 | William Cowper - 1810 - 212 sider
...the faculties, impedes Their progress in the road of science ; blinds The eye-sight of discov'ry ; and begets, In those that suffer it, a sordid mind...intellect, unfit To be the tenant of man's noble form. Thee therefore still, blame-worthy as thou art, With all thy loss of empire} and though squeez'd By... | |
 | William Cowper - 1811 - 228 sider
...faculties, impedes Their progress in the road of science ; blinds The eyesight of discov'ry ; and begets, la those that suffer it, a sordid mind Bestial, a meagre...intellect, unfit To be the tenant of man's noble form. Thee therefore still, blame-worthy as thou art, With all thy loss of empire, and though squeez'd By... | |
 | Nicholas C. Pitta - 1812 - 294 sider
...hurts the faculties, impedes Their progress in the road of science ; blinds The eye-sight of discov'ry, and begets, In those that suffer it, a sordid mind...intellect, unfit To be the tenant of man's noble form. Though premature study is thus prejudicial to health, it is not less dangerous to commence at too late... | |
 | Medora Gordon Byron - 1812 - 282 sider
...Is evil ; hurts the faculties, impedes Their progress in the road of science ; blinds The eye-sight of discovery, and begets In those that suffer it, a sordid mind, • a meagre intellect, unfit To be the tenant of man's noble form.1' And with these ideas of an Englishman's... | |
 | Mary Hill (novelist.) - 1813 - 500 sider
...men, Is evil ; hurts the faculties, impedes Their progress in the road of science ; blinds The eye of discovery, and begets, In those that suffer it, a sordid mind. COWFEK. AT the dawn of day, Montauban arose from his restless slumbers, to survey more closely the... | |
 | William Cowper - 1815 - 338 sider
...the faculties, impedes 03 Their progress in the road of science ; blinds The eyesight of Discov'ry ; and begets, In those that suffer it, a sordid mind,...intellect, unfit, To be the tenant of man's noble form. Thee therefore still, blameworthy as thou art, With all thy loss of empire, and though squeez'd By... | |
 | William Cowper - 1817 - 252 sider
...faculties, impedes Their progress in the road of science ; hlinds The eyesight of discovery ; and hegets, In those that suffer it, a sordid mind Bestial, a meagre intellect, unfit To he the tenant of man's nohle form. Thee therefore still, hlame-worthy as thou art, With all thy loss... | |
 | William Cowper - 1818 - 448 sider
...Is evil : hurts the faculties, impedes Their progress in the road of science ; blind* The eyesight of discovery ; and begets, In those that suffer it,...intellect, unfit To be the tenant of man's noble form. Thee therefore still, blame-worthy as thou act, With all thy loss of empire, and though squeezed By... | |
 | Abraham John Valpy - 1820 - 644 sider
...impedes Their progress in the road of Science ; blinds The eye-sight of discovery ; and begets In them that suffer it a sordid mind Bestial, a meagre intellect, unfit To be the tenant of man's noble foiin. Cowper. China does not enjoy liberty. Her government is a military despotism. Her virtues and... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 278 sider
...hurts the faculties, impedes Their progress in the road of science ; blinds The eyesight of Discov'ry ; and begets, In those that suffer it, a sordid mind,...intellect, unfit To be the tenant of man's noble form. Thee therefore still, blameworthy as thou art, With all thy loss of empire, and though squeez'd By... | |
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Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume ; And we are weeds without it. All constraint, Except what wisdom lays on evil men, Is evil ; hurts the faculties, impedes Their progress in the road of science ; blinds The eyesight of discovery ; and begets, In... 
