 | Hugh Miller - England - 1851 - 438 pages
...among the British poets, and which contain, as he himself has characterized those of Thomson, — <c Not one immoral, one corrupted thought, — One line which, dying, he could wish to blot." The younger Lyttelton wrote verses also ; but his, though not quite without merit, had to be banished... | |
 | Joseph Haydn - Chronology, Historical - 1851 - 700 pages
...has been inscribed the high and glowing eulogy so merited by the tendency of all he wrote : — • " Not one immoral, one corrupted thought, One line which, dying, he could wish LÜ blot." RIALTO, AT VENICE. This renowned bridge is mentioned by Shakspeare in his " Merchant of... | |
 | 1852 - 784 pages
...the purity of writings, throughout the whole of which we can, at this time, point out to the author Not one immoral, one corrupted thought, One line which, dying, he could wish to blot. Very especially do we admire that rare .artistic skill with which he so cunningly elaborates some of... | |
 | Joseph Haydn - Chronology, Historical - 1853 - 738 pages
...been inscribed the high and glowing eulogy so merited by the tendency of all he wrote : — " Not ono immoral, one corrupted thought, One line which, dying, he could wish to blot. " RIALTO, BRIDGE OF THE, AT VENICE. A renowned bridge mentioned by Shakspeare in his " Merchant of... | |
 | Gotthold Ephraim Lessing - 1854 - 546 pages
...S^tt» letón in bem angeführten prologo erteilt ^at. — His chaste Muse employ'd her heav'iitaught lyre None but the noblest passions to inspire, Not...thought, One line, which, dying, he could wish to blot. bt ©eine (е^фе SOÎufe Ьгаиф1е iljre ^tmmlifфe Se^er ju и{ф1в, als ju ©inflöffung ber... | |
 | James Thomson - Seasons in literature - 1856 - 346 pages
...applause, You heard him teach fair Virtue's purest laws ; For his chaste Muse employ'd her heaven-taught lyre None but the noblest passions to inspire —...— One line, which dying he could wish to blot." At the request of Lord Buchan, Robert Burns, the eweet poet of Scotland, prepared the following stanzas... | |
 | James Thomson - Seasons in literature - 1856 - 344 pages
...applause, You heard him teach fair Virtue's purest laws; For his chaste Muse employed her heaven-taught lyre None but the noblest passions to inspire —...— One line, which dying he could wish to blot." At the request of Lord Buchan, Robert Burns, the eweet poet of Scotland, prepared the following stanzas... | |
 | John Bartlett - Quotations - 1856 - 660 pages
...LYTTLETON. 1709-1773. Prologue to Thomson's Coriolanus. For his chaste Muse employed her heaven-taught lyre None but the noblest passions to inspire, Not...thought, One line, which dying he could wish to blot. Epigram. None without hope e'er loved the brightest fair, But love can hope where reason would despair.... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1856 - 730 pages
...at the age of fourscore, the poor old man puts us in mind of Littleton's compliment to Thomson : " Not one immoral, one corrupted thought, One line which, dying, he could wish to blot." For although mostly penned under the heat of political excitement, while badgered by the wits of the... | |
 | Abraham Mills - English literature - 1858 - 608 pages
...You heard him teach from Virtue's purest laws ; For his chaste muse employed her heaven-taught lyre i None but the noblest passions to inspire; Not one...corrupted thought, One line which, dying, he could wish Jo blot. 0 may to-night your favourable doom Another laurel add to grace his tomb : Whilst he, superior... | |
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Not one immoral, one corrupted thought, One line which, dying, he could wish to blot. 
