 | John Milton - 1747 - 240 pages
...flat Sea funk i And Wifdom's fetf Oft feeks to fweet retired Solitude i Where with her beft nurfe, Contemplation, She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wing*, That in the various buftle of refort Were all too ruffled, and fometimes impair'd. He that has light within his own clear... | |
 | Owen Ruffhead - Biography - 1769 - 600 pages
...powerful, that ridicule was become as unlafe as it was ineffectual *. This •* Where, with her beft nurfe, Contemplation, " She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wing?, *' That in the various buftle of refort, *' Were all too ruffl'd, ahd fometlme's jmpair'd." * That our author laboured with... | |
 | Owen Ruffhead - Biography - 1769 - 592 pages
...become as unfafe as it was ineffectual *. This •* V»"here, with her beft nurfe, Contemplation, " SV plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wing?, " That in the various buttle of relbrt, f* Were ail too rufi'd, ar4d fometiooes impair'd." * TV.T our author laboured with... | |
 | Gentleman of Oxford - 1788 - 188 pages
...,-.jr,-i And Wifdom'sfelf • *(* Oft fecks to fweet retired. Solitude,;, Where with her beft uurfe, Contemplation, She plumes her feathers, and .lets grow her. wing;, That in the various Buftle o( Re/ort, Were all too ruffled, and fometimcs impair'd. Proceeding through a continuation of... | |
 | John Bell - English poetry - 1788 - 628 pages
...and moon Were in the flat sea sunk. And Wisdom's self 37? Oft seeks to sweet retired Solitude, Where with her best nurse Contemplation She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. 380 He that... | |
 | John Bell - English drama - 1791 - 294 pages
...moon " Were in the flat sea sunk; and Wisdom's self " Oft' seeks to sweet retired solitude, " Where with her best nurse, Contemplation, " She plumes her feathers and lets grow her wings, " That in the various bustle of resort 50 " Were allto ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. " He,... | |
 | John Milton, John Dalton - English drama - 1791 - 498 pages
...moon " Were in the flat sea sunk ; and Wisdom's self " Oft' seeks to sweet retired solitude, " Where with her best nurse, Contemplation, " She plumes her feathers and lets grow her wings, " That in the various bustle of resort 50 " Were allto ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. " He,... | |
 | English drama - 1797 - 468 pages
...moon " Were in the flat sea sunk ; and Wisdom's self " Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude, " Where with her best nurse, Contemplation, " She plumes her feathers and lets grow her wings, " That in the various bustle of resort 50 " Were all to ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. " He,... | |
 | John Milton, Thomas Warton - English drama - 1799 - 148 pages
...and moon Were in the flat sea sunk. And Wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired Solitude; "Where, with her best nurse, Contemplation, She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were ail-to ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. He, that has... | |
 | British essayists - 1802 - 244 pages
...menis connected with rural retirement. And Wisdom's self Oft seeks the sweet retired solitude, Where, with her best nurse Contemplation, She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That, in tlie bustling hurry of resort, Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. As these... | |
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And wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude, Where, with her best nurse, contemplation, She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impaired. He that has light within... 
