 | 1809 - 402 pages
...Seiz'd and tied down to judge, how wretched I! Who can't he silent, and who will not lie : To Ungh, were want of goodness and of grace ; And to be grave, exceeds all power efface : I sit w ith sad civility, I read With lionot anguish, and an aching head; And drop at last,... | |
 | British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 526 pages
...Seia'd and tied down to jndge, how wretched I ! Who can't be silent, and who will not lie. To langh were want of goodness and of grace, And to be grave exceeds all pow'r of face. I sit with sad civility, I read With honest anguish and an aching head, And drop at... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 536 pages
...me dead. Seiz'd and ty'd down to judge, how wretched 1 ! Who can't be silent, and who will not lie : To laugh, were want of goodness and of grace ; And to be grave, exceeds all power of face. I sit with sad civility ; I read With honest anguish, and an aching head ; And drop at last, but in... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 546 pages
...down to judge, how wretched I ! Who can't be silent, and who will not lie : To laugh, were want or goodness and of grace ; And to be grave, exceeds all power of face. I sit with sad civility ; I read With honest anguish, and an aching bead ; And drop at last, but in... | |
 | George Chalmers - Great Britain - 1812 - 534 pages
...inciting public apprehensions, with regard to the security of property, and the safety of the state. But, To laugh, were want of goodness, and of grace ; And, to be grave, exceeds all power of face. * Commentaries, vol. ip 328, 4th edit. CHAP. IX. Accession of George III. — The Commercial Failures,... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1812 - 572 pages
...revealing the glorified and everlasting Kingdom of its Lord and Deliverer.' Shall we add ; " To laugh, wcr? want of goodness and of grace, And to be grave exceeds all power of face ?" Art. 12. Report of the Formal/on of the Cambridge Auxiliary BltteSoc'tety : together with a List... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1814 - 424 pages
...me dead. Seiz'dand ti'd down to judge how wretched I ! Who caa't lie silent, and who will not lie. To laugh were want of goodness and of grace ; And to be grave exceeds all power of face. 1 sit, with sad civility ; I read, With serious anguish and an aching head: Then drop at last, but... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1816 - 778 pages
...to judge, how wretched I, Who can't be Blent and who will not lye: To laugh, were want of goodnefs and of grace, And to be grave, exceeds all power of face. Milt. 3. The furface of any thing.— Amift watered the whole face of the ground. Gen. ii. 6. 4. The... | |
 | 1823 - 626 pages
...volume, and a description of an Hyena's cave, discovered in Yorkshire, i> announced for a pompous quarto. To laugh, were want of goodness and of grace, And to be grave, exceeds all power of face. The great and increasing demand for information amongst all classes of the community, is, however,... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1819 - 366 pages
...me dead. Seiz'd and ti'd down to judge how wretched I ! Who can't be silent, and who will not lie. To laugh were want of goodness and of grace ; And to be grave exceeds all power of face. I sit, with sad civility; I read, '" • " > With serious anguish and an aching head : Then drop at... | |
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I sit with sad civility, I read With honest anguish, and an aching head; And drop at last, but in unwilling ears, This saving counsel, 'Keep your piece nine years. 
