The Sylvan Wanderer;: Consisting of a Series of Moral, Sentimental, and Critical Essays, Bind 1–2Printed at the private Press of Lee Priory, by Johnson and Warwick., 1813 |
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... to their lot , to cherish those endowments of nature and possessions of the mind , that are far above the riches and worldly notice denied to them . Perhaps it is only in retirement , that the best 2 .... THE SYLVAN WANDERER .
... to their lot , to cherish those endowments of nature and possessions of the mind , that are far above the riches and worldly notice denied to them . Perhaps it is only in retirement , that the best 2 .... THE SYLVAN WANDERER .
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... Perhaps it is only in retirement , that the best part of our nature has room to play . In active life , good is so intermixed with evil , the duties performed are so counterbalanced by the faults committed , that Virtue is too much ...
... Perhaps it is only in retirement , that the best part of our nature has room to play . In active life , good is so intermixed with evil , the duties performed are so counterbalanced by the faults committed , that Virtue is too much ...
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... Perhaps , " says she , " there is not any thing more delightful than the escaping from the bustle of society to the quiet of Solitude . If I was assured your lordship would not draw an inference from it to my disadvantage , I would own ...
... Perhaps , " says she , " there is not any thing more delightful than the escaping from the bustle of society to the quiet of Solitude . If I was assured your lordship would not draw an inference from it to my disadvantage , I would own ...
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... Perhaps may crown us ; but to fly is safe . Had I the choice of sublunary good , What could I wish , that I possess not here ? Health , leisure , means t'improve it , friendship , peace , No loose , or wanton , though a wand'ring muse ...
... Perhaps may crown us ; but to fly is safe . Had I the choice of sublunary good , What could I wish , that I possess not here ? Health , leisure , means t'improve it , friendship , peace , No loose , or wanton , though a wand'ring muse ...
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... perhaps , arisen from its having been embalmed in the memoir of that instructive , eloquent , and delightful old man , Isaac Walton ; but his pen could do no more than bring into pleasing and con- spicuous light , those traits which had ...
... perhaps , arisen from its having been embalmed in the memoir of that instructive , eloquent , and delightful old man , Isaac Walton ; but his pen could do no more than bring into pleasing and con- spicuous light , those traits which had ...
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Side 20 - And thou, sweet Poetry, thou loveliest maid, Still first to fly where sensual joys invade; Unfit, in these degenerate times of shame, To catch the heart or strike for honest fame; Dear charming nymph, neglected and decried, My shame in crowds, my solitary pride; Thou source of all my bliss and all my woe, That found'st me poor at first and keep'st me so; Thou guide by which the nobler arts excel, Thou nurse of every virtue, fare thee well!
Side 60 - Yes, trust them not: for there is an upstart crow beautified with our feathers, that with his tiger's heart, wrapt in a player's hide, supposes he is as well able to bombast out a blank verse as the best of you; and being an absolute Johannes factotum, is in his own conceit the only Shake-scene in a country.
Side 27 - Behold, fond man : See here thy pictured life ; pass some few years, Thy flowering Spring, thy Summer's ardent strength. Thy sober autumn fading into age, And pale concluding Winter comes at last, And shuts the scene. Ah ! whither now are fled Those dreams of greatness ? those unsolid hopes Of happiness ? those longings after fame ? Those restless cares? those busy bustling days? Those gay-spent, festive nights? those veering thoughts Lost between good and ill, that shared thy life?
Side 25 - Who God doth late and early pray More of His grace than gifts to lend; And entertains the harmless day With a...
Side 25 - HOW happy is he born and taught That serveth not another's will; Whose armour is his honest thought, And simple truth his utmost skill ! Whose passions not his masters are; Whose soul is still prepared for death, Untied unto the world by care Of public fame or private breath; Who envies none that chance doth raise...
Side 4 - I live not in myself, but I become Portion of that around me ; and to me High mountains are a feeling...
Side 10 - To kings, that fear their subjects' treachery ? O, yes it doth ; a thousand-fold it doth. And to conclude, — the shepherd's homely curds, His cold thin drink out of his leather bottle, His wonted sleep under a fresh tree's shade, All which secure and sweetly he enjoys...
Side 24 - Ah, happy hills, ah, pleasing shade, Ah, fields belov'd in vain, Where once my careless childhood stray'd, A stranger yet to pain ! I feel the gales, that from ye blow, 15 A momentary bliss bestow, As waving fresh their gladsome wing, My weary soul they seem to sooth, And, redolent of joy and youth, To breathe a second spring.
Side 111 - Physiological learning is of such rare emergence, that one may know another half his life, without being able to estimate his skill in hydrostatics or astronomy ; but his moral and prudential character immediately appears. Those authors, therefore, are to be read at schools* that supply most axioms of prudence, most principles of moral truth, and most materials for conversation ; and these purposes are best served by poets, orators, and historians.
Side 20 - Redress the rigours of the inclement clime ; Aid slighted truth with thy persuasive strain ; Teach erring man to spurn the rage of gain ; Teach him, that states of native strength...