| Sir Richard Steele - 1809 - 410 pages
...these different views ; and, I hope, have received some advantage by it, if what 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... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1812 - 362 pages
...these different views, and, I hope, have received some advantage by it, if what 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... | |
| John Gamble - Ireland - 1813 - 422 pages
...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 chinks th;ft time has made ,Stronger by weakness, wiser men become, ,.; .,,. As they draw near to their eternal... | |
| John Gamble - Ireland - 1813 - 422 pages
...be lost ; , Clouds of affection from our younger eyes, Conceal that emptiness which age descries i The soul's dark cottage batter'd and decay'd, Lets in new light through chinks thift time has made j Stronger by weakness, wiser men become, .,. As they draw near to their eternal... | |
| Elizabeth Frank - English language - 1814 - 400 pages
...these different views ; and, I hope, I have received some advantage by it. If what Waller says be true, that The soul's dark cottage, batter'd and decay'd, Lets in new light through chinks that time has made; then surely sickness, contributing not less than old age to shake down this scaffolding... | |
| Frank Elizabeth - 1814 - 400 pages
...these different \iews; and, I hope, I have received some advantage by it." If what Waller says be true, that The soul's dark cottage, batter'd and decay'd, Lets in new light through chinks that time has made; then surely sickness, contributing not less than old age to shake down this scaffolding... | |
| Letter writing - 1818 - 254 pages
...these different views; and I hope have received some advantage by it, if what Walker says be true, that The soul's dark cottage batter'd and decay'd, Lets in new light through chinks that time has madeThen, surely, sickness contributing no less than old age to the shaking down this... | |
| Mrs. Taylor (Ann Martin) - Families - 1818 - 202 pages
...entertain, that advancing age is necessarily connected with mental imbecility.* In every stage of life * " The soul's dark cottage, batter'd and decay'd, Lets in new light through chinks that time has made." we frequently observe minds of no ordinary character united with feeble and decrepit... | |
| Ann Taylor - Child rearing - 1818 - 194 pages
...entertain, that advancing age is necessarily connected with mental imbecility.* In every stage of life * " The soul's dark cottage, batter'd and decay'd, Lets in new light through chink: that time has made." we frequently observe minds of no ordinary character united with feeble... | |
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