| British poets - 1824 - 676 страници
...divine ; But cloud instead, and ever-during dark Surrounds me, from the cheerful ways of men Cut off, and for the book of knowledge fair Presented with an universal blank Of nature's works to me expung'd and ras'd, And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out. Milton's Paradise Lost, b. 3. O dark,... | |
| Maria Edgeworth - 1825 - 398 страници
...party mobbed me, as I passed some time afterwards through a neighbouring town, where captain Hardcastle and his friends had been carousing. I was hooted,...Presented with an universal blank Of Nature's works, to me expunged and rased." UNFORTUNATELY for me, the rebellion in Ireland was soon quelled; the nightly scouring... | |
| Maria Edgeworth - 1825 - 392 страници
...opinion almost all power is founded. No individual, unless he possess uncommon eloquence, VOL. VII. M joined to personal intrepidity, can withstand the...Presented with an universal blank Of Nature's works, to me expunged and rased." UNFORTUNATELY for me, the rebellion in Ireland was soon quelled ; the nightly... | |
| 1826 - 794 страници
...divine, But cloud instead, and ever-duriug dark Surrounds me — from the cheerful ways of men Cut off, and, for the book of knowledge fair, Presented with an universal blank Of Nature's works to me expung'd and rae'd, And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out ! So much the rather Mou, celestial light,... | |
| 1827 - 412 страници
...divine ; But cloud instead, and ever-during dark, Surround me ; from the cheerful ways of men Cut off, and for the book of knowledge fair, Presented with an universal blank Of nature's works, to me expung'd and raz'd, And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out." ' Again in Samson Agonistes. •But... | |
| General reader - 1827 - 246 страници
...divine ; But cloud instead, and ever-during dark Surrounds me, from the cheerful ways of men Cut off, and for the book of knowledge fair Presented with an universal blank, Of nature's wisdom at one entrance quite shut out. So much the rather tbou, celestial Light, Shine inward, and... | |
| Bourne Hall Draper - 1828 - 126 страници
...divine ; But clouds instead, and ever-duiing dark Surrounds me, from the cheerful ways of men Cut off; and for the book of knowledge fair, Presented with an universal blank Of Nature's works, to me expung'd and raz'd, And wisdom, at one entrance, quite shut out." These are very fine verses, Frank,... | |
| Isaac Wilson - 1829 - 392 страници
...divine ; But cloud instead, and ever-during dark Surrounds me ; from the cheerful ways of men Cut oil-, and for the book of knowledge fair Presented with an universal blank • Of nature's works, to me expung'd and ras'd, And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out. To lessen these privations, Eudoxus... | |
| Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 832 страници
...Astonied stood and blank; while horror chill Ran through his veins, and all his joints relaxed. Milton. For the book of knowledge fair, Presented with an universal blank Of nature's works, to me expunged and raeed. Id. There without such boast, or sign of joy, Solicitous and Uimii, he thus began.... | |
| University of Cambridge - 1830 - 636 страници
...divine ; But cloud instead, and ever-during dark Surrounds me, from the cheerful ways of men Cut off, and for the book of knowledge fair Presented with an universal blank Of nature's works to me expung'd and ras'd, And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out. So rauch the rather thou, Celestial... | |
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