 And wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude, Where, with her best nurse, contemplation, She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impaired. He that has light within...  The Tatler - Pàgina 3731822Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | John Milton - 1824 - 414 pàgines
...smeel retired solitude,] At first he had written the verse thus, Oft seeks to solitary sweet retire. Where with her best nurse Contemplation She plumes...wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all to ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. sso Examynacyon of A. Askew, p. 24. " Hath not he moche nede of... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 428 pàgines
...seeks to solitary sweet retire. 3/6. For the same uncommon use of seek, Mr. Bowle cites Bale's VWhere with her best nurse Contemplation She plumes her feathers,...wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all to ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. sso Examynacyon of A. Askew, p. 24. " Hath not he moche nede of... | |
 | British anthology - 1824 - 460 pàgines
...though sun and moon Were in the flat sea sunk. And Wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude ; Where, with her best nurse, Contemplation, She plumes...her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were ail-to ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. He that has light within his own clear breast, May sit i' the... | |
 | 1871 - 614 pàgines
...lines from Milton's Cornus, ail-to is evidently used as an adverb : — •• Where with her beat nurse. Contemplation, She plumes her feathers, and...grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Wore ail-to ruffled, and sometimes impaired." On this passage Warton has the following note : — "... | |
 | William Bridges Hunter (Jr.) - 1978 - 226 pàgines
...quiet contemplation with the bustle of activity : And Wisdoms self Oft seeks to sweet retired Solitude Where with her best nurse Contemplation She plumes...wings That in the various bustle of resort Were all to ruffl'd, and sometimes impair'd. (Mask 374-79) He decided to retire to his father's home for six... | |
 | Kathleen Wall - 1988 - 238 pàgines
...though Sun and Moon Were in the flat Sea sunk. And Wisdoms self Oft seeks to sweet retired Solitude, Where with her best nurse Contemplation She plumes...wings That in the various bustle of resort Were all to ruffl'd, and sometimes impair'd. He that has light within his own cleer brest May sit i'th center,... | |
 | C. A. Patrides - 1989 - 370 pàgines
...echoes it collects from wisdom's activities in Comus: Wisdoms self Oft seeks to sweet retired Solitude, Where with her best nurse Contemplation She plumes...feathers, and lets grow her wings That in the various bussle of resort Were all to ruffl'd, and sometimes impair'd. (11. 375-80) The soul in Marvell's poem... | |
 | William Riley Parker - 1996 - 708 pàgines
...though sun and moon Were in the flat sea sunk. And wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude, Where with her best nurse, contemplation, She plumes...bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impaired. (373-80) The younger brother concedes the security of II Penseroso — 'Tis most true That... | |
 | T. R. Malthus - 1997 - 170 pàgines
...seasons' is ins. " '...Wisdom's self/ Oft seeks to sweet retired Solitude. / Where with her best must Contemplation / She plumes her feathers. and lets...That in the various bustle of resort. / Were all too ruffl'd. and sometimes impair'd' iJobn Milton. Comus. lines 375-80l. 13 Jan. 1786 The skating has been... | |
 | Thomas A. Boylan, Tadhg Foley - 2003 - 458 pàgines
...occasionally alone, he also draws from it improvement; for. Wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude: Where, with her best nurse contemplation. She plumes...bustle of resort. Were all too ruffled and sometimes impaired. Again: suppose the fecundity of the earth to continue as at present, but the fecundity of... | |
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