 | British poets - 1824 - 676 pages
...love, The richest bounty of indulgent Heaven, 'f±.'. Ibid. Oh friendly to the best pursuits of man, Friendly to thought, to virtue, and to peace, Domestic...rural leisure pass'd ! Few know thy value, and few aste thy sweets, Though many boast thy favours, and affect To understand and choose thee for their... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1824 - 804 pages
...character. RURAL LIFE IW ENGLAND. VOL, I. RURAL LIFE ENGLAND. Oil! friendly to the beet pursuits of man, Friendly to thought, to virtue, and to peace, Domestic life in rural pleasures past ! COWPEH. THE stranger who would form a correct opinion of the English character* must... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...unsought ? Tell me— and I will tell thee what is truth. О friendly to the best pursuits of man, Friendly to thought, to virtue, and to peace, Domestic life in rural pleasure pass'd ! Few '.now thy value, and few taste thy sweets ; Though many boast thy favours, and... | |
 | William Cowper - 1824 - 450 pages
...unsought? Tell me — and I will tell thee what is truth. O, friendly to the best pursuits of man, Friendly to thought, to virtue, and to peace, Domestic life in rural pleasure pass'd ! Few know thy value, and few taste thy sweets ; Though many boast thy favours, and... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1824 - 470 pages
...unsought? Tell me — and I will tell thee what is truth. O, friendly to the best pursuits of man, Friendly to thought, to virtue, and to peace, Domestic life in rural pleasure pass'd ! Few know thy value, and few taste thy sweets ; Though many boast thy favours, and... | |
 | William Cowper - 1824 - 446 pages
...find unsought? Tell me— and I will tell thee what is truth. O friendly to the best pursuits of man, Friendly to thought, to virtue, and to peace, Domestic life in rural pleasure pass'd ! Few know thy value, and few taste thy sweets ; Though many boast thy favours, and... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1825 - 248 pages
...find unsought? Tell me — and I will tell thee what is truth. O friendly to the best pursuits of man, Friendly to thought, to virtue, and to peace, Domestic...their own. But foolish man foregoes his proper bliss, E'en as his first progenitor, and quits, Though placed in Paradise (for earth has still Some traces... | |
 | Robert Grenville Wallace - India - 1825 - 354 pages
...relief but a temporary safety. N". XIII. A COUNTRY LIFE. " O, friendly to the best pursuits of man, Friendly to thought, to virtue, and to peace, Domestic...• To understand, and choose thee for their own." cowpm. " To imagine that a town is a proper place for a half-pay officer, with a large family, is a... | |
 | Robert Grenville Wallace - 1825 - 346 pages
...relief but a " temporary safety. N". XIII. A COUNTRY LIFE. " O, friendly to the best pursuits of man, Friendly to thought, to virtue, and to peace, Domestic...affect To understand, and choose thee for their own." tl To imagine that a town is a proper place for a half-pay officer, with a large family, is a miserable... | |
 | Cottage - 1825 - 164 pages
...thy faith hath saved thec : go in peace ! ' " CHAP. III. " 0 friendly to the best pursuits of man, Friendly to thought, to virtue, and to peace, Domestic life in rural pleasures past." WE had now attained an eminence of inconsiderable height, still advancing, though... | |
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Few know thy value, and few taste thy sweets; Though many boast thy favours, and affect To understand and choose thee for their own. 
