 | William Cowper - 1808 - 338 pages
...to destroy. 'Tis liherty alone, that gives the flow'r Of fleeting life it's lustre and perfume ; . i And we are weeds without it. All constraint, Except...on evil men, Is evil : hurts the faculties, impedes o 3 Their progress in the road of science ; hlind « in V/ The eyesight of Discov'ry ; and hegets,... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 pages
...Of fleeting; life its lustre and perfume, And we arc weeds without it. All constraint, Except.what and, ' Sir ! you have an Eye'— • Go on, obliging...comfort, burnishing in bed, ' Just sn immortal Mara held Besiiul, a meagre intellect, unfit To be the tenant of man's noiilv form. Thee therefore, still, blame-worthy... | |
 | William Cowper - 1810 - 212 pages
...liberty alone that gives the flow'r Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume ; And we are weeds withoutit. All constraint} Except what wisdom lays on evil men,...progress in the road of science ; blinds The eye-sight of discov'ry ; and begets, In those that suffer it, a sordid mind Bestial, a meagre intellect, unfit To... | |
 | William Cowper - 1810 - 494 pages
...only to destroy. Tis liberty alone, that gives the flow'r Of fleeting life it's lustre and perfume; And we are weeds without it. All constraint, Except...wisdom lays on evil men, Is evil: hurts the faculties, inipedes *sa Their progress in the road of science ; blinds The eyesight of Discov'ry ; and begets... | |
 | William Cowper - 1811 - 228 pages
...only to destroy. I 'Tis liberty alone that gives the flow'r Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume ; And we are weeds without it. All constraint, Except...progress in the road of science ; blinds The eyesight of discov'ry ; and begets, la those that suffer it, a sordid mind Bestial, a meagre intellect, unfit To... | |
 | Medora Gordon Byron - 1812 - 282 pages
...flow'r Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume, . And we are weeds without it. All constraint, Kxcept what wisdom lays on evil men, Is evil ; hurts the...and begets In those that suffer it, a sordid mind, • a meagre intellect, unfit To be the tenant of man's noble form.1' And with these ideas of an Englishman's... | |
 | Nicholas C. Pitta - 1812 - 294 pages
...they had a disrelish, on their being relinquished, and following others more congenial to their taste. -All constraint, Except what wisdom lays on evil men,...progress in the road of science ; blinds The eye-sight of discov'ry, and begets, In those that suffer it, a sordid mind — Bestial, a meagre intellect, unfit... | |
 | Mary Hill (novelist.) - 1813 - 500 pages
...Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume, And we art weeds without it. All constraint, . » £xcept what wisdom lays on evil men, Is evil ; hurts the...Their progress in the road of science ; blinds The eye of discovery, and begets, In those that suffer it, a sordid mind. COWFEK. AT the dawn of day, Montauban... | |
 | William Cowper - 1814 - 496 pages
...weeds withont it. All coustraint, Except what wisdom lays on evil men, Is evil : hnrts the facnlties, impedes Their progress in the road of science ; blinds The eyesight of Discov'ry ; and begets, In those that snffer it, a sordid mind, Bestial, a meagre intellect, nnfit... | |
 | William Cowper - 1815 - 338 pages
...only to destroy. Tis liberty alone, that gives the flow'r Of fleeting life it's lustre and perfume ; And we are weeds without it. All constraint. Except...on evil men, Is evil : hurts the faculties, impedes 03 Their progress in the road of science ; blinds The eyesight of Discov'ry ; and begets, In those... | |
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Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume ; And we are weeds without it. All constraint, Except what wisdom lays on evil men, Is evil ; hurts the faculties, impedes Their progress in the road of science ; blinds The... 
