 'Tis liberty alone that gives the flow'r Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume ; And we are weeds without it. COWPER. Curiosity led me one day into the principal court of judicature : it was a handsome... 
