| Alexander Pope - 1751 - 354 pages
...ftone, A Page, a Grave, that they can call their own ; IMITATIONS. VER. 126. Admire new tight t £sV.] The Soul's dark cottage, batter'd and decay'd, Lets in new light, through chinks that time has made: Waller: NOTES. VER. 1 1 9. "Thus revive, £sV.] The Goddefs applauds the pra&ice... | |
| Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1760 - 388 pages
...than a Fage tau be afforded a living one ? P. *. IMITATIONS. VER. 126. Admire new light , &c.~\ «' The Soul's dark cottage, batter'd and decay'd, " Lets in new light, through chinks that time has made." Waller. But fpread, my ions, your glory thin or thick, On paffive paper, or on... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1777 - 212 pages
...flelh is humbled, Weftminfter's bold race Shrink, and confefs the Genius of the place : IMITATIONS. " The Soul's dark cottage, batter'd and decay'd. " Lets in new light, through chinks that time has " made. WALLER. Ver. 142. Dropping -with infant's tloed, &c.] '' Firft Moloch, horrid... | |
| Jeremiah Whitaker Newman - Anecdotes - 1796 - 298 pages
...misfortune and difeafe, as keeping us fober and moderate, and on the principle of Cowley, that " Man's dark cottage, batter'd and decay'd, Lets in new light through chinks which time has made." he irrationally, and I think impioufly forgets, the numerous inftances in which we are indebted to... | |
| Jeremiah Whitaker Newman - Anecdotes - 1796 - 316 pages
...misfortune and difeafe, as keeping us fober and moderate, and on the principle of Cowley, that " Man's dark cottage, batter'd and decay'd, Lets in new light through chinks which time has made." he irrationally, and I think impioufly forgets, the numerous inflances in which we are indebted to... | |
| John Bell - English poetry - 1796 - 480 pages
...What! no respect, he cry'd, for Shakespeare's page ? IMITATIONS. i. 126. Admire nsrji tight, &c.] " The soul's dark cottage, batter'd and decay'd, " Lets in new light through chinks that time has made." Watta. But spread, my Sons, your glory thin or thick, On pas.-ivc paper, or on... | |
| 1804 - 498 pages
...these different views, and hope I have received some advantage by it. If what Mr. Waller says be true, that, " The soul's dark cottage, batter'd and decay'd, Lets in new light thro' chinks that time has made :" Then surely sickness, contributing no less than old age to the shaking... | |
| Thomas Green Fessenden - American poetry - 1806 - 320 pages
...that it is very practicable to enlighten the mind of a stupid fellow, by battering, boring, or pulling his body to pieces. Mr. poet Waller's authority is...possible, her more dismal accompaniments, such as her Gorgonick frown," and the " funereal cry of horrour." Thus brother Ovid said or sung once, The Gods... | |
| Edmund Waller - 1806 - 320 pages
...certain to be lost. Clouds of affection from our younger eyes Conceal that emptiness which age descries. The soul's dark cottage, batter'd and decay'd, Lets in new light through clunks that time has made : Stronger by weakness, wiser men become, As they draw near to their eternal... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1807 - 334 pages
...these different views, and hope I have received some advantage by it. If wiiat Mr. Waller says be true, that, " The soul's dark cottage, batter'd and decay'd, Lets in new light thro' ciiinks that time has made :" Then surely sickness, contributing no less than old age to the... | |
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