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
| Mary T. Tardy - 1872 - Страниц: 616
...deceased, 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," — in this little work, I say, she has given an earnest of the possession of talent of a very high... | |
| Robert Aitkin Bertram - 1877 - Страниц: 766
...diseased, putrid thought ; And miserable incident, at war With nature, with itself and truth at war : Yet s the long misspent, luxurious life. — Dryden. Here,...distracted nightly slumbers, The hag that rides m clay, From lean and shallow-soiled brains of sand, And in a day expired ; yet while they lived, Tremendous... | |
| 1877 - Страниц: 362
...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. — POLLOK. — Read not to contradict and confute ; nor to believe and take for granted ; nor to find... | |
| Henry George Bohn - 1881 - Страниц: 738
...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. Pollolc, C.ofTime. NOVELTIES— see Cusioms, Fashion, Fickleness. All with one consent, praise new-born... | |
| William M. Thayer - 1893 - Страниц: 376
...and 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...tried to recollect his thoughts, And nothing found but dreary emptiness ; These, like ephemera, spring in a day From lean and shallow-soiled brains of sand,... | |
| Rossiter Johnson - 1876 - Страниц: 848
...incident, at war With nature, with itself and truth at war : Yet charming still the greedy reader \>n, j2 D ;Q h } \Ѣ= k: Q ˴Q $ D) 槥 [y,v u>... _M" f*$t e 3 gX ?f6 ^ -aE M _o *oih h :Z J ofitimes was the popular roar ; And criea of — Live for ever ! — struck the skies. One kind alone... | |
| David F. Newton - 1872 - Страниц: 338
...and 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 tried to recollect his thought, And nothing found but dreaming emptiness." This la Naaman, the Leper. BUT who is Naaman, and... | |
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