 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 impair'd. He that has light within...  A Letter to Mr. Mason: On the Marks of Imitation - Page 43by Richard Hurd - 1757 - 76 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1728 - 344 pages
...AndWifdom'sfelf :Oft feeks to fweet retired Solitude: -< 5 Where, with her btft Nurfe, Cvntetnplatim, She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her Wings', That in the -various Buftle of Refirt ... 'JVtre all tot ruffled, and fometimes impaired: •He that has Lifht within his own clear... | |
 | John Milton - 1753 - 374 pages
...in the flat fea funk. And wifdom'sfelf 375 Oft feeks to fweet retired folitude, Where with her beft nurfe contemplation She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That in the various buftle of reIbrt Were all too ruffled, and fometimes impair'd. 380 He that has light within his own cle,.r breaft... | |
 | English essays - 1709 - 388 pages
...in the flat fea funk. And Wifdom's felf Oft feeks to fweet retired folitude : Where, with her beft nurfe, Contemplation, She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That in the various buftje of refort Were all too ruffled, and fometimes impair'd : He that has light within his own clear... | |
 | Horace - Poetry - 1776 - 282 pages
...of Milton in his Comus : Wifdom's felf Oft feeks to fvveet retired Solitude ; Where, with her beft nurfe, Contemplation, She plumes her feathers, and...wings, . , That, in the various buftle of refort, ., _. Were all too ruffled, and. fometimes impair'd. On which Bp. Warburton has the following note... | |
 | English drama - 1777 - 380 pages
...wifdom's felt ' Oft feeks to fweet retired folitude ; ' Where, with her beft nurfe, Contemplation, 4 She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, ' That in the various buftle of refoft ' Were all too ruffled, and fometimes impair'd. 4 He that has light within his own clear breaft,... | |
 | Henry Mackenzie - English essays - 1783 - 340 pages
...with rural retirement. And Wifdom's felf Oft feeks the fweet retired folitude, Where, with her beft nurfe, Contemplation, She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That, in the hurtling hurry of refort, Were all too ruffled, and fometimes impair'd. As thefe difpofitions and fentiments... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1785 - 456 pages
...the sense of altogether (which Mr. Warton has judiciously restored) is used in the same context, " She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, " That in the various bustle of resort " Were ail-to ruffled " In North's Plutarch is a passage which will confirm the observation... | |
 | John Bell - English poetry - 1788 - 628 pages
...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 has light within his own... | |
 | John Milton, John Dalton - English drama - 1791 - 498 pages
...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, that has light within his own... | |
 | John Bell - English drama - 1791 - 294 pages
...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, that has light within his own... | |
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