 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 822 Seiten
...eyes. Than that which hath nu/uii to set it off. Shakspearc. Fame is no plant that grows on n.ortal soil. Nor in the glistering foil Set off to the' world, nor in broad rumour lies. As she a black silk cap on him begun To set for foil of his milk-white to serve. Sidney. Hector has... | |
 | John Timbs - 1829 - 354 Seiten
...the blind Fury with the abhorred shears, And slits the thin-spun life. But not the praise; Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil, Nor in the glistering foil Set off to th' world, nor in broad rumour lies, But lives and spreads aloft by those pure eyes, And perfect witness... | |
 | Laconics - 1829 - 352 Seiten
...the blind Fury with the abhorred shears, And slits the thin-spun life. But not the praise; Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil, Nor in the glistering foil Set off to th' world, nor in broad rumour lies, But lives and spreads aloft by those pure eyes, And perfect witness... | |
 | John Milton - 1832 - 354 Seiten
...grows on mortal soil, Nor in the glist'ring foil Set off to th' world, nor in broad rumour lies; so But lives and spreads aloft by those pure eyes, And...pronounces lastly on each deed, Of so much fame in heav'n expect thy meed. O fountain Arethuse, and thou honour'd flood, Smooth-sliding Mincius, crown... | |
 | 1832 - 406 Seiten
...glist'ring foil Set off to th' world, nor in broad rumor lies, But lives and spreads aloft by those p«re eyes, And perfect witness of all-judging Jove ; As...pronounces lastly on each deed, Of so much fame in heav'n expect thy nice J." I But Milton's soul was nourished with the hope's of the Christian, as well... | |
 | Sir James Mackintosh - 1832 - 320 Seiten
...the purest praise of man, to more sublime contemplations. Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil, But lives and spreads aloft, by those pure eyes And perfect witness of all-judging Jove. Those who have most inculcated the doctrine of utility have given another notable example of the very... | |
 | Sir James Mackintosh - 1832 - 380 Seiten
...the purest praise of man, to more sublime contemplations. Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil, But lives and spreads aloft, by those pure eyes And perfect witness of all -judging Jove. Those who have most inculcated the doctrine of utility have given another notable... | |
 | John Milton - 1834 - 432 Seiten
...nor in broad rumour lies; 80 But lives and spreads aloft by those pure eyes, ./thd perfect wituess of all-judging Jove; As he pronounces lastly on each deed, Of so muchJame in heav'n expect thy meed.. O f ountainArethuse , and thou honour' d flood, 85 Smooth-sliding... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1835 - 484 Seiten
...plant that grows on mortal soil, Nor in the glistering foil, Set off to the world, nor in broad rumor lies : But lives and spreads aloft by those pure eyes,...deed, Of so much fame in Heaven expect thy meed." O fountain Arethuse,t and thou honored flood, Smooth-sliding Mincius, crowned with vocal reeds ! That... | |
 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1835 - 570 Seiten
...we shall be told, is " no plant that grows in mortal soil, Nor in the glistering foil Set off to th' world, nor in broad rumour lies, But lives, and spreads...And perfect witness of all-judging Jove—" — as that great poet has described it, whose works are a perpetual invocation before its altar. Shall we... | |
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Phoebus replied, and touched my trembling ears: "Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil, Nor in the glistering foil Set off to the world, nor in broad rumour lies, But lives and spreads aloft by those pure eyes And perfect witness of all-judging Jove;... 
