 A Novel was a book Three-volumed, and once read, and oft crammed full Of poisonous error, blackening every page, And, oftener still, of trifling, second-hand Remark, and old, diseased, putrid thought, And, miserable incident, at war With nature, with...  The Course of Time: A Poem - Стр. 114авторы: Robert Pollok - 1833 - Страниц: 328Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | Robert Pollok, William Jenks - 1828 - Страниц: 256
...diseased, putrid thought, And, miserable incident, at war With nature, with itself and truth at war ; Yet charming still the greedy reader on, Till done, he...These, like ephemera, sprung, in a day, From lean and shallow-soiled brains of sand, And in a day expired ; yet, while they lived, Tremendous oft-times was... | |
 | Robert Pollok, William Jenks - 1828 - Страниц: 256
...diseased, putrid thought, And, miserable incident, at war With nature, with itself and truth at war ; Yet charming still the greedy reader on, Till done, he...These, like ephemera, sprung, in a day, From lean and shallow-soiled brains of sand, And in a day expired ; yet, while they lived, Tremendous oft-times was... | |
 | Robert Pollok, William Jenks - 1828 - Страниц: 282
...found, but dreaming emptiness. These, like ephemera, sprung, in a day, From lean and shallow-soiled brains of sand, And in a day expired ; yet, while they lived, Tremendous oft-times wao the popular roar ; And cries of — Live for ever ! struck the skies. One kind alone remained,... | |
 | Felicia Dorothea Browne Hemans, Mrs. Hemans - 1831 - Страниц: 510
...war With nature, with itself and truth at war ; Yet charming still the greedy reader on, Till dont, he tried to recollect his thoughts, And nothing found,...emptiness. These. like ephemera, sprung, in a day, Frars lean and shallow-soiled brains of sand, And in a day expired; yet, while they lived, Tremendous... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans, Reginald Heber - 1833 - Страниц: 526
...diseased, putrid thought, And, miserable incident, at war With nature, with itself and truth at war ; Yet charming still the greedy reader on, Till done, he...These, like ephemera, sprung, in a day, From lean and shallow-soiled brains of sand, And in a day expired ; yet, while they lived, Tremendous oft-times waa... | |
 | Felicia Dorothea Browne Hemans - 1834 - Страниц: 512
...diseased, putrid thought, And, miserable incident, at war With nature, with itself and truth at war ; Yet charming still the greedy reader on, Till done, he...These, like ephemera, sprung, in a day, From lean and shallow-soiled brains of sand, And in a day expired ; yet, while they lived, Tremendous oft-times was... | |
 | Margaret Prior, Sarah R. I. Bennett - 1844 - Страниц: 342
...diseased, putrid thought, And miserable incident, at war With nature, with itself and truth at war ; Yet charming still the greedy reader on, Till done, he...thoughts, And nothing found but dreaming emptiness." — FOLLOK. 18<A. Several instances of the baleful effects of novel reading having recently come under... | |
 | American Institute of Instruction - 1841 - Страниц: 254
...diseased, putrid thought, And miserable incident, at war With nature, with itself and troth at war; Yet charming still the greedy reader on, Till done, —...thoughts, And nothing found but dreaming emptiness." , But whence arises the love of novelty ? Phrenologists tell us that the organ of marvellousness is... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1845 - Страниц: 558
...diseased, putrid thought, And, miserable incident, at war With nature, with itself and truth at war ; Yet charming still the greedy reader on, Till done, he...These, like ephemera, sprung, in a day, From lean and shallow-soiled brains of sand, And in a day expired ; yet, while they lived, Tremendous oft-times was... | |
 | 1867 - Страниц: 826
...incident — at war With Nature, with itself and truth at war ; And charming still the gretrly reader OB, Till done, he tried to recollect his thoughts, And nothing found but dn-annuj tmptinest." Tliis kind of residing has the same c-ff< ct on the mind as intoxicating liquors... | |
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