 | 1836 - 378 pągines
...artificial state of intellectual and moral culture. There also are the eloquence, the litera* Milton. ture, the poetry of all times and tongues — those glorious...no better purpose than the pastime of an idle hour ? Ah, not so, — not so. It is yours to stir to the bottom the dull and stagnant soul ; ye can carry... | |
 | Henry Mandeville - 1851 - 396 pągines
...our sorrows, was the ornament of his country. Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died. Ye grand inventions of ancient bards, ye gay creations...no better purpose than the pastime of an idle hour ? Philosophy, Daniel, is of two kinds : that which relates to conduct, and that which relates to knowledge.... | |
 | Henry Mandeville - 1851 - 370 pągines
...terrible, the powerful, the infinite. Ye grand inventions of ancient bards ! ye gay creations of 2 modern fancy ! ye bright visions ! ye fervid and impassioned...thoughts ! serve ye all for no better purpose than the ppstime of an idle hour ? 3 Ah ! not so : not so. It is yours to stir to the bottom the dull and stagnant... | |
 | Erastus Otis Haven - 1869 - 422 pągines
...personification, to be described hereafter. Notice the tropes italicized in the following sentences : " Ye grand inventions of ancient bards ! ye gay creations...serve ye all for no better purpose than the pastime of a single hour ? Ah ! not so ; not so. It is yours to stir to the bottom the dull and stagnant soul.... | |
 | Erastus Otis Haven - 1871 - 396 pągines
...personification, to be described hereafter. Notice the tropes italicized in the following sentences : " Ye grand inventions of ancient bards ! ye gay creations of modern fancy ! yc bright visions ! ye fervid and impassioned thoughts ! serve ye all for no better purpose than... | |
 | Erastus Otis Haven - 1872 - 398 pągines
...the tropes italicized in the following sentences : " Ye grand inventions of ancient bards ! ye guy creations of modern fancy ! ye bright visions ! ye...serve ye all for no better purpose than the pastime of a single hour ? Ah ! not so ; not so. It is yours to stir to the bottom the dull and stagnant soul.... | |
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Milton. ture, the poetry of all times and tongues — those glorious efforts of genius that rule, with a never-dying sway, over our sympathies and affections, commanding our smiles and tears, kindling the imagination, warming the heart, filling the fancy... 