O friendly to the best pursuits of man, Friendly to thought, to virtue, and to peace, Domestic life in rural leisure passed... Solitude - Seite 77von Johann Georg Zimmermann - 1813 - 392 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| William Cowper - 1800 - 438 Seiten
...and often 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 leisure pass'd!nv.)ri !,:,„,,!-• Few know thy value, and few taste thy sweets; Though many boast thy favours,... | |
| Thomas Clarkson - 1806 - 454 Seiten
...in his Contemplation of a Country Life, speaks forcibly on this subject : " O friendly to the best pursuits of man, Friendly to thought, to virtue, and to peace, Domestic life, in rural leisure passed ! Few know thy value, and-few taste thy sweets. Though many boast thy favours, and affect .... | |
| William Cowper - 1806 - 234 Seiten
...obtain, and often 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 leisure passed ! Few know thy value, and few taste thy sweets ; Though many boast thy favours, and affect To... | |
| William Cowper - 1810 - 404 Seiten
...obtain, and often 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... | |
| Charles Marshall - 1813 - 464 Seiten
...and regale his taste ; to furnish him at once with both plenty and pleasure." O friendly to the best pursuits of man, "Friendly to thought, to virtue and to peace, Domestic life in rural leisure pass'd. Scenes formed for contemplation, and to nurse The growing seeds of wisdom ; that suggest, . . . By... | |
| Edward Berwick - 1813 - 584 Seiten
...Caesar.1 When the Egyptian queen entered the Cydnus* she was in all the bloom O friendly to the best pursuits of man, Friendly to thought, to virtue and to peace, Domestic life in rural leisure passed.— COWPEH. 1 See BLACKWELL, vol. ii. p. 228. * Agrippa, Royal wench, She made great Csesar... | |
| 1849 - 748 Seiten
...them often, we recur with interest to his beautiful lines in " The Task :" " O friendly to the belt pursuits of man, Friendly to thought, to virtue, and to peace, Domestic life, in rural pleasure pass'd 1 Few know thy value, and few taste thy swccti, Though many boast thy favours, and... | |
| William Cowper - 1815 - 338 Seiten
...obtain, and often 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 sweetj ) Though many boast thy favours, and... | |
| William Cowper - 1817 - 240 Seiten
...despised of all Seek and ohtain, and often find unsought? Tell me— and I will tell thee what is truth. O friendly to the hest pursuits of man, Friendly to...virtue, and to peace, Domestic life in rural leisure passed ! Few know thy value, and few taste thy sweets; Though many hoast thy favours, and affect To... | |
| Washington Irving - 1822 - 424 Seiten
...our national character. RURAL LIFE ENGLAND. VOL. I. RURAL LIFE IN ENGLAND. Oh ! friendly to the best pursuits of man, Friendly to thought, to virtue, and to peace, Domestic life in rural pleasures pass'd ! COwPF.B. THE stranger who would form a correct opinion of the English character,... | |
| |